Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEsther WHISTLER 376
Birth Date13 Oct 1874
Birth PlaceBexar County, Texas
Death Date7 Jun 1956 Age: 81
Death PlaceMarfa, Presidio County, Texas
Burial PlaceMarathon, Brewster County, Texas, Marathon Cemetery
Spouses
Birth Date5 Aug 1868
Birth PlaceTexas
Death Date11 Sep 1931 Age: 63
Death PlaceMarathon, Brewster County, Texas
Burial PlaceMarathon, Brewster County, