A story about how John Skelton Shackley’s family came to the U.S.A.
How the John Henry Shackley family came to America and how it moved across the country starting in 1869.
This information comes from two typed pages that were handed down from my father's [Floyd Henry Shackley] brother and his wife, Billy and Dorothy A. Scott Shackley. I estimate that these pages were typed around 1965. I believed that the two pages were typed by Elizabeth Dixon Shackley Stockham, based on information that I think I remember being told. I have placed additional information that I have found since then within [ ]. At the time that that the family landed in America John Skelton Shackley was 351 days old, which must have meant that father John and mother Elizabeth decided to came to America once it was know that John Skelton Shackley was going to be born as once he was born, father John left for America.
Here is the start of the two page family history that has been handed down:
John [Henry] Shackley was born October 16, 1827 in England. He worked as a miner, coming to America in 1869 [at the age of 42, which I guess was an old age to start one's life in another county.] [The recently found ship’s manifest shows the arrival date as being 27 Oct 1868] on the ship “City of Boston". On the return voyage the ship was never heard of again. [This statement has been found to be correct – see below] He went to Chicago and worked in a packing house to get money to bring the rest of the family to America.
He was married November 10, 1853 [at the age of 26] to Elizabeth Hutchison (born October 8, 1834 in Egermont England) [she was 19]. To this union was born nine children:
· William born December 12, 1855 - Died February 5, 1942 [at the age of 86]
· Mary Ann born March 8, 1858 - Died November 14, 1948 [at the age of 90]
· Edward born September 13, 1860 - Died November 20, 1942 [at the age of 82]
· Dinha Agnes born November 6, 1863 - Died August 23, 1950 [at the age of 86]
· Esther born April 16, 1866 - Died January 28, 1946 [at the age of 79]
· John Skelton born September 25, 1868 - Died January 25, 1944 [at the age of 75]
· Elizabeth Dixon born May 1, 1871 - Died September 8, 1952 [at the age of 81]
· Thomas Hutchinson born August 29, 1873 - Died January 14, 1927 [at the age of 53]
· Charlotte Jane born January 3, 1875 - Died April 24, 1964 [at the age of 89]
[Elizabeth, the mother at the age of 36, William at the age of 13, Mary Ann at the age of 11, Edward at the age of 9, Dinah Agnes at the age of 7, Esther at the age of 3, and John Skelton at the age of 1 made the 10 to 14 day voyage from Liverpool arriving in New York on the ship "City of Baltimore" on September 11, 1869.]
William, Mary Ann was born near Egermont England. Edward, [Dinah] Agnes and John were born near Saint Bees, Cumberland County, England. Elizabeth, Thomas and Charlotte were born in Iowa County near Mineral Point, Wisconsin. [The handed down document does not say where Esther was born, but because of the date of her birth, I would assume that she was born near Saint Bees, Cumberland County as she was born between Dianh Agnes and John Skelton
[From their arrival in 1869 until 1880 according to US Census reports they lived in Waldwick, Iowa County, Wisconsin, which is less than 10 miles from Mineral Point WI. Elizabeth Dixon [1871], Thomas Hutchinson [1873], and Charlotte Jane [1875] was born here.] The family came to Nebraska in 1880 by covered wagon, camping on the Elkhorn River for the winter along with the Indians nearby. [The family] had to move to higher ground because of a bad flood. They came in the Spring of 1881 to the north of Shelton and lived on a farm 20 miles west of Grand Island in Hall County. They came to Colorado in 1887 and lived on a homestead near Burdett [Washington County] in 1887 with Agnes, John Thomas and Charlotte. William, Mary Ann and Edward were then married [and] had their own homes. Esther stayed in Nebraska working and later stayed with Aunt Mary [I think this was Mary Hutchison, age 30, sister of Mother Elizabeth, who was shows as coming with the Shackley family in the 1869 sailing] in Custer County in 1890. [Daughter Elizabeth lived with the J. G. Tate family in Shelton until 1889.
