Person:Jessie Shanley (1)

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Jessie Shanley
b.Abt 1855 Manchester, Lancashire, England
d.9 Oct 1939 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Thomas ShanleyAbt 1844 -
  2. Mary A. ShanleyAbt 1848 -
  3. William ShanleyAbt 1851 -
  4. Jessie ShanleyAbt 1855 - 1939
  5. Sabina Shanley1858 - 1912
  6. Elizabeth ShanleyAbt 1860 - 1939
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m. 27 Dec 1890
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Facts and Events
Name Jessie Shanley
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1855 Manchester, Lancashire, EnglandOxford Road
Alt Birth[3] Mar 1867 Pennsylvania, United States
Census? 2 Jun 1880 Oxford, Warren, New Jersey, United StatesCurzon Line, ed 205, sheet 10B, line 41
Marriage 27 Dec 1890 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesSt. Peter's Church
to Maurice J. Coleman
Census? 6 Jun 1900 roll 1358, ed 114, sheet 8A, line 23
Residence[5] Bet 1900 and 1910 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States44 Lombard Street
Census? Apr 1910 roll 1299, ed 287, sheet supple B, line 98
Residence[6] 1920 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States1540 Fallowfield Avenue
Census? 20 Jan 1920 roll 1523, ed 619, sheet 2A, line 43
Death[2] 9 Oct 1939 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial? 11 Oct 1939 Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Betty Smith recalls a story told to her by her grandmother, Elizabeth Shanley Brown, about the older Shanley girls, Jessie and Binie. It was probably Jessie that could not read English and did not speak much English. She spoke Gaelic. She had a crush on a boy who wrote her a letter in English. Jessie gave the letter to her sister, Binie, to read for her. Binie could not read a word of English but she made up something to tell Jessie who had no idea of what was going on.

In September 1884, Jessie was a witness at the wedding of her sister Elizabeth and Alexander Brown, along with a John Cosgrove.

Jessie married Maurice Coleman on December 27, 1890 in St. Peter's Church in Pittsburgh . Betty Smith recalls that she may have had a son who was a ball player. Betty does not remember her personally and it seems Jessie was not close with her sisters, Binie and Elizabeth. Jessie died in Pittsburgh on October 9, 1939. She is buried at Calvary Cemetary.

References
  1. ↑ The National Archives of the UK. United Kingdom Census
    1861, Escombe, Durham, England, p40.
  2. ↑ Pittsburrgh Press
    October 10, 1939.

    Obituary for Jessie Shanley Coleman

  3. ↑ United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
    1900, roll 1358, ed 114, sheet 8A.
  4.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).
  5. ↑ United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
    .
  6. ↑ United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
    1920.
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