John Edward Shahan

John Edward Shahan

• Father: John Shahan b. December 1849, d. 7 September 1911
• Mother: Evelyn Hopper b. circa 1858, d. 16 March 1936

• John Edward Shahan was born on 24 January 1894 in Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama.
• John Shahan and Evelyn Hopper appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included John Edward Shahan, Kate Estelle Shahan, John Clifton Shahan, Elizabeth Hopper Shahan, James Alfred Shahan, Nancy Westmoreland Shahan, Evelyn Shahan and Nell Shahan. Also in the household was one young female house servant.
• John Shahan and Evelyn Hopper appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. Other members of the household included John Edward Shahan, Nancy Westmoreland Shahan, Evelyn Shahan and Keturah Leah Powers.
• John Edward Shahan registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Onondaga County, New York, while single and living at 106 Rowland Street in Syracuse, employed there as a machinist by Brown-Lipe-Chapin Gear Company.
• John Edward Shahan appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, at 106 Rowland Street boarding in the household of Sheldon and Blanch Spire.
• He was employed by a gear company as a machinist, according to the 1920 census.
• He married Justina Schmelze 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.
• He was manager of a gear factory, according to the 1930 census.
• 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.
• He was a manufacturer of wheels, according to the 1940 census.
• The SSDI lists Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, as the last residence of record of John Edward Shahan.
• John Edward Shahan died in January 1967.
• His wife Justina Schmelze became a widow at his death.

• Last Edited: 3 Oct 2012