John [Henry] was killed by lightening [on] August 8, 1895 [at the age of 67]. Elizabeth stayed on the homestead until the disposal of the property in the fall of 1895, then making her home with the children [Charlotte Jane and her husband. She died February 28, 1915 [at the age of 80]. Both [she and John Henry] are buried in the Sterling [Riverside] Cemetery in Sterling Colorado. [One of the interesting things that we learned on our trip to visit this cemetery was that the burial plot for John Henry was paid for by Charlotte's, at the time, future husband. Charlotte, her husband and some of their family are buried in the same plot.]
Here is information on the two ships that were involved in bring the Shackley Family to the USA.
John Henry Shackley arrived in New York on the City Of Boston, arrival date October 27, 1868 at the age of 42 plus 11 days.
CITY OF BOSTON 1864
Built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow in 1864, she was a 2,278 gross ton ship, length 305ft x beam 39ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 100-cabin and 950-3rd class passengers. Launched on 15th Nov.1864 for the Inman Line of Liverpool, she started her maiden voyage on 8th Feb.1865 when she left Liverpool for Queenstown (Cobh) and New York. She sailed from New York for Liverpool on 25th Jan.1870 and went missing with the loss of 177 lives. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.241]
The rest of the Shackley family arrived in New York on the City of Baltimore, arrival date September 11, 1869.
CITY OF BALTIMORE / FIVALLER / BENICARLO 1855
The CITY OF BALTIMORE was built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow in 1855 for the British owned Inman Line. She was a 2,368 gross ton ship, length 330.7ft x beam 39ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. Launched on 20th January 1855, she sailed from Liverpool for Marseilles on 20th March, where she was chartered by the French government for use as a troop transport for the Crimean War. She commenced her first commercial voyage for the Inman Line from Liverpool to Philadelphia on 23rd April 1856 and her first Liverpool - New York voyage started on 14th Jan.1857. In 1866 she was reconditioned with new engines and boilers and resumed Liverpool - Queenstown (Cobh) - New York voyages on 21st Nov.1866. Her last sailing on this service commenced 26th Feb.1874 and she was then sold to the Hall Line, retaining the same name. In 1883 she was sold to Spanish owners and renamed FIVALLER and in 1886 became the Spanish owned BENICARLO. She was scrapped the same year. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.239; vol.5,p.1920]
As I was growing up, I could never understand why my grand-father had his middle name, but some 60 years after he died I discovered that one of his grand-mother's maiden name was Skelton. I have since learned that this is a very common practice in Great Britain, where he was born.
John came to this country at the age of one. His father had come shortly after his birth and worked here for 11 months until he could bring his family to this country. At first the family settled in Wisconsin where three more children were born and them moved further west to Nebraska and finally to Colorado. His family settled on a homestead near Burdett in North Eastern Colorado, where he later married in 1895 and started his family. In about 1920 he moved his family to Arvada CO.
He lived for 75 years.
Many thanks to Betty Gonzales for getting photos of both Edith and John Shackley grave site for this memorial.
How the John Henry Shackley family came to America and how it moved across the country starting in 1869.
This information comes from two typed pages that were handed down from my father's [Floyd Henry Shackley] brother and his wife, Billy and Dorothy A. Scott Shackley. I estimate that these pages were typed around 1965. I believed that the two pages were typed by Elizabeth Dixon Shackley Stockham, based on information that I think I remember being told. I have placed additional information that I have found since then within [ ]. At the time that that the family landed in America John Skelton Shackley was 351 days old, which must have meant that father John and mother Elizabeth decided to came to America once it was know that John Skelton Shackley was going to be born as once he was born, father John left for America.
Here is the start of the two page family history that has been handed down:
John [Henry] Shackley was born October 16, 1827 in England. He worked as a miner, coming to America in 1869 [at the age of 42, which I guess was an old age to start one's life in another county.] [The recently found ship’s manifest shows the arrival date as being 27 Oct 1868] on the ship “City of Boston". On the return voyage the ship was never heard of again. [This statement has been found to be correct – see below] He went to Chicago and worked in a packing house to get money to bring the rest of the family to America.
