Ralph
Leonard
Shannon
Born in Dillon, Beaverhead Co., Montana
Ancestors 
Husband of
Elizabeth Rita (O'Hara) Shannon
— married
10 Apr 1920 (to about 1935) in Geneva, IL
Husband of
Elsie (Jacobsen) Shannon
— married
1939 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL
Descendants 
Father of
Cecile Rita (Shannon) Sweenie and Gloria (Shannon) Morrison
Died
at age 60
in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Oct 2015
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Biography
Ralph was born in rural Beaverhead County, Montana in 1896 to Joel Glover Shannon and Alpha Rosalie "Rose" Arnold and was baptised in the Presbyterian Church in Dillon, MT. He was the last of four children. [1]
In 1918, Ralph registered for the draft for WWI.[2]
About 1920, Ralph married Rita Shannon, and had two daughters, Cecile b. 1922, and Gloria b. 1924. Ralph and Rita were divorced about 1939 after Ralph's "desertion" of the family. He apparently had a girlfriend. About 1939, Ralph married Billie Ray.
Ralph registered for the WWII draft.[3]
Ralph died of stomach cancer in 1956.
Sources
- ↑ Stephenson, Dr. Jean., et al. "Early Church and Cemetery Records of Montana". Genealogical Records Committee, 1944.
- ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6DX-F83 : accessed 12 October 2015), Ralph Leonard Shannon, 1917-1918; citing Chicago City no 55, Illinois, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,613,647.
- ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1VV-W35 : accessed 12 October 2015), Ralph Leonard Shannon, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- 1900 US Federal Census
- 1910 US Federal Census
- 1920 US Federal Census
- 1930 US Federal Census
- 1940 US Federal Census
- WWI Draft Registration Card
- WWII Draft Registration Card
- Early Church & Cemetery Records of Montana , Genealogical Records Committee, 1944.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ralph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ralph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ralph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ralph:
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~25.00%
~25.00%
Colleen Morrison 
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23andMe, GEDmatch M210799 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M210799 [compare], Ancestry member cmwhite15, FTDNA kit #b35140
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~3.12%
Paul Shannon :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Dianne (Shannon) Park :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Shannon (Wiley) Kelly :
23andMe
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Rejected matches › Ralph Fleming Shannon (1907-1960)
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