James
Preston
(Preston)
Shell
Born in Texas
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Lewis Shell
and Honora Burke (Harty) Shell
Brother of
Myrtle Nora (Shell) Brown, Charles Franklin Shell, Walter Alexander Shell, Turner Arthur Shell Sr., Harrison Harty Shell, John Preston Shell Sr., Ernest Lewis Shell, Waymon Anderson Shell and Catherine Mary (Shell) Forsythe
Husband of
Julia (Anderson) Shell
— married
before 1940 in Texas
Father of
[private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 67
in Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2016
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Biography
Preston was married the first time to an unknown person sometime after the WWI draft, but divorced by 1930 when he was living with his brother Dick, also divorced, in their sister Myrtle Brown's h/h. Married again to Julia Anderson before 1940 census and had one child with her.
Sources
- Reg. WWI Draft 21 Aug 1918, single
- 1930 San Antonio/Bexar/TX: divorced in sister Myrtle's h/h
- 1940 same location remarried
- Mission Burial Park, Bexar, TX
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Preston by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Preston by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Roger Shell
:
Y-Chromosome Test 12 markers, haplogroup E1b1b1
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Kathryn (Beck) Kelly :
23andMe
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