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Family HistoryFamily History - David Edward Shoemaker


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 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features David Edward Shoemaker and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. David Edward Shoemaker,1 born ____ (parents not determined). David married, 24 April 1959 in Clark County, Nevada, Fairy Lavette Crippen4 (born 1 August 1934 in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, the daughter of James Nelson Crippin and Gladys Marie Bennett;1, 2, 3 Fairy died 29 December 1994 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona1).

  1. Find a Grave (website). (No cemetery indicated); Fairy Lavette Crippen Shoemaker, born: 1 August 1934 in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana; died: 29 December 1994 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (from record, which includes her social security death record; and provides the names and links for her parents and six siblings).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Indiana, Marshall County, West Township, E.D. 50-21, Sheet No. 12A-B, James Crippen, 41, Michigan, widow, polisher, nickle plating factory; Delton Crippen, 18, Michigan, sand cutter, casting foundry; daughter Marie Crippen, 15, Michigan; daughter Dorothy Crippen, 10, Indiana; daughter Fairy Crippen, 5, Indiana; father James S. Crippen, 72, Michigan, moulder, casting foundry; housekeeper Ruby Van Gilder, 26, Indiana, divorced, housekeeper, private home; housekeeper’s daughter Rosemary Van Gilder, 5, Indiana.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Indiana, Marshall County, Plymouth, E.D. 50-11, Sheet No. 9, Robert E. Kline, 24, Indiana, drives clark [?], mfg. cars and trucks; wife Dorothy L. Kline, 20, Indiana; son James R. Kline, 2, Indiana; son Thomas E. Kline, Dec[ember], Indiana; sister-in-law Fairy L. Crippin, 15, Indiana.
  4. Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, David Edward Shoemaker and Fairy L. Crippin, married on 24 April 1959 in Clark [County], Nevada.