He was married November 10, 1853 [at the age of 26] to Elizabeth Hutchison (born October 8, 1834 in Egermont England) [she was 19]. To this union was born nine children:
· William born December 12, 1855 - Died February 5, 1942 [at the age of 86]
· Mary Ann born March 8, 1858 - Died November 14, 1948 [at the age of 90]
· Edward born September 13, 1860 - Died November 20, 1942 [at the age of 82]
· Dinha Agnes born November 6, 1863 - Died August 23, 1950 [at the age of 86]
· Esther born April 16, 1866 - Died January 28, 1946 [at the age of 79]
· John Skelton born September 25, 1868 - Died January 25, 1944 [at the age of 75]
· Elizabeth Dixon born May 1, 1871 - Died September 8, 1952 [at the age of 81]
· Thomas Hutchinson born August 29, 1873 - Died January 14, 1927 [at the age of 53]
· Charlotte Jane born January 3, 1875 - Died April 24, 1964 [at the age of 89]
[Elizabeth, the mother at the age of 36, William at the age of 13, Mary Ann at the age of 11, Edward at the age of 9, Dinah Agnes at the age of 7, Esther at the age of 3, and John Skelton at the age of 1 made the 10 to 14 day voyage from Liverpool arriving in New York on the ship "City of Baltimore" on September 11, 1869.]
William, Mary Ann was born near Egermont England. Edward, [Dinah] Agnes and John were born near Saint Bees, Cumberland County, England. Elizabeth, Thomas and Charlotte were born in Iowa County near Mineral Point, Wisconsin. [The handed down document does not say where Esther was born, but because of the date of her birth, I would assume that she was born near Saint Bees, Cumberland County as she was born between Dianh Agnes and John Skelton
[From their arrival in 1869 until 1880 according to US Census reports they lived in Waldwick, Iowa County, Wisconsin, which is less than 10 miles from Mineral Point WI. Elizabeth Dixon [1871], Thomas Hutchinson [1873], and Charlotte Jane [1875] was born here.] The family came to Nebraska in 1880 by covered wagon, camping on the Elkhorn River for the winter along with the Indians nearby. [The family] had to move to higher ground because of a bad flood. They came in the Spring of 1881 to the north of Shelton and lived on a farm 20 miles west of Grand Island in Hall County. They came to Colorado in 1887 and lived on a homestead near Burdett [Washington County] in 1887 with Agnes, John Thomas and Charlotte. William, Mary Ann and Edward were then married [and] had their own homes. Esther stayed in Nebraska working and later stayed with Aunt Mary [I think this was Mary Hutchison, age 30, sister of Mother Elizabeth, who was shows as coming with the Shackley family in the 1869 sailing] in Custer County in 1890. [Daughter Elizabeth lived with the J. G. Tate family in Shelton until 1889.
John [Henry] was killed by lightening [on] August 8, 1895 [at the age of 67]. Elizabeth stayed on the homestead until the disposal of the property in the fall of 1895, then making her home with the children [Charlotte Jane and her husband. She died February 28, 1915 [at the age of 80]. Both [she and John Henry] are buried in the Sterling [Riverside] Cemetery in Sterling Colorado. [One of the interesting things that we learned on our trip to visit this cemetery was that the burial plot for John Henry was paid for by Charlotte's, at the time, future husband. Charlotte, her husband and some of their family are buried in the same plot.]
Here is information on the two ships that were involved in bring the Shackley Family to the USA.
John Henry Shackley arrived in New York on the City Of Boston, arrival date October 27, 1868 at the age of 42 plus 11 days.
CITY OF BOSTON 1864
Built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow in 1864, she was a 2,278 gross ton ship, length 305ft x beam 39ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 100-cabin and 950-3rd class passengers. Launched on 15th Nov.1864 for the Inman Line of Liverpool, she started her maiden voyage on 8th Feb.1865 when she left Liverpool for Queenstown (Cobh) and New York. She sailed from New York for Liverpool on 25th Jan.1870 and went missing with the loss of 177 lives. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.241]
The rest of the Shackley family arrived in New York on the City of Baltimore, arrival date September 11, 1869.
