User:Jvajda/Shook

Introduction

This research homepage details my paternal grandmother's lineage back into North Carolina. It is thought that the Shook family is Pennsylvania Dutch, originating from Germany in the 18th century. Hanson Shook's parents were probably immigrants, given that he spoke German. Shook is probably an Americanized spelling of the German surname Schuck.

From Wikipedia:

The Pennsylvania Dutch are the descendants of Germanic peoples who emigrated to the U.S. (primarily to Pennsylvania), from Southwestern Germany and Switzerland. The origin of the word 'Dutch' is a "folk-rendering" of the Pennsylvania Dutch's own self-designation Deitsch. It corresponds to German Deutsch and indeed the Pennsylvania Dutch come mostly from what is now Germany rather than the Netherlands. Logically, their language too is ultimately a derivative of Palatinate German, not Dutch.

I think that it is likely that my Shook line is related to another line of Pennsylvania Dutch Shook's who also settled in North Carolina. They are chronicled on this website, but I have yet to discover a link.

Notable People

Dr. Edwin Martin Shook (b. 1911) was an archeologist who studied Mayan ruins and was featured in Life Magazine and National Geographic.

Shook Ahnentafel

This chart represents a five generation sample of my Shook ancestors. Anna Deal's ancestry has been further traced into the 18th century. You can browse browse an interactive ahnentafel here.

Jacob Shook

Hanson Shook 1845, NC, USA -

Mary Hollar

Dudley Eugene Shook 1869, NC, USA - 1941, USA

Lawson A. Deal > Abt 1816, NC, USA - 1893, NC, USA

Anna Irena Deal 1845, NC, USA - Aft 1870

Susan Fulbright > 1817, NC, USA - 1904, NC, USA

Herbert Eugene Shook 1903, NC, USA - 1947, USA

Unknown

Henry Deal Abt 1808, NC, USA - 1873

Unknown

Cora Alice Deal 1872, NC, USA - 1961, USA

Unknown NC, USA -

Rachel E. 1834, NC, USA -

Unknown NC, USA -

Living Shook

Unknown

Joseph M. Sammons SC, USA -

Unknown

Joseph Andrew Sammons 1854, SC, USA - 1929, SC, USA

Unknown

Jane Shelton SC, USA -

Unknown

Emma Ruth Sammons 1904, SC, USA - 1982, FL, USA

Unknown

Evans SC, USA - Bef 1910

Unknown

Sarah Jane Evans 1859, SC, USA - Bef 1929

Unknown

Melinda J. Abt 1942, SC, USA -

Unknown

External Links

• ShookHistory.org. A website that chronicles the Shooks of North Carolina, although there is no known link to these Shooks.
• Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Edwin M. Shook Archival Collection. The Edwin M. Shook archive is a collection of documents that resulted from Dr. Edwin M. Shook’s archaeological fieldwork in Mesoamerica from 1934-1998.
• Hotel Casa Santo Domingo. The ruined Dominican covenant that was rehabilitated and served as the residence for Dr. Edwin Martin Shook and his wife Virginia in 1970.