Annie Cornelia Farrell Family

Annie Cornelia Farrell

Annie Cornelia (Farrell) Shannon in 1894

Annie and Thomas Shannon in about 1928

born: 8 Jul 1874, Villa Nova,Clinton Co.,Iowa
died: 3 Jun 1935, Clinton,Clinton Co.,Iowa
bur.: Villa Nova,Clinton Co.,Iowa, at St. Patrick's
spouse: Thomas Lucien SHANNON: marr: 9 Jan 1894, Villa Nova,Clinton Co.,Iowa, at St. Patrick's; born: 7 Jan 1865, Villa Nova,Clinton Co.,Iowa; died: 6 Feb 1929, Clinton,Clinton Co.,Iowa; bur.: 8 Feb 1929, Villa Nova,Clinton Co.,Iowa, at St. Patrick's
Children:: George Lucien SHANNON; Patrick Leroy SHANNON; Walter Thomas SHANNON; James Maurice SHANNON; Grace SHANNON; Evelyn Catherine SHANNON; Ruth SHANNON; Lewis R. SHANNON; Irene SHANNON; Robert A. SHANNON; Patrick Adrian ``Ade'' SHANNON

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------
                      |
           |---------John FARRELL (Ireland - )
           |          |
           |          |--------
           |
  |------George FARRELL (1829, Ireland - 1882, Iowa)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Annie Cornelia FARRELL (1874, Iowa - 1935, Iowa)
  |
  |                   |--------Phenton LAWLOR (Ireland - Ireland)
  |                   |
  |        |---------Patrick LAWLOR (1808, Ireland - 1889, Iowa)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Catherine LAWLER (1845, Ireland - 1913, Iowa)
           |
           |          |--------Thomas REED (Ireland - )
           |          |
           |---------Elizabeth REED (1822, Ireland - 1862, Iowa)
                      |
                      |--------Mary FLETCHER ( - )

While we take high school education for granted these days, it wasn't always so. The following was written by one of Annie Farrell Shannon's children in the 1970s: The Farrell children grew up with the Shannons, their close neighbors, and attended the same school. Most of them received a modicum of higher education, Uncle George attended St. Ambrose, and the girls had brief terms at Our Lady of Angels. I remember Mama telling of coming home for Christmas after her first semester, and learning to her sorrow that another sister, I think Aunt Tessie, was to attend the second semester in her place.

Annie's June 3 obituary says she died that morning at 4 o'clock. The Farrell Family History gives 5/3/35 as her death date, meaning May 3rd. Her funeral was to be held Wednesday after the obituary was published, which fits better with June than May, 1935 (June 3 was a Monday, May 3 was a Friday). A circa 1974 ``History of Shannon Family'' by one of Annie's children says she died June 2, 1935 (note that she died very early in the morning of June 3, which might be called the night of June 2)

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