CITY OF BALTIMORE / FIVALLER / BENICARLO 1855
The CITY OF BALTIMORE was built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow in 1855 for the British owned Inman Line. She was a 2,368 gross ton ship, length 330.7ft x beam 39ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. Launched on 20th January 1855, she sailed from Liverpool for Marseilles on 20th March, where she was chartered by the French government for use as a troop transport for the Crimean War. She commenced her first commercial voyage for the Inman Line from Liverpool to Philadelphia on 23rd April 1856 and her first Liverpool - New York voyage started on 14th Jan.1857. In 1866 she was reconditioned with new engines and boilers and resumed Liverpool - Queenstown (Cobh) - New York voyages on 21st Nov.1866. Her last sailing on this service commenced 26th Feb.1874 and she was then sold to the Hall Line, retaining the same name. In 1883 she was sold to Spanish owners and renamed FIVALLER and in 1886 became the Spanish owned BENICARLO. She was scrapped the same year. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.239; vol.5,p.1920]
As I was growing up, I could never understand why my grand-father had his middle name, but some 60 years after he died I discovered that one of his grand-mother's maiden name was Skelton. I have since learned that this is a very common practice in Great Britain, where he was born.
John came to this country at the age of one. His father had come shortly after his birth and worked here for 11 months until he could bring his family to this country. At first the family settled in Wisconsin where three more children were born and them moved further west to Nebraska and finally to Colorado. His family settled on a homestead near Burdett in North Eastern Colorado, where he later married in 1895 and started his family. In about 1920 he moved his family to Arvada CO.
He lived for 75 years.
Many thanks to Betty Gonzales for getting photos of both Edith and John Shackley grave site for this memorial.
A story about how John Skelton Shackley’s family came to the U.S.A.
How the John Henry Shackley family came to America and how it moved across the country starting in 1869.
This information comes from two typed pages that were handed down from my father's [Floyd Henry Shackley] brother and his wife, Billy and Dorothy A. Scott Shackley. I estimate that these pages were typed around 1965. I believed that the two pages were typed by Elizabeth Dixon Shackley Stockham, based on information that I think I remember being told. I have placed additional information that I have found since then within [ ]. At the time that that the family landed in America John Skelton Shackley was 351 days old, which must have meant that father John and mother Elizabeth decided to came to America once it was know that John Skelton Shackley was going to be born as once he was born, father John left for America.
Here is the start of the two page family history that has been handed down:
John [Henry] Shackley was born October 16, 1827 in England. He worked as a miner, coming to America in 1869 [at the age of 42, which I guess was an old age to start one's life in another county.] [The recently found ship’s manifest shows the arrival date as being 27 Oct 1868] on the ship “City of Boston". On the return voyage the ship was never heard of again. [This statement has been found to be correct – see below] He went to Chicago and worked in a packing house to get money to bring the rest of the family to America.
He was married November 10, 1853 [at the age of 26] to Elizabeth Hutchison (born October 8, 1834 in Egermont England) [she was 19]. To this union was born nine children:
· William born December 12, 1855 - Died February 5, 1942 [at the age of 86]
· Mary Ann born March 8, 1858 - Died November 14, 1948 [at the age of 90]
· Edward born September 13, 1860 - Died November 20, 1942 [at the age of 82]
· Dinha Agnes born November 6, 1863 - Died August 23, 1950 [at the age of 86]
· Esther born April 16, 1866 - Died January 28, 1946 [at the age of 79]
· John Skelton born September 25, 1868 - Died January 25, 1944 [at the age of 75]
· Elizabeth Dixon born May 1, 1871 - Died September 8, 1952 [at the age of 81]
· Thomas Hutchinson born August 29, 1873 - Died January 14, 1927 [at the age of 53]
· Charlotte Jane born January 3, 1875 - Died April 24, 1964 [at the age of 89]
[Elizabeth, the mother at the age of 36, William at the age of 13, Mary Ann at the age of 11, Edward at the age of 9, Dinah Agnes at the age of 7, Esther at the age of 3, and John Skelton at the age of 1 made the 10 to 14 day voyage from Liverpool arriving in New York on the ship "City of Baltimore" on September 11, 1869.]
