Life History

Notes

• 1900 Federal Census, Chritian County, Illinois, 14 June, King Township, District 8, page 6A (scan 93A), Hse/Fam #107
  Grigory, Daniel M Head  W M June ay 1856  43 Married 3 yrs KY KY KY Farmer Rents
  Williams, Eva L Wife W F May 1866  34 Married 3 yrs 3 children/3 living IL IL IL
  - page 6B -
  Shipley, Walter F Stepson W M June 1888  11 IL IL IL At School
  Grigory, May D  Dau W F May 1898  2 IL IL [KY] IL
  Grigory, Berley G Son W M Feb 1900  3mos IL IL [KY] IL
  
  The two younger children were given the same report of parents' birth places as Walter Shipley, Evaline's son from her first marriage.  May and Berley's father was Daniel Gregory so it should have said Kentucky for their father.
  
  Walter got married not long before the 1910 census.
  
  Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940
  Walter F Shipley
  Age 25, Birth Date abt 1885
  Father Bird Shipley, Mother Eva Largent
  Spouse Eugenia E Harwood
  Age 29, Birth Date abt 1881
  Father Charles Harwood, Mother Martha Griggs
  Marriage 1910 Christian, Illinois, USA
  
  Giving his age as 25 here, this places his birth year at abotu 1885.  But in his second marriage record, his age indicated a birth date more like 1877.  The date on death records is in 1888.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Christian County, Illinois, 13 May, Southfork Township, District 25, page 12A, Hse/Fam #230
  Shipley, Walter Head  M W 21  Married 0 yrs IL IL IL Farm Laborer Rents
  Shipley, Eugenia Wife F W 25 Married 0 yrs 0 children IL NY NJ
  
  Walter's mother and step-father's household is next door.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Christian County, Illinois, 13 May, Southfork Township, District 25, page 12A, Hse/Fam #229
  Gregory, Daniel Head  M W  37  1st Marriage Married 14 yrs KY KY KY Farmer Rents
  Gregory, Laura Wife F W 32 2nd Marriage Married 14 yrs 6 children/6 living IL IL IL
  Gregory, Dana Dau F W 12 IL KY IL
  Gregory, Burley C Son M W 10 IL KY IL
  Gregory, Edith L Dau F W 8 IL KY IL
  Gregory, Edgar Son M W 4 IL KY IL
  Gregory, Ettie (Nettie?) E Dau F W 3 IL KY IL
  
  In 1939 Walter was living in Indiana and working for the Studebaker Corporation making aircrafts, and remarried.  Both he and his new bride, Catherine Hoffman Kolb, were living in South Bend, Indiana.
  
  Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
  Mr Walter F Shipley
  Age 52, Birth abt 1887, Taylorville [Christian County], Illinois
  Residence South Bend, Indiana
  Occupation at Studebaker Corporatoon
  Father Bert, Mother Laura Largent
  Previously married 1 time
  Spouse Catherine Kolb
  Age 53 (born about 1886), born in East St Louis, Illinois
  Residence South Bend, Indiana
  Father Joseph Hoffman, Mother Miriah Horton
  Previously married 2 times
  Marriage 7 Oct 1939 St Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
  Ceremony by Joseph R Collier Jr, Justice of the Peace
  Witnesses J Robb and Rose Robb of Mishawaka, Indiana
  County File #525
  
  Walter's WWII draft registration reports them in the same location, still working for Studebaker Aircraft.
  
  U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
  Walter Frank Shipley
  Residence Age 54
  Birth 22 Jun 1888 Taylorville, Illinois, USA
  Residence 630 N Hill, South Bend, Saint Joe County, Indiana
  Contact Mrs Kathleen Van Sycle, Madison, Illinois
  Employer Studebaker Aircraft, South Bend, St Joe, Indiana
  {back}
  6' 0" 200 lbs, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair, Ruddy Complexion
  Registered 27 April 1942 South Bend
  Signed W F Shipley
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Walter Shipley
  Last Residence Illinois
  Born 22 Jun 1888
  Died Sep 1964
  SSN 312-03-5143 issued Indiana (Before 1951)

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Christian County, Illinois
  • 14 June, King Township, District 8, page 6B, Hse/Fam #107
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Christian County, Illinois
  • 13 May, Southfork Township, District 25, page 12A, Hse/Fam #230
• 3. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
• 4. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
• 5. Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940
• 6. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 7. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011