Olive Oretta Shannon

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Olive Oretta Shannon is not in my direct ancestry. She is 4 steps removed in the following ways: Grandaughter of of Francis Augustus "Frank" Beals;great-granddaughter of Samuel Beals Great-great-granddaughter of Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Brey

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	4 July 1897	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA
Marriage	22 June 1920	Emlenton PA	To Lawrence Emerson Gates (3 Apr 1893Squaw Valley, Butler Co. Pa-16 Sept 1977, Franklin, PA)
Death	13 Nov 2000	Emlenton, Venango Co., PA
Burial		Emlenton Cemetery

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 1  Generation 2            Generation 3             Generation 4                                    
                                                
                                                                           +-- Samuel Beals  
                                                                           |   (1831-1907)   
                                             +-- Francis Augustus Beals  --+                  
                                             |    (1853-1943)              |                       
                                             |                             +-- Catherine C. Marsh
                     +-- Lillian Mae Beals --+                                 (1829-1880)
                     | (1877-1967)           |
                     |                       |
                     |                       +-- Permelia "Millie" Farmer Zellers
                     |
Olive Oretta Shannon +
(1897-2000)          |
                     |
                     |
                     |
                     +-- Maurice Baker Shannon, Jr.

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Children

Children with Lawrence Emerson Gates :

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Clara Louise Gates	F	22 Aug 1923	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA	Raymond Clyde Rhodes, (11 May 1916 Slippery Rock, Butler Co. Pa - 23 Sept 1997, Mars, PA	2 sons, 1 daughter living
Harry Eugene Gates	M	16 Oct 1926	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA	Inez Maxine Schreffler, (b. 2 May 1928 Nickleville, Venango Co. PA	died 19 Mar 1964, Orange TX ; 2 sons & 2 daughters, living
Maurice Clarence Gates	M	15 Oct 1929	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA		died 28 Mar 1932, Emlenton PA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources >
Emlenton, Venango Co. PA	1897-2000

Photo Gallery

Olive & Edith Shannon, & Faye McClellan at the Maurice Shannon home, Emlenton

Standing, L to R: Faye McClellan (1916 - 1972), Walter Beals (1901 - 1971), Olive O. Shannon (Gates) (1897 - 2000), Carrie May (Gates) (probably mother of Lawrence Gates), (1865 - 1950), Edith Shannon (Beals) (1907 - 2004), Maurice Baker Shannon (1872 - 1947), Lillian Mae Beals (Shannon) (1877 - 1967), Francis Augustus Beals (1853-1943) Front, L to R: Harry Eugene Gates (1926 - 1964), Duane Beals (1931 - ), Clara Louise Gates (1923 - ), either Amie Lawrie Gates (1895 - 1987) or Ethel Marguerite Gates (1894 - 1978). At the Walt & Edith Beals home, Walnut St., Emlenton PA, ca. 1933.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1900 United States Federal Census, District 162, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 15. Census dated 18 June, 1900. Lines 42-44: Morrice Shannon, head, 28, b. Nov. 1871, married 4 yrs, farmer; Lilian, wife, 22, b. Oct 1877, married 4 yrs, 1 child born, 1 living; Olive, dau, 2, b. July 1897. All and parent b. PA. Adults can read, write and speak English. Family rents home.
2	1910 United States Federal Census, District 112, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA, page 19. Census dated 22 April, 1910. Lines 13-16: Maurice Shannon, head, 38, married(1) 14 yrs, mail carrier, rural route; Lilian, wife, 32,, married 4 yrs, 3 children born, 2 living; Olive, dau, 12; Edith, dau., 3. All and parents b. PA. Adults can read, write and speak English.
3	1920 United States Federal Census, District 110, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA, page 19. Census dated 19/20 Jan 1920. Lines 11-14: Morris Shannon, head, 48, mail carrier, US Mail, owns farm; Lillian, wife, 42, married at age 18; Olive O., dau, 22, bookkeeper, Gas office; Edith G., dau., 12, attended school.. All and parents b. PA. Adults can read, write and speak English.
3A	1930 United States federal Census, District 10, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA, page 21. Census dated 17 April 1930. Lines 22-26: Lorence E. Gates, head, 37, married at age 27, owns home $3500, owns radio, retail merchant, general store, is veteran; Olive O., wife, 32, married at age 22; Clair L, dau., 6; Harry E., son, 3 yrs 5 months; Maurice C., son, 5 months. All and all parents b. PA. Parents can read, write and speak English. Family lives on Avalon Street.
4	Personal correspondence of Duane Beals, son of Edith Geraldine Shannon & Walter Benjamin Beals, 2006-ongoing; FTM Beals file. See Contributors Per Duane Beals, the Gates family line is as follows: Carrie May Porterfield (2 Oct 1865-Feb 1950) married Henry Harrison Gates (23 Apr 1852 - Dec 1914). Their 3 children were Lawrence Emerson Gates (3 Apr 1893 in Squaw Valley, Butler Co. PA - 16 Sept 1977 Franklin, PA); Amie Lawrie Gates (12 Oct 1895 Emlenton PA - Feb 1987); Ethel Marguerite Gates (9 June 1894 Emlenton PA - Nov 1978 Bruin PA). Lawrence Emerson Gates married (22 June 1920 in Emlenton PA) to Olive Oretta Shannon. Their three children, all born Emlenton PA: Clara Louise Gates (22 Aug 1923- ); Harry Eugene "Gene" Gates (16 Oct 1926-19 Mar 1964 in Orange TX); Maurice Clarence Gates (15 Oct 1929 - 28 Mar 1932 in Emlenton PA).