William, Mary Ann was born near Egermont England. Edward, [Dinah] Agnes and John were born near Saint Bees, Cumberland County, England. Elizabeth, Thomas and Charlotte were born in Iowa County near Mineral Point, Wisconsin. [The handed down document does not say where Esther was born, but because of the date of her birth, I would assume that she was born near Saint Bees, Cumberland County as she was born between Dianh Agnes and John Skelton
[From their arrival in 1869 until 1880 according to US Census reports they lived in Waldwick, Iowa County, Wisconsin, which is less than 10 miles from Mineral Point WI. Elizabeth Dixon [1871], Thomas Hutchinson [1873], and Charlotte Jane [1875] was born here.] The family came to Nebraska in 1880 by covered wagon, camping on the Elkhorn River for the winter along with the Indians nearby. [The family] had to move to higher ground because of a bad flood. They came in the Spring of 1881 to the north of Shelton and lived on a farm 20 miles west of Grand Island in Hall County. They came to Colorado in 1887 and lived on a homestead near Burdett [Washington County] in 1887 with Agnes, John Thomas and Charlotte. William, Mary Ann and Edward were then married [and] had their own homes. Esther stayed in Nebraska working and later stayed with Aunt Mary [I think this was Mary Hutchison, age 30, sister of Mother Elizabeth, who was shows as coming with the Shackley family in the 1869 sailing] in Custer County in 1890. [Daughter Elizabeth lived with the J. G. Tate family in Shelton until 1889.
John [Henry] was killed by lightening [on] August 8, 1895 [at the age of 67]. Elizabeth stayed on the homestead until the disposal of the property in the fall of 1895, then making her home with the children [Charlotte Jane and her husband. She died February 28, 1915 [at the age of 80]. Both [she and John Henry] are buried in the Sterling [Riverside] Cemetery in Sterling Colorado. [One of the interesting things that we learned on our trip to visit this cemetery was that the burial plot for John Henry was paid for by Charlotte's, at the time, future husband. Charlotte, her husband and some of their family are buried in the same plot.]
Here is information on the two ships that were involved in bring the Shackley Family to the USA.
John Henry Shackley arrived in New York on the City Of Boston, arrival date October 27, 1868 at the age of 42 plus 11 days.
CITY OF BOSTON 1864
Built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow in 1864, she was a 2,278 gross ton ship, length 305ft x beam 39ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 100-cabin and 950-3rd class passengers. Launched on 15th Nov.1864 for the Inman Line of Liverpool, she started her maiden voyage on 8th Feb.1865 when she left Liverpool for Queenstown (Cobh) and New York. She sailed from New York for Liverpool on 25th Jan.1870 and went missing with the loss of 177 lives. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.241]
The rest of the Shackley family arrived in New York on the City of Baltimore, arrival date September 11, 1869.
CITY OF BALTIMORE / FIVALLER / BENICARLO 1855
The CITY OF BALTIMORE was built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow in 1855 for the British owned Inman Line. She was a 2,368 gross ton ship, length 330.7ft x beam 39ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. Launched on 20th January 1855, she sailed from Liverpool for Marseilles on 20th March, where she was chartered by the French government for use as a troop transport for the Crimean War. She commenced her first commercial voyage for the Inman Line from Liverpool to Philadelphia on 23rd April 1856 and her first Liverpool - New York voyage started on 14th Jan.1857. In 1866 she was reconditioned with new engines and boilers and resumed Liverpool - Queenstown (Cobh) - New York voyages on 21st Nov.1866. Her last sailing on this service commenced 26th Feb.1874 and she was then sold to the Hall Line, retaining the same name. In 1883 she was sold to Spanish owners and renamed FIVALLER and in 1886 became the Spanish owned BENICARLO. She was scrapped the same year. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.239; vol.5,p.1920]
As I was growing up, I could never understand why my grand-father had his middle name, but some 60 years after he died I discovered that one of his grand-mother's maiden name was Skelton. I have since learned that this is a very common practice in Great Britain, where he was born.
