┌── Zeno Hinshaw
                                                    │    1808-1873 
                      ┌── Silas G. Hinshaw ─────────┤
                      │    1843-1922                │
                      │                             └── Rachel Williams
                      │                                  1813-1873 
William E. Hinshaw ───┤
B: 1865               │                             ┌── Murrell Breckenridge
D: 1941               │                             │
                      └── Rebecca A. Breckenridge ──┤
                           1842-1910                │
                                                    └── Pricilla Townsend
M: Marietta Fleming

M: Kate -

M: Fannie Vereecke

William E. Hinshaw     [ID 00433]

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William E. Hinshaw^1,2,3,4,5,6 [W. Ed Hinshaw⁷].

Born Dec 31 1865^{1,2,3,4,5,6,8} [Dec 31 1866^9,10], Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois^{1,2,3,4,5,6,8}.  

He married Marietta Fleming¹¹ [Mary Etta Fleming^4,6], Jul 12 1889¹¹, Ford County, Illinois¹¹.  Marietta was born Jul - 1869, Illinois.^4,6  

William and Marietta were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 1-2 1900), 1302 Jackson, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:⁶

William and family were shown in the 1902 city directory of Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:⁷

He then married Kate -, about 1903.^7,12  Kate was born about 1875, Illinois.¹²  

William was shown in the 1904 city directory of Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:⁷

William and family were shown in the 1910 census (Apr 16 1910), 817 West Grove, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:¹²

William and family were shown in the 1911 city directory of Bloomington, Illinois:⁷

He then married Fannie Vereecke.^7,9,13  Fannie was born about 1867, Illinois.^8,10,14  

William and family were shown in the 1917 city directory of Bloomington, Illinois:⁷

William and Fannie were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 8 1920), 1410½ Walnut St., Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:¹⁰

William and Fannie were shown in the 1922 city directory of Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:⁷

William and Fannie were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 4 1930), Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:¹⁴

William and Fannie were shown in the 1937 city directory of Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:⁷

Fannie's brother, Remi Vereecke, had died in service during World War I.  The book "McLean County Illinois in the World War 1917-1918" recorded:¹³

Remi Vereecke, a young soldier who had been in the service only a few weeks, fell a victim to the influenza at Camp Sevier, S. C., on October 25, 1918.  He had gone from Davenport on Oct. 5 with a company of limited service men.  The day before he left he was married to Mrs. Ella Morris, who came to Bloomington to make her home with Mrs. Fannie Hinshaw, sister of the soldier.  Young Vereecke was a native of Belgium.  The body was brought to Bloomington for burial and the funeral held from Mrs. Hinshaw's home, with the burial in the Bloomington cemetery.

William and Fannie were shown in the 1940 census (May 16 1940), 604 W. Market, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:⁸

William E. Hinshaw died Mar 7 1941, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois; age 74.^9,16  

Widow Fannie was shown in the 1941 city directory of Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois:⁷

Sources

1. "The Hinshaw and Henshaw Families", by William Hinshaw; edited by Milo Custer; private printing, Bloomington, Illinois, 1911; Frank I. Miller Co., printers. LDS microfilm number 1402822.
2. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Illinois.
3. Family group sheets from Randy Hunter ()
4. GEDCOM file h8789.ged at http://www.ancestry.com.
5. Silas Hinshaw family bible records; from the possessions of Susan M. Hinshaw;
   courtesy of Sharon Newcomer ().
6. 1900 census, 7th Ward, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois; roll T623-322, ED 92, page 2B, line #88, dwelling #37, family #41.
7. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; http://www.ancestry.com.
8. 1940 census, 2nd Ward, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois; roll T627-841, ED 57-14, page 7A, line #26, household #141.
9. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947; http://www.ancestry.com.
10. 1920 census, 5th Precinct, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois; roll T625-386, ED 95, page 9B, line #81, dwelling #190, family #195.
11. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 (book 1, page 133):
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html.
12. 1910 census, 7th Ward, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois; roll T624-306, ED 92, page 3B, line #67, dwelling #45, families #48-49.
13. McLean County, Illinois in the World War, 1917-1918; http://www.ancestry.com.
14. 1930 census, 2nd Ward, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois; roll T626-535, ED 12, page 4B, line #60, dwelling #69, family #101.
15. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963; http://www.ancestry.com.
16. State of Illinois; Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950:
    http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/idphdeathindex.html.

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