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Martha Anne Shanks

Martha Anne Shanks

Female Abt 1826 - 1912  (86 years)

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  • Name Martha Anne Shanks  [1, 2] 
    Birth Abt 1826  Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 7 Oct 1912  Daviess County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8186  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Family 1 Thomas Gough,   b. 8 Feb 1821, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1879, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Other Partners: Mary Emily Shanks  m. 3 Mar 1851 
    Children 
     1. John Joseph Shanks,   b. 8 Mar 1845, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860 (Age > 16 years)
     2. Frances Elizabeth "Eliza" Shanks,   b. 8 Mar 1845, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1916, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years)
    ▻ James Valentine Austin Girten  m. 20 Sep 1867
    Family ID F2016  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 


    Other Partners: Mary Emily Shanks  m. 3 Mar 1851 
    Marriage 29 Dec 1851  Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Malicious Gonzaga Howard,   b. 12 Feb 1852, Daviess County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1941, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F3199  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 



    • As I look now at what I have, I recorded Thomas Gough & Martha Shanks as "friends" with this under marriage notes: cannot locate a marriage record. Thomas named as father of Martha's twins, but they are listed as Shanks in 1850, not Gough

      1850 Union County Census
      October 2, 1850

      207 Shanks, Lydia 56 F
      Ambrose 26 M Farmer
      Martha 24 F
      P. E. 19 F
      Hardesty, Theresa 32 F
      John R. 9 M
      James W. 8 M
      Alfred 7 M
      Jesse A. 5 M
      Shanks, John 5 M Martha's son
      Eliza 5 F Martha's daughter

      I cannot locate Martha in the 1860 census. I do see her son John with his uncle Ambrose Shanks & Frances with her grandmother Lydia Shanks.

      I do find her in 1870 next door to her mother & brother in 1870. She also has a dau. Martha Howard age 9 who you do not show below:

      1870 Union County, Kentucky Census
      112 family 112
      Howard, Martha age 46
      Lydia age 18 Daviess county, KY
      Almeda age 16 Daviess county, KY
      Lucas age 13 Daviess county, KY
      Napoleon age 11 Daviess county, KY
      Lucinda age 10 Daviess county, KY
      Martha E age 9 Daviess county, KY

      Aloysius died in 1862. So Martha must have moved back to Union County.

      I don't see any of the children in Peyton Heady's baptismal records for St. Vincent. They were all born in Daviess County, Kentucky

      I also feel at a loss, as I cannot find anything at ancestry.com, genealogy library.com with Union Co. marriages aft. 1850.

      I'm trying to find out if Peyton Heady's family still has some of his books for sale. I'd found an obit for him from Aug. 2006. There are a couple of books I'd like to buy to supplement what I can find via my various subscriptions.

  • Sources 
    1. [S817] Alvey, Bob.

    2. [S7199] St. Lawrence Baptismal Records, Daviess County, KY.

    3. [S5744] Union County Marriage Book 1811 - 1853.

    4. [S7459] Kentucky, County Marriages, 1792-1954.