George Ephraim Fordyce Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1866 - 1944  (78 years)

• Name	George Ephraim Fordyce Sheldon  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Born	9 May 1866	Pine Grove, Van Buren, Michigan, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Confirmed DNA	yDNA confirmed from grandson (via son George Elsworth), through to 6th great-grandfather John Sheldon of Kingstown, Rhode Island and the Isaac line of Windsor, CT.
  Residence	1870	Pine Grove, Van Buren, Michigan, USA   [7]
  	Residence Post Office: Lake Mill
  Residence	1880	Marcellus, Cass, Michigan, USA   [6]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
  Residence	1900	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [8]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1910	Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA   [9]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1920	Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	4 Apr 1930	Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA   [5]
  	Census: George E. Sheldon, with wife and kids, age 63, owns home worth $10,000,. contractor for cement manufacturing.
  Residence	1935	Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	As noted in the 1940 census, living in the same house.
  Residence	1940	Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Died	18 Nov 1944	Elgin, Kane, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Buried	21 Nov 1944	Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Oakridge Cemetery
  Person ID	I412326713448	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Fordyce Sheldon,   b. 1837, Washington Township, Marion, Ohio, USA ,   d. 14 Oct 1886, Mecosta, Mecosta, Michigan, USA  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Southward,   b. 25 Mar 1844, Michigan, USA ,   d. 08 Apr 1898, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F1855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabelle Henrietta Isaacson,   b. Nov 1875, England ,   d. 9 Jul 1955, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	14 Aug 1898	Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA   [3, 8]
  Children	1. George William Sheldon,   b. Jun 1899, Illinois, USA   2. Clarence P Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1902, Illinois, USA   3. Helen B Sheldon,   b. 15 Jul 1912, Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA ,   d. 11 Aug 1990  (Age 78 years)   4. George Ellsworth Sheldon,   b. 7 Jul 1915, Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA ,   d. 22 Dec 2013, North Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA  (Age 98 years)
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F1941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 May 1866 - Pine Grove, Van Buren, Michigan, USA Residence - 1870 - Pine Grove, Van Buren, Michigan, USA Residence - 1880 - Marcellus, Cass, Michigan, USA Married - 14 Aug 1898 - Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 1900 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 1910 - Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 1920 - Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 4 Apr 1930 - Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 1935 - Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 1940 - Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA Died - 18 Nov 1944 - Elgin, Kane, Illinois, USA Buried - 21 Nov 1944 - Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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