Amelia Ellen Shock

   Other names for Amelia were Amelia Schrock and Ann Eliza Shock.

  General Notes:

1840 Fairfield, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Peter Shook/Shock HOH
2 males 1835-1839 [John S. and ____ ?]
2 males 1831-1835 [Frederick and Henry W.?]
1 male 1791-1800 (Peter the head])
1 female 1835-1839 (dau Amelia ?)
1 female 1801-1810 [wife Catherine ?]

1 June 1850 Bolivar, Lawrence twp, Tuscarawas county, OH
Christian Glasser 1802 Germany
Catherine Glasser age 3 OH
Christian Glasser age 1 OH
Catherine SHEAK (sic) age 45 1805 Germany [corruption of the sp of surname]
Henry SHEAK age 17 c1833 Germany
John SHEAK age 15 c1835 Germany
Amelia SHARK age 10 Ohio [Census taken in June..she did not turn 11 until the following month]
[Note: This family must have arrived in US between 1836-1839 if the two males noted were born in Germany and Amelia born in OH. Also Amelia is listed on the following page of the sheet...the rest of her family is listed on sheet before entitled Lawrence, OH and listed at the bottom under a separate heading of Bolivar. Lawrence Township and she is listed at top of sheet titled Bolivar, OH which is a continuation of the entries for Bolivar. Both sheets were written 31 Oct 1850.... www.familysearch.com shows the two sheets in consecutive order but www.ancestry.com does not.

1858 - Amelia Shock may have been living in Franklin, DeKalb county, IN at the time of her marriage there in 1858. Her mother is living with her brother there in 1860 and Amelia may have also lived with him along with her mother prior to the marriage which would explain this location.

1860 Monroe [West Cairo] Allen County, Ohio
Isaac STRAW 1837 OH
Anclio (sic) 1839 OH
Elmino (sic) 1859 PA
[next door is the Melhorn family and living with them is an Otto Shock born 1830 OH] Could he be related to Amelia?

1870 Federal Census Osage, Henry County Missouri
Enumerated Sep 5 thru Sept 8, 1870
32 120 123 STRAW Isaac N. 34 m w $0 $400 farmer Ohio 1836
33 STRAW Amelia 31 f w $0 $0 keeping house Ohio 1839
34 STRAW Sarah C. 12 f w $0 $0 - Ohio 1858
35 STRAW Caroline 10 f w $0 $0 - Ohio 1860
36 STRAW Charles S. 8 m w $0 $0 - Ohio 1862
37 STRAW Eline V. 6 f w $0 $0 - Ohio 1864
38 STRAW Orin A. 2 f w $0 $0 - Ohio 1868
39 124 STRAW Christine 50 f w $0 $0 keeping house Ohio 1820
40 STRAW Mary 13 f w $0 $0 - Ohio 1857

1880: Fairview, Henry, Missouri
Name: Amelia E. STRAW Age: 42 Estimated birth year: <1838>
Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Keeps House
Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Female
Head of household: Isaac N. STRAW Relation: Wife
Father's birthplace: GERMANY Mother's birthplace: GERMANY

per HX of Henry CO she is referred to as Ann Eliza Shock the d/o Peter Shock and that she was a "native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio"

Find A Grave Memorial 69725872

Amelia Shock Straw was the d/o Peter Shock and Catherine (Soffel?)Shock who emig from Germany in 1838 with probable sons Frederick, Henry and John all born in Germany. It appears Amelia was the first of their children born in Ameria.She was said to be a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio.[ 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co., pg: 763]

1840 Fairfield, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Peter Shook/Shock [head]
2 males 1835-1839 John and ____
2 males 1831-1835 Frederick and Henry
1 male 1791-1800 (Peter)
1 female 1835-1839 (dau Amelia)
1 female 1801-1810 [wife)

Amelia appears in the 1850 census of Bolivar, Lawrence township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio at age 10 and lives with her mother Catherine [no husband listed]and two probable brothers Henry and John. The surname is written as SHEAK and Amelia is called "Amelia Shark" by census taker but in the same dwelling and it appears to be her family. The head of the Household is a Christian Glasser born 1802 Germany who also appears to be alone with no wife but two small children.

Amelia married Isaac Newton Straw on 6 June 1858 in DeKalb, Indiana, possibly Franklin township as she had a probable brother Frederick Shock who married in July of 1858 in DeKalb county, IN and was living in Franklin in the 1860 census.Their records are only a few pages apart in a ledger of marriages performed in DeKalb County, IN

Amelia and Isaac had thirteen known children.

Amelia married Isaac Newton Straw, son of Jason Straw and Christina Harpster, on 5 Jun 1858 in Dekalb County, Indiana. (Isaac Newton Straw was born on 27 Oct 1836 in Wyandot County, Ohio, died on 29 Nov 1905 in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri and was buried in Teays Chapel Cemetery in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri.)

  Marriage Notes:

www.familysearch.com - Indiana marriages in DeKalb County
Name: Lewis Straw
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 13 Jun 1858
Event Place: , Dekalb, Indiana
Alternate Event Place:
Registration Place: , Dekalb, Indiana, United States
Marriage License Date: 05 Jun 1858
Residence Place:
Gender: Male

Spouse's Name:Amelia Shrock
Spouse's Residence Place:
Spouse's Gender: Female

Officiator's Name:George Beard
Page: 24
Record Number:
Reference ID:
GS Film number:001863082
Digital Folder Number:004476452
Image Number: 00373
Number of Images: 1