John came to this country at the age of one. His father had come shortly after his birth and worked here for 11 months until he could bring his family to this country. At first the family settled in Wisconsin where three more children were born and them moved further west to Nebraska and finally to Colorado. His family settled on a homestead near Burdett in North Eastern Colorado, where he later married in 1895 and started his family. In about 1920 he moved his family to Arvada CO.
He lived for 75 years.
Many thanks to Betty Gonzales for getting photos of both Edith and John Shackley grave site for this memorial.
How the John Henry Shackley family came to America and how it moved across the country starting in 1869.
This information comes from two typed pages that were handed down from my father's [Floyd Henry Shackley] brother and his wife, Billy and Dorothy A. Scott Shackley. I estimate that these pages were typed around 1965. I believed that the two pages were typed by Elizabeth Dixon Shackley Stockham, based on information that I think I remember being told. I have placed additional information that I have found since then within [ ]. At the time that that the family landed in America John Skelton Shackley was 351 days old, which must have meant that father John and mother Elizabeth decided to came to America once it was know that John Skelton Shackley was going to be born as once he was born, father John left for America.
Here is the start of the two page family history that has been handed down:
John [Henry] Shackley was born October 16, 1827 in England. He worked as a miner, coming to America in 1869 [at the age of 42, which I guess was an old age to start one's life in another county.] [The recently found ship’s manifest shows the arrival date as being 27 Oct 1868] on the ship “City of Boston". On the return voyage the ship was never heard of again. [This statement has been found to be correct – see below] He went to Chicago and worked in a packing house to get money to bring the rest of the family to America.
He was married November 10, 1853 [at the age of 26] to Elizabeth Hutchison (born October 8, 1834 in Egermont England) [she was 19]. To this union was born nine children:
· William born December 12, 1855 - Died February 5, 1942 [at the age of 86]
· Mary Ann born March 8, 1858 - Died November 14, 1948 [at the age of 90]
· Edward born September 13, 1860 - Died November 20, 1942 [at the age of 82]
· Dinha Agnes born November 6, 1863 - Died August 23, 1950 [at the age of 86]
· Esther born April 16, 1866 - Died January 28, 1946 [at the age of 79]
· John Skelton born September 25, 1868 - Died January 25, 1944 [at the age of 75]
· Elizabeth Dixon born May 1, 1871 - Died September 8, 1952 [at the age of 81]
· Thomas Hutchinson born August 29, 1873 - Died January 14, 1927 [at the age of 53]
· Charlotte Jane born January 3, 1875 - Died April 24, 1964 [at the age of 89]
[Elizabeth, the mother at the age of 36, William at the age of 13, Mary Ann at the age of 11, Edward at the age of 9, Dinah Agnes at the age of 7, Esther at the age of 3, and John Skelton at the age of 1 made the 10 to 14 day voyage from Liverpool arriving in New York on the ship "City of Baltimore" on September 11, 1869.]
