Genealogy notes on Shannahan - Delavan area, Walworth County, Wisconsin

• These notes are in addition to Family Group Sheets for the different Shannahan family members.
• Source: Newspaper, (probably Delavan Enterprise), personals section; February 25, 1891.
  Timothy Shannahan reported being very sick.
• Source: Delavan Enterprise. Students February 1891. Niel (Neil) Shannahan among those listed.
• On Delavan Voters List October 6, 1896 are Tim Shannahan and John Shannahan
• Source: Delavan Republican, January 3, 1879. Mrs. Timothy Shannahan of the Island, daughter of Wm. Holmes was buried in the catholic cemetery.
• Source: Delavan Republican, January 30, 1880. Married by Rev. J. E. Allen at Delavan January 15, 1880, Timothy Shanahan to Mary Dowling.
• Source: Delavan Republican? April 5, 1956. Died: Miss Ida Shanahan (age 84) Monday at
  Lakeland Hospital following a long illness. Born October 1872 at Richmond, Wisconsin and came to Delavan when a child. She owned and operated a rooming house for many years. Member of St. Andrew's, service same, buried in church cemetery. Survived by a brother, John E., of Delavan.
• Source: Delavan Republican; October 3, 1957. Died: Mrs. Raymond Humel at her farm home Saturday. Nee Florence Augustus Shanahan born 1-30-1896 at Delavan, the daughter of Cornellius and Bertha Shanahan. She lived all her life in the Delavan area. Member of
  Evangelical Lutheran Ladies Aid and birthday club. Survived by her husband, three daughters; Mrs. Dorothy Tolokuhn, Mrs. Gladys Tucker of Delavan, Mrs. Mariam Gates of Crete, Illinois, two sons, Robert and Don of Delavan, two brothers, Earl of Elkhorn, Harold of Burlington and nine grandchildren. Services at Evangelical Lutheran church. Buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.
• On the death registration for Neil Shannahan the informant was James Dowling. The cause of death was cirossis of liver, 9 months, other contributory factors were prostratic hypertrophy duration 1 year, operation May 17, 1950. Residence at time of death was 3275 S. 5th St., Delavan.
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  St. Andrew's Cemetery shows the following stones all located next to each other in the same
  row.
  
  Monument
  Anna Shannahan 1851-1879
  Timothy Shannahan 1838-1934 - GAR marker
  
  John 1875-1911
  Neil 1881-1950
  William 1869-1913
  Mary, wife of William 1864-1913
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  Another clumping of gravestones in St. Andrew's cemetery, Delavan, Wisconsin.
  
  Monument
  Cornelius Shannahan died 1868
  Margaret his wife died 1860
  
  John Shanahan 1835-1922
  Mary, his wife, 1841-1932
  Elizabeth - Mary - Emmet, children of John and Mary Shanahan
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  Here's another group of Shanahan's (notice that the spelling of the name is now Shanahan instead of Shannahan).
  
  Ida Shanahan 1872-1956
  Double Marker
  Nellie Shanahan 1877-1939
  Mortimer Shanahan 1876-1939
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  Research by Barb Krultz, N10334 Sidney Ave., Greenwood, Wisconsin 54437
  
  pkbk@badger.tds.net