Mary Catherine (Shelly) Shimmel (1806 - abt. 1862)

Born 1806 in Bucks, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 4 Mar 1862 at about age 56 in Springfield, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Catherine Shelly was born c. 1806 in Pennsylvania^[1]. She was the daughter of Joseph Landis Shelly and Mary Magdalena Leanna (Kulp) Shelly.

She had the following siblings:^[2]

• Catherine Shelly (b. c. 1800 - d. unknown)
• Franklin Shelly (b. 1803 - d. 1885) m. Leah Focht
• Mary Shelly (b. c. 1806 - d. 1850-1870) m. Joseph Shimmel
• Henry Shelly (b. 1808 - d. unknown)
• Barbara Shelly (b. 1810 - d. 1883) m. Joseph Shimmel (second wife)
• Elizabeth Shelly died young
• Elias Kulp Shelly (b. 1818 - d. 1878) m. Sarah Baringer

Mary married Joseph Shimmel (b. c. 1805 - d. 1898). Together, they had the following children:^[1]

• Henry Shimmel (b. 1827 - d. 1907)^[3]
• Sarah Shimmel (b. 1832 - d. 1923)
• Hannah/Amanda Shimmel (b. c. 1836 - d. 1927) m. John Milton Heist
• John Shimmel (b. c. 1846 - d. unknown)

Residence and Timeline:

1806: Born in Pennsylvania

1850 Census: Rock Hill, Bucks, Pennsylvania

Death:

Mary (Shelly) Shimmel died after 1850 and before 1870, possibly 4 Mar 1862 in Springfield, Bucks, Pennsylvania (see Research Notes).

Research Notes

Joseph Shimmel married two sisters: Mary (Shelly) Shimmel and Barbara (Shelly) Shimmel (b. 1810 - d. 1883). Mary was listed as wife in 1850 Census. Barbara was listed as wife in 1870 census in Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania. That means Mary probably died and Barbara married Joseph between 1850 and 1870.

There is a Mary Schimmel listed as having been buried in Springfield Mennonite Cemetery on 4 Mar 1862 in Springfield, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^[4] However, it is unclear if this is the same person. The mennonite connection makes this interesting as well as the fact that Springfield is the location of her husband's birth.

Additional family tree information can be found in the Harriet "Hattie" Weaver family tree [1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DB17-VG2?cc=1401638&wc=95RD-GPN%3A1031314301%2C1032714401%2C1032787101 : 9 April 2016), Pennsylvania > Bucks > Rock Hill > image 22 of 59; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Fretz, Abraham James. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers: Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches, Illustrated with Eighty-seven Portraits and Other Illustrations. United States, A.J. Fretz, 1896.
3. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDPG-89L : 18 February 2021), Mary Shelly in entry for Henry Shimmell, 02 Nov 1907; citing cn 27092, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,402,912.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.