William, Mary Ann was born near Egermont England. Edward, [Dinah] Agnes and John were born near Saint Bees, Cumberland County, England. Elizabeth, Thomas and Charlotte were born in Iowa County near Mineral Point, Wisconsin. [The handed down document does not say where Esther was born, but because of the date of her birth, I would assume that she was born near Saint Bees, Cumberland County as she was born between Dianh Agnes and John Skelton
[From their arrival in 1869 until 1880 according to US Census reports they lived in Waldwick, Iowa County, Wisconsin, which is less than 10 miles from Mineral Point WI. Elizabeth Dixon [1871], Thomas Hutchinson [1873], and Charlotte Jane [1875] was born here.] The family came to Nebraska in 1880 by covered wagon, camping on the Elkhorn River for the winter along with the Indians nearby. [The family] had to move to higher ground because of a bad flood. They came in the Spring of 1881 to the north of Shelton and lived on a farm 20 miles west of Grand Island in Hall County. They came to Colorado in 1887 and lived on a homestead near Burdett [Washington County] in 1887 with Agnes, John Thomas and Charlotte. William, Mary Ann and Edward were then married [and] had their own homes. Esther stayed in Nebraska working and later stayed with Aunt Mary [I think this was Mary Hutchison, age 30, sister of Mother Elizabeth, who was shows as coming with the Shackley family in the 1869 sailing] in Custer County in 1890. [Daughter Elizabeth lived with the J. G. Tate family in Shelton until 1889.
John [Henry] was killed by lightening [on] August 8, 1895 [at the age of 67]. Elizabeth stayed on the homestead until the disposal of the property in the fall of 1895, then making her home with the children [Charlotte Jane and her husband. She died February 28, 1915 [at the age of 80]. Both [she and John Henry] are buried in the Sterling [Riverside] Cemetery in Sterling Colorado. [One of the interesting things that we learned on our trip to visit this cemetery was that the burial plot for John Henry was paid for by Charlotte's, at the time, future husband. Charlotte, her husband and some of their family are buried in the same plot.]
Here is information on the two ships that were involved in bring the Shackley Family to the USA.
John Henry Shackley arrived in New York on the City Of Boston, arrival date October 27, 1868 at the age of 42 plus 11 days.
CITY OF BOSTON 1864
Built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow in 1864, she was a 2,278 gross ton ship, length 305ft x beam 39ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodation for 100-cabin and 950-3rd class passengers. Launched on 15th Nov.1864 for the Inman Line of Liverpool, she started her maiden voyage on 8th Feb.1865 when she left Liverpool for Queenstown (Cobh) and New York. She sailed from New York for Liverpool on 25th Jan.1870 and went missing with the loss of 177 lives. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.241]
The rest of the Shackley family arrived in New York on the City of Baltimore, arrival date September 11, 1869.
CITY OF BALTIMORE / FIVALLER / BENICARLO 1855
The CITY OF BALTIMORE was built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow in 1855 for the British owned Inman Line. She was a 2,368 gross ton ship, length 330.7ft x beam 39ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. Launched on 20th January 1855, she sailed from Liverpool for Marseilles on 20th March, where she was chartered by the French government for use as a troop transport for the Crimean War. She commenced her first commercial voyage for the Inman Line from Liverpool to Philadelphia on 23rd April 1856 and her first Liverpool - New York voyage started on 14th Jan.1857. In 1866 she was reconditioned with new engines and boilers and resumed Liverpool - Queenstown (Cobh) - New York voyages on 21st Nov.1866. Her last sailing on this service commenced 26th Feb.1874 and she was then sold to the Hall Line, retaining the same name. In 1883 she was sold to Spanish owners and renamed FIVALLER and in 1886 became the Spanish owned BENICARLO. She was scrapped the same year. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.239; vol.5,p.1920]
As I was growing up, I could never understand why my grand-father had his middle name, but some 60 years after he died I discovered that one of his grand-mother's maiden name was Skelton. I have since learned that this is a very common practice in Great Britain, where he was born.
John came to this country at the age of one. His father had come shortly after his birth and worked here for 11 months until he could bring his family to this country. At first the family settled in Wisconsin where three more children were born and them moved further west to Nebraska and finally to Colorado. His family settled on a homestead near Burdett in North Eastern Colorado, where he later married in 1895 and started his family. In about 1920 he moved his family to Arvada CO.
He lived for 75 years.
Many thanks to Betty Gonzales for getting photos of both Edith and John Shackley grave site for this memorial.
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FATHER
JOHN S. SHACKLEY
1868 - 1944
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