Person:Thomas Shores (6)

Watchers
Thomas SHORES
d.Bet 1 Jun 1870 and 1 Jun 1880 Somerset County, Maryland [?]
  1. Thomas SHORESAbt 1799 - Bet 1870 & 1880
  • HThomas SHORESAbt 1799 - Bet 1870 & 1880
  • WBetsey WILSON1808 - 1891
m. 18 Jun 1832
  1. Sarah ShoresAbt 1833 -
  2. Elizabeth ShoresEst 1836 -
  3. Thomas F. ShoresEst 1838 - Bef 1900
  4. Emily ShoresEst 1840 -
  5. George H. ShoresAbt 1843 -
  6. Sydney ShoresAbt 1844 - Bef 1860
  7. Virginia F. ShoresAbt 1845 -
  8. Margaret ShoresAbt 1848 - Bef 1860
Facts and Events
Name Thomas SHORES
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][7] Abt 1799 , Somerset County, Maryland
Marriage 18 Jun 1832 , Somerset County, Marylandto Betsey WILSON
Census 24 Sep 1850 Dames Quarter District, Somerset, Marylandwith Betsey WILSON
Occupation[1][5] Bet 1850 and 1860 Dames Quarter, Somerset, MarylandFarmer
Census 5 Jul 1860 Dames Quarter District, Somerset, Marylandwith Betsey WILSON
Death[4][8] Bet 1 Jun 1870 and 1 Jun 1880 Somerset County, Maryland [?]

Parentage of Thomas SHORES has not been proved. He is clearly identified in the 1850 census as "Thomas of J", leading to the supposition that his father's given name began with a "J". The only "J" SHORES of suitable age to be his father appears to have been Joab SHORES who appears only once in the 1810 census for Somerset County, Maryland, with a young male of suitable age in his household. More investigation is needed to prove this relationship.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Somerset, Maryland, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693).

    Dames Quarter District, p.165, dwelling 1122, family NL (household of Thomas SHORES) _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page _QUAL:
    _INFO: S

  2. Household of Thomas Shores , 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Dames Quarter District, Somerset, Maryland.

    Thomas Shores of J, head of household, 51, male, white, farmer, RE:$1500, b. Md., illiterate _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page _QUAL:
    _INFO: S

    Thomas, head of household, may be a son of Joab Shores and, possibly, the Thomas Milar Shores who was a major beneficiary in the 1804 will of Thomas Shores.

  3. Thomas Shores family, 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Dames Quarter District, Somerset, Maryland, page.


    Thomas SHORES
    , 50, male, farmer, no RE, PE $200, b. Maryland
    Betsy SHORES, 45, female, b. Maryland
    Elizabeth SHORES, 25, female, b. Maryland
    Thomas SHORES, 25, male, oysterman, b. Maryland
    Emily SHORES, 18, female, b. Maryland
    George SHORES, 16, male, b. Maryland
    Virginia SHORES, 14, female, b. Maryland _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page _QUAL:
    _INFO: S

  4. Somerset, Maryland, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p.58, family 265.

    _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page
    VALUE: p.58, family 265 _QUAL:
    _INFO: S

  5. Household of Thomas Shores , 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Dames Quarter District, Somerset, Maryland.

    Thomas Shores of J, head of household, 51, male, white, farmer, RE:$1500, b. Md., illiterate _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page _QUAL:
    _INFO: S

  6.   Somerset, Maryland, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432).

    Dames Quarter District, 1st Division, p.438A, houselold of Thomas (of J) SHORES, dwelling 1394, family 1394 _TMPLT:
    FIELD:
    Name: Page _QUAL:
    _INFO: S

  7. Birth year estimated from age (51) given in 1850 US census.
    Listed as age 50 in 1860 US census, probably misinformation supplied by census informant, or a mistake in transcription by the census taker.
  8. Listed in 1870 US Census, Somerset, MD, p.265, F#89
    Not listed in 1880 Census.