Person:Olivia Crain (1)

According to 'Descendants of William Shankland', Olivia was the daughter of David B. Crain, 1826-1911, and Mary C. Stuart, 1823-1885.

 In the 1860 census for Walnut, Montgomery Co., Indiana, David B. 'Crane' is 33, 'waggon maker' from Ohio; with Mary C. 35 OH, Ollivia J. 11 OH; John A. 9 OH ; Henryetta 7 Indiana; Charles B. 5 IN; Ella 3 IN; and [mother-in-law?] Rachel Stewart 60 Pennsylvania. {p. 468 & 469}

 In the 1900 census for Grant, Hoopeston, ward 3, Vermilllion Co., Illinois, Oliva 'Shukland' is 52, born Jan 1858 in Ohio (father Ohio, mother Pennsylvania), widow, with 2 of 3 children living. Her son Omer R. is 26, born May 1874 in Illinois (father Indiana, mother Ohio), married 2 years, day laborer; with wife Laura born Kansas (parents unknown), with 1 of 1 child living; and daughter N. S. 1 born IL. Lucy Rider, 26 from Missouri, is a boarder. {ed 84, sh 31 a, p. 154}
 In the 1910 census for Danville, Vermillion Co., Illinois, [very faint on Heritage Quest] there are listings for Omar Shankland, with Laura, Emma, Lee, Ralph, and [mother] Olive, with 1 of 3 children living.
 In the 1920 census for Higgins, Lipscomb Co., Texas, Omer Ray [indexed as 'Roy'] is 45 Illinois (father Indiana, mother Ohio), 'engineer - (stationary?)'; with wife Laura 48 Kansas; and children Ennis T. 20 IL (son); Lee W. 18 IL; Ralph W. 16; and Ina Mae 8 Oklahoma; and mother Olivia J. Shankland 71 Ohio (father OH, mother Pennsylvania), widowed. {ed 170, sh 8b, p. 214, roll 1826 HeritageQuest}

1.   John N. Shankland. Descendants of William Shankland. (online at <www.shankland.name> as of 22 June 2004).