Justina Schmelze

b. 26 February 1894, d. 25 June 1990
  • Justina Schmelze was born on 26 February 1894 in New York.
  • She married John Edward Shahan, son of John Shahan and Evelyn Hopper, circa 1922.
  • John Edward Shahan and Justina Schmelze appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, at 104 Oakley Drive. Other members of the household included John E. Shahan and Robert Hopper Shahan.
  • The following appeared on 7 August 1930 in the Syracuse Journal: (Births) Mr. and Mrs. John Shahan (Justina Schmelzie), 154 Oakley dr., daughter, Aug. 4.
  • The following appeared on 20 June 1932 in the Syracuse Journal: Unable to arouse the occupants in any other manner, neighbors who discovered the fire in the home of John Shahan, 154 Oakley dr., kicked in the front door.
         The interior of the structure was filled with smoke and Mr. and Mrs. Shahan and their three children, John, 8, Robert 6, and Nancy 2, escaped through a window with difficulty after groping their way through the murky rooms.
  • John Edward Shahan and Justina Schmelze appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, at 154 Oakley Drive. Other members of the household included John E. Shahan and Robert Hopper Shahan. The family was living in the same house in 1935.
  • Justina Schmelze became a widow at the January 1967 death of her husband John Edward Shahan.
  • Justina Schmelze died on 25 June 1990 at age 96 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.
  • Last Edited: 3 Oct 2012

Family: John Edward Shahan b. 24 January 1894, d. January 1967