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Robert Shirley
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Robert Shirley of Gorbals, Lanark Scotland

married Margaret Calderwood

Children:

This Lineage Last Verified and Updated August 2019
Robert Shirley born 10 July 1824 Lanarkshire, Scotland, The Shirleys came to Ontario Canada and lived in a log cabin in the country.; Lived in Keytesville Chariton Co Missouri in 1870 census, age 44, living alone without his wife or children, occupation: painter; Lived in Wayne Co Iowa in 1880, his occupation was book agent; He died 5 March 1896 Allerton, Wayne County Iowa. This lineage died out in the male Shirley name

married Betheiah Brown born about. 1825 Scotland, She died Feb 15, 1885. buried at Evergreen Cem. Lineville, Wayne Co Iowa. (her maiden name was provided in son David Shirley's marriage record)

Children

In 1880 census of Wayne Co. Iowa. The children were all living without their parents in Keytesville Chariton Co MO in 1870 census, apparently under the care of Richard McDonald age 30 b Canada (in a local lawyer's farm/home).

1(i). David Dale Shirley born about 1856 Canada; age 15 in Keytesville Chariton Co Missouri census (parents absent); age 24 in parent's 1880 census household; His marriage record states he was born at Pontiac County, Canada. Lived at Warren Twp, Wayne Co Iowa in 1910 census He died 23 January 1917 and buried at Allerton Cemetery, Wayne Co Iowa

married Violena (Lena) Morgan 5 Apr 1885 at Ottumwa Iowa. She was the daughter of William Morgan and Martha Clay.

Children:

2(i). Jean Garland Shirley, born in Iowa. She married Chester Tharp in Denver Colorado in 1912. Their son, Chester Tharp, born in 1914, sent the following about his family.

Mother said one of her uncles was maybe 18 years old and never had shoes. He took beef hide to a tannery on his back and then the leather to a shoemaker who made him shoes. The shoemaker kept the leather as payment. Mother told me about one of her uncles who dreamed he was going swimming in a creek. He stood up in the bed and dove off on to a rough hued log floor. Guess that woke him up! My mother and father are buried in Manola Alberta Canada.

1(ii). Margurite Shirley born Feb. 18, 1859, Canada; age 11 in Keytesville Chariton Co Missouri census (parents absent);age 21 in parent's 1880 census household; She died Feb. 5, 1897 in Wayne Co Iowa. Married C. E. Swan. Buried Evergreen Cem. Lineville Wayne Co Iowa.

1(iii). James Brown Shirley born 25 January 1861 at Pontiac Co Canada (death cert); age 9 in Keytesville Chariton Co Missouri census (parents absent); age 19 in parent's 1880 census household; Named in his brother David's 1917 obituary as living at Princeton [Mercer Co] Missouri [mentioned as James W.]. Lived at Princeton, Mercer Co in 1910 census, b 1861 Canada; He died 23 July 1918 at Mercer Co Missouri (death cert, parents named, Informant: Bertha Shirley]

married Bertha Wright; She died in Mercer Co Missouri in 1938, buried at Princeton Cemetery, Mercer Co MO

Children:

2(i). Rae Shirley born about 1895 Missouri, age 15 in 1910 census; She died in 1982, apparently unmarried; Buried Princeton Cemetery, Mercer Co MO

1(iv). Isabelle B. Shirley born about 1862 in Canada; age 7 in Keytesville Chariton C Missouri census (parents absent); age 17 in parent's 1880 census household; Lived with 3 sisters in Wayne Co Iowa in 1900 census; She d. 1918 and buried at Evergreen Cem. Lineville, Wayne Co Iowa.

1(v). Janette Shirley b. ca. 1866 Canada; age 4 in Keytesville Chariton Co Missouri census (parents absent); age 14 in parent's 1880 census household; Lived with 3 sisters in Wayne Co Iowa in 1900 census; school teacher lived in Colorado Springs CO, never married

1(vi). Grace R. Shirley b. Sep. 22, 1871 in Missouri; age 9 in parent's 1880 census household; Lived with 3 sisters in Wayne Co Iowa in 1900 census; school teacher lived in Colorado Springs CO, never married; She was a border in the Runyon household in Wayne Co Iowa in 1910 census; She d. Jul. 6, 1958; She was buried at Evergreen Cem, Lineville Wayne Co Iowa

Miss Grace Shirley, a Colorado Springs resident since 1916, died Sunday, July 6 at the Myron Stratton Home after a five year illness. Miss Shirley, a retired musician, studied music at Drake in Des Moines, St. Louis, Mo. and Sherwood School of Music in Chicago, Ill. She taught many years in Seymour, Allerton, Lineville, Clio and Mercer, Mo. schools. She was born Sept. 22, 1871 in Glasgow, Scotland and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She is survived by three nieces, Shirley and Pearl Swan of Lineville and Miss Rae Shirley of Alto, Ga., and one nephew, Thomas Swan of Newton. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Remple Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Howard Hansen, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery.

