Myrtle Mae (Gaffin) Shell (1899 - 1990)

Born 22 May 1899 in Adams, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Sherman Shell — married 24 Mar 1919 in Adams, Ohio, United States

Died 24 Aug 1990 at age 91 in West Union, Adams, Ohio, United States

Biography

Daughter of Robert Pierce Gaffin and Millie Ann Smith.^[1]

She married George Sherman Shell.^[2]

They were the parents of Eva June Shell Tumbleson, Harlan Oscar Shell, Gene Sherman Shell and George Shell.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMHB-WG7 : accessed 13 March 2021), Myrtie M Gaffine in household of Robert R Gaffin, Liberty Township, Adams, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 6B, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,235.
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8CV-4YG : 8 March 2021), George S. Shell and Myrtle M. Gaffin, 24 Dec 1919; citing Marriage, Adams, Ohio, United States, Vol 3 p, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.

• *"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML8F-RMH : accessed 13 March 2021), Myrtle Gaffin in household of R P Gaffin Sr., Liberty, Adams, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 12A, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1150; FHL microfilm 1,375,163.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDRG-SZH : 3 February 2021), Myrtle Shell in entry for William O Shell, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X49G-TMJ : accessed 13 March 2021), Myrtle Shell in household of Sherman Shell, Cherry Fork, Adams, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 2A, line 36, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1746; FHL microfilm 2,341,480.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWDZ-D5V : 9 January 2021), Myrtle Shell in household of G Sherman Shell, Cherry Fork, Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-21, sheet 1A, line 38, family 13, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3019.

• "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKG6-WJY : 12 November 2019), Myrtle Mae Shell, 1990.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78618477/myrtle-mae-shell