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Nancy Catherine Shinn 1832–1896 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Dec 1832

Birth Location: Wick, Tyler Co., Virginia

Death Date: 22 Mar 1896

Death Location: Dubuque, Iowa

Father: Elias Shinn

Mother: Harriet Ummensetter

Spouse(s): James Galloway

Children(s): John Galloway, Margaret Galloway, Samuel Galloway, Lavinia Galloway, Belinda Galloway, James Galloway, Myrtle Levins

In 1832, Nancy Catherine Shinn entered the world in Wick, Tyler Co., Virginia, born to Elias Shinn And Harriet Ummensetter. Nancy Catherine Shinn married James Cummings Galloway, William H Levins, and had children including Belinda Gardner Galloway, James Cummings Galloway, John Smith Galloway, Lavinia Candace Galloway, Margaret Hebben Galloway, Myrtle Lena Levins, Samuel Etrican Heblen Galloway. Nancy Catherine Shinn passed away in 1896 in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Biography

  • In 1832, Nancy Catherine Shinn entered the world in Wick, Tyler Co., Virginia, born to Elias Shinn And Harriet Ummensetter.
  • Nancy Catherine Shinn married James Cummings Galloway, William H Levins, and had children including Belinda Gardner Galloway, James Cummings Galloway, John Smith Galloway, Lavinia Candace Galloway, Margaret Hebben Galloway, Myrtle Lena Levins, Samuel Etrican Heblen Galloway.
  • Nancy Catherine Shinn passed away in 1896 in Dubuque, Iowa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Nancy Shinn's Ancestors

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Nancy Shinn
1832–1896
Birth Place: Wick, Tyler Co., Virginia
Parents
Elias Shinn
1804–1876
Middle Creek, , Harrison, West Virginia
Harriet Ummensetter
1804–1865
Of, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
Grandparents
Daniel (Shinn [Denny-Shattuck.ged];1. Another record said moses married Sarah 15 Apr 1799 in Harrison Co, ;West) Virginia
1781–1851
Middle Creek, Harrison, West Virginia
Mary Whiteman
1781–1833
Harrison Co., West Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Clement Shinn
1746–1805
Ruth Bates
1750–1805
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Clement Shinn
1710–1794
Elizabeth Webb
1718–

Nancy Shinn's Descendants

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Nancy (Catherine) Shinn (5 Dec 1832–22 Mar 1896) m. James (Cummings) Galloway (1800–1869)
  1. 1. John (Smith) Galloway 1851–1898
  2. 2. Margaret (Hebben) Galloway 1854–1882
  3. 3. Samuel (Etrican Heblen) Galloway 1857–
  4. 4. Lavinia (Candace) Galloway 1861–
  5. 5. Belinda (Gardner) Galloway 1863– m. Henry Town 1861–
    1. 1. George (Galloway) Town 1891–
    2. 2. Henry (Galloway) Town 1894–
  6. 6. James (Cummings) Galloway 1866–
  7. 7. Myrtle (Lena) Levins 1876–

Nancy Shinn's Timeline

2 Records

1832
5 Dec 1832
Birth of Nancy Catherine Shinn in Wick, Tyler Co., Virginia
Wick, Tyler Co., Virginia
1896
22 Mar 1896
Age 64
Death of Nancy Catherine Shinn in Dubuque, Iowa
Dubuque, Iowa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Dec 1832
    Event Place: Wick, Tyler Co., Virginia
    Record Source:
    [1] The History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America, 341
    [2] Denny-Shattuck.ged

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1896
    Event Place: Dubuque, Iowa
    Record Source:
    [1] The History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America, 341
    [2] Denny-Shattuck.ged

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