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		Robert Shirley of Gorbals, Lanark Scotland married Margaret Calderwood Children: This Lineage Last Verified and Updated August 2019 Robert Shirley born 10 July 1824 Lanarkshire, Scotland, The Shirleys came to Ontario Canada and lived in a log cabin in the country.; Lived in Keytesville Chariton Co Missouri in 1870 census, age 44, living alone without his wife or children, occupation: painter; Lived in Wayne Co Iowa in 1880, his occupation was book agent; He died 5 March 1896 Allerton, Wayne County Iowa. This lineage died out in the male Shirley name married Betheiah Brown born about. 1825 Scotland, She died Feb 15, 1885. buried at Evergreen Cem. Lineville, Wayne Co Iowa. (her maiden name was provided in son David Shirley's marriage record) Children In 1880 census of Wayne Co. Iowa. The children were all living without their parents in Keytesville Chariton Co MO in 1870 census, apparently under the care of Richard McDonald age 30 b Canada (in a local lawyer's farm/home). 1(i). David Dale Shirley born about 1856 Canada; age 15 in Keytesville Chariton Co Missouri census (parents absent); age 24 in parent's 1880 census household; His marriage record states he was born at Pontiac County, Canada. Lived at Warren Twp, Wayne Co Iowa in 1910 census He died 23 January 1917 and buried at Allerton Cemetery, Wayne Co Iowa married Violena (Lena) Morgan 5 Apr 1885 at Ottumwa Iowa. She was the daughter of William Morgan and Martha Clay. Children: 2(i). Jean Garland Shirley, born in Iowa. She married Chester Tharp in Denver Colorado in 1912. Their son, Chester Tharp, born in 1914, sent the following about his family. Mother said one of her uncles was maybe 18 years old and never had shoes. He took beef hide to a tannery on his back and then the leather to a shoemaker who made him shoes. The shoemaker kept the leather as payment. Mother told me about one of her uncles who dreamed he was going swimming in a creek. He stood up in the bed and dove off on to a rough hued log floor. Guess that woke him up! My mother and father are buried in Manola Alberta Canada. 1(ii). Margurite Shirley born Feb. 18, 1859, Canada; age 11 in Keytesville Chariton Co Missouri census (parents absent);age 21 in parent's 1880 census household; She died Feb. 5, 1897 in Wayne Co Iowa. Married C. E. Swan. Buried Evergreen Cem. Lineville Wayne Co Iowa. 1(iii). James Brown Shirley born 25 January 1861 at Pontiac Co Canada (death cert); age 9 in Keytesville Chariton Co Missouri census (parents absent); age 19 in parent's 1880 census household; Named in his brother David's 1917 obituary as living at Princeton [Mercer Co] Missouri [mentioned as James W.]. Lived at Princeton, Mercer Co in 1910 census, b 1861 Canada; He died 23 July 1918 at Mercer Co Missouri (death cert, parents named, Informant: Bertha Shirley] married Bertha Wright; She died in Mercer Co Missouri in 1938, buried at Princeton Cemetery, Mercer Co MO Children: 2(i). Rae Shirley born about 1895 Missouri, age 15 in 1910 census; She died in 1982, apparently unmarried; Buried Princeton Cemetery, Mercer Co MO 1(iv). Isabelle B. Shirley born about 1862 in Canada; age 7 in Keytesville Chariton C Missouri census (parents absent); age 17 in parent's 1880 census household; Lived with 3 sisters in Wayne Co Iowa in 1900 census; She d. 1918 and buried at Evergreen Cem. Lineville, Wayne Co Iowa. 1(v). Janette Shirley b. ca. 1866 Canada; age 4 in Keytesville Chariton Co Missouri census (parents absent); age 14 in parent's 1880 census household; Lived with 3 sisters in Wayne Co Iowa in 1900 census; school teacher lived in Colorado Springs CO, never married 1(vi). Grace R. Shirley b. Sep. 22, 1871 in Missouri; age 9 in parent's 1880 census household; Lived with 3 sisters in Wayne Co Iowa in 1900 census; school teacher lived in Colorado Springs CO, never married; She was a border in the Runyon household in Wayne Co Iowa in 1910 census; She d. Jul. 6, 1958; She was buried at Evergreen Cem, Lineville Wayne Co Iowa Miss Grace Shirley, a Colorado Springs resident since 1916, died Sunday, July 6 at the Myron Stratton Home after a five year illness. Miss Shirley, a retired musician, studied music at Drake in Des Moines, St. Louis, Mo. and Sherwood School of Music in Chicago, Ill. She taught many years in Seymour, Allerton, Lineville, Clio and Mercer, Mo. schools. She was born Sept. 22, 1871 in Glasgow, Scotland and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She is survived by three nieces, Shirley and Pearl Swan of Lineville and Miss Rae Shirley of Alto, Ga., and one nephew, Thomas Swan of Newton. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Remple Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Howard Hansen, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery.
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