George Ellsworth Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]}

1915 - 2013  (98 years)

• Name	George Ellsworth Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Born	7 Jul 1915	Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Confirmed DNA	yDNA confirmed from son (tester) through to 7th great-grandfather John Sheldon of Kingstown, Rhode Island and the Isaac line of Windsor, CT
  Residence	1920	Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA   [7]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
  Residence	4 Apr 1930	Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA   [8]
  	Census: George E. Sheldon, age 14, attending school, with parents and sister, born in Illinois
  Residence	1933	Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Residence	1935	Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA   [6]
  	According to the 1940 census, living in the same house.
  Residence	4 Apr 1940	Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA   [6]
  	Census: George E. Sheldon Jr, with parents, age 24, single, completed 4 years of high school, born in Illinois.
  Residence	16 Oct 1940	River Forest, Cook, Illinois, USA   [5]
  	WW2 Draft: 7617 Washington Blvd, next of kin Mrs Belle Helen Sheldon (mother), employed by Ray Lamy of Chicago, Illinois. Height 5'7.5", 136 lbs, blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion, wears glasses.
  Residence	1950	River Forest, Cook, Illinois, USA   [11]
  	Census: "George Sheldon", 31, sales manager at a hardware store, with wife and in-laws.
  Died	22 Dec 2013	North Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA   [4, 9, 10, 12]
  Buried	28 Dec 2013	Hillside, Cook, Illinois, USA   [4, 9, 10]
  	Oakridge - Glen Oak Cemetery
  Person ID	I412326713622	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	George Ephraim Fordyce Sheldon,   b. 9 May 1866, Pine Grove, Van Buren, Michigan, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1944, Elgin, Kane, Illinois, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	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   [13, 14]
  Family ID	F1941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Jayne Augusta Pohl,   b. 15 Mar 1919, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA ,   d. 24 May 2007, North Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	24 May 1941	Cook County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F1987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Jul 1915 - Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 1920 - Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 4 Apr 1930 - Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 1933 - Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 1935 - Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 4 Apr 1940 - Maywood, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence - 16 Oct 1940 - River Forest, Cook, Illinois, USA Married - 24 May 1941 - Cook County, Illinois, USA Residence - 1950 - River Forest, Cook, Illinois, USA Died - 22 Dec 2013 - North Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA Buried - 28 Dec 2013 - Hillside, Cook, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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