Ira Isaac Hinshaw

                                                ┌── Ezra Hinshaw
                                                │    1813-<1880
                     ┌── Thomas Baron Hinshaw ──┤
                     │    1841-1918             │
                     │                          └── Permelia E. Jarrell
                     │                              c1821-?    
Ira Isaac Hinshaw ───┤
B: 1894              │                          ┌── Isaac Barton Davis
D: 1969              │                          │
                     └── Malinda A. Davis ──────┤
                          1864-1910             │
                                                └── Margaret Jane Childress
M: Essie Fannie Gold
   ├── Mary Edith "Edie" Henshaw (1915-2007) 1,2
   ├── Willa Lee "Bill" Henshaw (1916-1998) 1,2
   ├── Robert F. Henshaw (1918-) 1,2,3
   ├── Charles Arthur Henshaw (1919-2012) 1,2,3,4,5
   └── John William Henshaw (1922-1997) 1,5,6

M: Myra M. Rankin
Ira Isaac Hinshaw     [ID 06588] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Ira Isaac Hinshaw3,7 [Iry Henshaw2, Isaac Ira Hinshaw8, John Ira Henshaw9, John Isaac Henshaw4].

Commonly known as Ira.3  

Born Sep 8 1894, Hickman County, Kentucky.2,7,8,9,10,11,12  (Mar 28 1894).3  

He married Essie Fannie Gold, Oct 17 1914, Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri.1,13,14  Essie, daughter of John William Gold & Birdie/Bertie Bell Vaughn, was born Oct 17 1896, Kentucky.1,2,5,14,15,16,17,18  

On Jun 5 1917 Ira Hinshaw, age 22, registered for the World War I draft in St. Louis, Missouri.  He declared he was born Sept. 8 1894 in Hickman, Kentucky, and was then residing at 2911 S. B'dway, St. Louis, Missouri where he had a wife and two children and was a steel worker employed by Northern Coal Co. of St. Louis.  He claimed an exemption "only reason to support wife & 2 children".  He was recorded as tall, slender, dark brown eyes, black hair.10  

Ira and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 16 1920), Cedar Street, Equality, Gallatin County, Illinois:2

Henshaw, Iry, head-of-household, age 25, born in Kentucky; parents born in Kentucky; rented home; occupation: coal miner.
Henshaw, Essie, wife, age 23, born in Kentucky; parents born in Kentucky.
Henshaw, Mary E., daughter, age 4, born in Tennessee; parents born in Kentucky.
Henshaw, Willow L., daughter, age 3, born in Missouri; parents born in Kentucky.
Henshaw, Chester F., son, age 1 year 6 months, born in Illinois; parents born in Kentucky.
Henshaw, Charlie A., son, age 3 months, born in Illinois; parents born in Kentucky.

For some reason Ira and family were again shown in the 1920 census (Feb 11 1920), Kelso Township, Scott County, Missouri:19

Henshaw, Ira, head-of-household, age 27, born in Kentucky; parents born in Kentucky; rented home; occupation: engineer, rail road.
Henshaw, Esie, wife, age 23 [unclear], born in Kentucky; parents born in Kentucky.
Henshaw, Mary, daughter, age 5, born in Tennessee; parents born in Kentucky.
Henshaw, Willia, son [sic], age 3, born in Missouri; parents born in Kentucky.
Henshaw, Chester, son, age 2, born in Missouri; parents born in Kentucky.
Henshaw, Charles, son, age 4 months, born in Missouri; parents born in Kentucky.

Ira was estranged from his first family.3  Essie was shown in the 1930 census (Apr 11 1930), working in the household of a Thomas Williams in Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri:15

Henshaw, Essie, servant, age 33, born in Kentucky; parents born in Kentucky; divorced; occupation: servant, private family.
Essie and sons were shown in the 1940 census (Apr 15 1940), Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri:5
Henshaw, Essie, head-of-household, age 43, born in Kentucky; completed 1 year of high school; on Apr 1 1935 was living in the same house; widow; rented home ($7.00/month rent); occupation: forelady, hot [..unclear..] project; worked 39 weeks in 1939; $395 wages in 1939.
Henshaw, Chales, son, age 20, born in Illinois; completed 4 years of high school; on Apr 1 1935 was living in the same house; occupation: laborer, N.Y.A.; worked 48 weeks in 1939; $155 wages in 1939.
Henshaw, John, son, age 17, born in Missouri; completed 4 years of high school; on Apr 1 1935 was living in the same house; attended school.
Essie remarried to John Cylvester "J.C." Cherry,14 Oct 26 1941, Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas;16,17 he was the father of William Edgar "Ed" Cherry who married Essie's daughter Willa.  Essie died Jun 26 1970, Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas; buried Elmwood Cemetery, Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas.1,14,16,17,18  

