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James William Shearer

James William Shearer

Male 1870 - Aft 1910  (~ 40 years)

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  • Name James William Shearer 
    Birth Nov 1870  poss, Binghamton, Broome, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 22 Apr 1910  of, Binghamton, Broome, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7732  Whipple Descendants
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2019 

    Father Frank Shearer,   b. Aug 1842, , , New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 5 Jun 1900, of, Binghamton, Broome, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Lucetta S. Lester,   b. Oct 1844, , , New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 5 Jun 1900, of, Binghamton, Broome, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1865 
    Family ID F4401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frances W. "Fannie" Whipple,   b. Sep 1872, , , Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 22 Apr 1910, of, Binghamton, Broome, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1892 
    Children 
     1. Frances B. Shearer,   b. Oct 1892, , , Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 22 Apr 1910, of, Binghamton, Broome, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 18 years)
    +2. Earl Whipple Shearer,   b. Jul 1894, , , Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1949 (Age ~ 54 years)
    Family ID F4403  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Nov 1870 - poss, Binghamton, Broome, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Aft 22 Apr 1910 - of, Binghamton, Broome, New York Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • !SOURCE: A Partial list of the Descendents of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England / Compiled from Divers Sources by Henry Burdette Whipple (High Point, North Carolina, Oct. 1965-1969), 2:123. Gives name James Shearer.

      !SOURCE: Email from Fran Laux (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 23 Jan 1999. Gives name James William Shearer. Email on 8 Feb 1999 identifies parents as Frank Shearer and Lucetta Lester.

      !SOURCE: Blaine Whipple, 15 Generations of Whipples: Descendants of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Abt 1590-1647: An American Story (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2007), 2:G725.

      !SOURCE: 1 Jun 1880 U.S. Federal Census of Binghamton district 39, Broome, New York, p. 2, dwelling 21, family 21:
      • Lester, James, 63, farm hand, b. NY, parents b. NY
      • Lester, Sarah, 55, wife, keeping house, b. PA, father b. NY, mother b. PA
      • Lester, Laura, 17, dau, at home, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. PA
      • Finch, Ezekil, 83, boarder, b. NY, parents b. NY
      Living near (dwelling 18, family 18, on Broome Street):
      • Shearer, Frank, 37, gardner, b. NY, parents b. NY
      • Shearer, Lucetta, 35, keeping house, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. PA
      • Shearer, James W., 9, son, at school, b. NY, parents b. NY


      !SOURCE: Email from Matthew Kingsley (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 17 Jan 2019. Cites 1900 and 1910 U.S. Censuses of Binghamton, Broome, New York.


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