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John Martin Shank 1770–1815 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1770

Birth Location: Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 9 January 1815

Death Location: Page County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Johannes Shank

Mother: Caroline Hertzog

Spouse(s): Katharine Summers

Children(s): Jacob Shank, Anna Kibler

John Martin Shank was born in 1770 in Virginia, United States of America, the child of Johannes Martin Shank And Caroline Dorothea Hertzog. John Martin Shank married Katharine Elizabeth Summers, and had children including Anna Mariah Amelia Kibler, Elizabeth Shank, Jacob Shank. John Martin Shank passed away in 1815 in Page County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Martin Shank was born in 1770 in Virginia, United States of America, the child of Johannes Martin Shank And Caroline Dorothea Hertzog.
  • John Martin Shank married Katharine Elizabeth Summers, and had children including Anna Mariah Amelia Kibler, Elizabeth Shank, Jacob Shank.
  • John Martin Shank passed away in 1815 in Page County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johannes Shank
1737–1856
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA, Pennsylvania, USA
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Caroline Hertzog
1806–1814
Birth Location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Katharine Summers
1770–1846
Birth Location: Frederick County, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Jacob Shank
1790–1857
Birth Location: New Jersey, USA
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Anna Kibler
–1877
Birth Location: Preston County, West Virginia, United States of America
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John Shank's Ancestors

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John Shank
1770–1815
Birth Place: Virginia, United States of America
Parents
Johannes Martin Shank
1737–1856
Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA, Pennsylvania, USA
Caroline (Dorothea) Hertzog
1806–1814
Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
John (H) Renn
1770–1854
Frederick, Maryland
Magdalene Firestone
1774–1846
Dover Twp, Bedford, York, Pennsylvania
Great-Grandparents
Johann II
1735–1807
Eva Schwab
1739–1828
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Feuerstein
1712–1768
Anna Nonnenmacher
1711–1763

John Shank's Descendants

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John (Martin) Shank (1770–9 January 1815) m. Katharine (Elizabeth) Summers (abt 1770–Abt Aug 1846)
  1. 1. Jacob Shank 1790–1857 m. Margaret (Ann) Smoot 1790–1870
    1. 1. George (Washington) SHANK 1819–1900 m. Catherine (A.) Wendel 1816–1906
      1. 1. Fanny 1864–1924 m. Anthony (Jacob) Maphis 1866–1931
        1. 1. A. Fred 1895–1952 m. Martha (Ellen) Spotts 1899–1925 m. Nettie (Pearl) Duckworth 1907–1976
        2. 2. Bertha (M.) Maphis 1898–1966 m. David Scollick 1897–
        3. 3. Samuel Maphis 1896–
        4. 4. John (W) Maphis 1891–1950 m. Lillian (Myrtle) Sheetz 1895–1957
        5. 5. Jenny 1889–1968 m. Clarence (A.) Ashby 1888–1971
        6. 6. Edith (E.) Maphis 1886–1967 m. Ernest (Edward) Cunningham 1883–1968
        7. 7. Harold (B.) Maphis 1900–1960 m. Christina (Katherine) Gould 1905–
        8. 8. Lena (D) Maphis 1880–1924 m. David (Washington) Mangold 1880–1964
        9. 9. Emma Maphis 1890–
        10. 10. Eunice Maphis 1892–
      2. 2. Philip (P.) SHANK 1846–1930 m. Elizabeth Shank 1846–1918
        1. 1. Julia (Ann) Shank 1873–1923 m. George (Thomas) Simpson 1868–1948
        2. 2. Ora (May Rose) Shank 1875–1946 m. James (Bernard Wigger) Jr. 1872–1933
      3. 3. Virginia (Mary J) SHANK 1849–
      4. 4. Lucretia (N) Shank 1850–1923 m. Josiah Keckley 1856–1928 m. John (Henry) Haines 1848–1909
        1. 1. Fannie (Elizabeth) Haines 1878–1969 m. James (Granville) Hannas 1877–1936
        2. 2. John (Theodore) Haines 1890–1971
        3. 3. Charles (Page) Haines 1875–1949 m. Lilly (Belle) Shawen 1879–1935
        4. 4. Willie Haines 1874–
        5. 5. Mary (Jane) Haines 1886–1952 m. Sanford (Elmer) Keckley 1879–1937 m. James (Hollister) Shingleton 1872–1930
        6. 6. Sally (Betsy) Haines 1882–1975 m. Joseph (William) Corbin 1874–1957
      5. 5. Malissa Shank 1853–1936
      6. 6. Caroline (Melvina 'Vina') SHANK 1855–1895
      7. 7. George Shank 1858–1952
      8. 8. Kate Shank 1860–1883
      9. 9. Rosa (Belle) Shank 1860–1941 m. George (D.) Wagner 1858–1914 m. Lee (G.) Gimber 1864–1939
        1. 1. Mary (Fern) Wagner 1902–1967 m. Wallace O'Neil 1883–
        2. 2. Charles (T.) Wagner 1899–1958
        3. 3. John (L.) Wagner 1888–1970
        4. 4. Mary (Fern) Wagner 1902–1967 m. John (Leroy) Abbott 1906–1951
        5. 5. Roy (Washington) Wagner 1884–1958 m. Minnie Raines 1890–
      10. 10. John (Lorcas) Shank 1866–1922
        1. 1. Ira (Anderson) Shank 1900–1967 m. Evadna (Arbutus) Jones 1907–1987
      11. 11. Jacob (William) Shank 1840–1926
      12. 12. Hannah (C) Shank 1856–
      13. 13. Rebecca (E) Shank 1848–1901
      14. 14. William (Hampton) Shank 1862–1926
    2. 2. William (Enoch) Shank 1824–1882 m. Sarah (H) Gilbert 1835–1888
      1. 1. George (Beauregard) Shank 1861–1912
        1. 1. George (Baker) Shank 1901–1956
      2. 2. Sallie (H) Page 1864–1917
      3. 3. Hannah (Laura) Shank 1874–1934 m. James (Thomas) Frizzell 1863–1950
        1. 1. Ernestine Frizzell 1899–1976 m. Ernest (Franklin) Freeland 1888–1985
    3. 3. Hannah (D) Shank 1828–1876
      1. 1. James (Luther) Shelley 1867–1954
        1. 1. Hazel (Verne) Shelley 1900–1993
  2. 2. Anna (Mariah Amelia) Kibler –1877

John Shank's Timeline

2 Records

1770
1770
Birth of John Martin Shank in Virginia, United States of America
Virginia, United States of America
1815
9 January 1815
Age 45
Death of John Martin Shank in Page County, Virginia, United States of America
Page County, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 January 1815
    Event Place: Page County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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