Person:Omar Shankland (1)

According to 'Descendants of William Shankland' Omar married Laura Ellen Thompson in 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri. They had children Ennis Thompson 1899-1937; Lee William 1901; Ralph Thompson 1903; and Ina Mae 1911.

 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 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}

 In the California Death Records Index there are listings for Omar Ray Shankland, mother Crain, born Illinois 1874, died Los Angeles Co., 1952; and for Laura Ellen Shankland, father Thompson, mother Stiles, b. 1874 Kansas, and d. 1956 Los Angeles Co.

1. ↑ Rootsweb. California Death Records Index. (<www.rootsweb.com>).