He then married Myra M. Rankin13 [Mary (Mara) Rankin3, Almyra Rankin12], Dec 22 193413, Hillsboro, Jefferson County, Missouri13.  Myra was born about 1902, Illinois.12,13  

Ira and Myra were shown in the 1932 city director of St. Louis, Missouri:20

Henshaw John I (Myra) lab r1204 Kraft
Ira and Myra were shown in the 1933 city director of St. Louis, Missouri:20
Henshaw John (Mary) opr Saml Kraus r1204 Kraft

Ira and Myra were shown in the 1940 census (Apr 8 1940), 3854 Cleveland, St. Louis, Missouri:12

Henshaw, John, head-of-household, age 44, born in Kentucky; completed 8th grade; on Apr 1 1935 was living in the same place/city; rented home ($30/month rent); occupation: const. engineer, bldg, const.; worked 40 weeks in 1939; $2000 wages in 1939.
Henshaw, Almyra, wife, age 37, born in Illinois; completed 2 years of high school; on Apr 1 1935 was living in the same place/city; occupation: operator, dress factory; worked 30 weeks in 1939; $318 wages in 1939.

Myra died 1957, buried East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois.3,21,22  

For 15 years after his retirement Ira lived with the family of his niece Mildred Jane Davis Collard.  

Ira Isaac Hinshaw died Aug 16 1969, at the home of Harold Collard, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri; buried in the Davis-Collard plot, Woodlawn Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri.3,9

(photo)Photo: Ira Isaac Hinshaw & Essie Fannie Gold marriage license Scott County, Missouri 13

(photo)Photo: Ira Isaac Hinshaw & Essie Fannie Gold marriage license Scott County, Missouri 13

(photo)Photo: Ira Isaac Hinshaw World War I draft registration card 10

(photo)Photo: Ira Isaac Hinshaw & Myra M. Rankin marriage license Jefferson County, Missouri 13

(photo)Photo: Ira Isaac Hinshaw & Myra M. Rankin marriage license Jefferson County, Missouri 13

(photo)Photo: Ira Isaac Hinshaw [John Ira Henshaw] 9,22

(photo)Photo: Ira Isaac Hinshaw [John Ira Henshaw] gravestone Woodlawn Cemetery 9

(photo)Photo: Children of Ira Isaac Hinshaw [John Ira Henshaw] l-r: Edith, Charles, Willa 23

(photo)Photo: Ira Isaac Hinshaw [John Ira Henshaw] obituary 22

(photo)Photo: Essie Fannie Gold autobiographical sketch 22

Social Security information for Essie Fannie Gold: 498-09-9322

Sources

  1. Contribution from Rita Lee Henshaw Randoll.
  2. 1920 census, Equality, Gallatin County, Illinois; roll T625-369, ED 34, page 14A, line #37, dwelling #282, family #307.
  3. Contribution from Bill Collard ().
  4. Charles Arthur Henshaw obituary.
  5. 1940 census, Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri; roll T627-2157, ED 101-5, page 10A, line #36, household #204.
  6. California Death Records database; RootsWeb:
    http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi.
  7. 1910 census, 3rd Magisterial District, Fulton County, Kentucky; roll T624-477, ED 61, page 89B, line #97, dwelling #241, family #247.
  8. 1900 census, Sassafras Ridge, Fulton County, Kentucky; roll T623-521, ED 45, page 2B, line #54, dwelling #35, family #45.
  9. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102916959.
  10. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; http://www.ancestry.com.
  11. Contribution from Sharon Hinshaw-Payne citing:
    1900 and 1910 census, Sassafrass Ridge, Fulton County, Kentucky.
  12. 1940 census, St. Louis, Missouri; roll T627-2196, ED 96-374, page 62A, line #12, household #92.
  13. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002; http://www.ancestry.com.
  14. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116425373.
  15. 1930 census, Chaffee, Scott County, Missouri; roll T626-1247, ED 4, page 23A, line #29, dwelling #533, family #535.
  16. Ancestry Family Tree data "Gold Family Tree" posted by "scottagold00".
  17. Ancestry Family Tree data "Weidman Family Tree" posted by "jimwdmn".
  18. "Social Security Death Index" (as it is commonly called), derived from the Social Security Administration "Death Master File". See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm
  19. 1920 census, Kelso Township, Scott County, Missouri; roll T625-962, ED 189, page 26B, line #82, dwelling #557, family #558.
  20. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; http://www.ancestry.com.
  21. Ancestry Family Tree data "Collard Family Tree" posted by "Collardb".
  22. Ancestry Family Tree data "HINSHAW Family Tree" posted by "sharonahinshaw".
  23. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93553908.

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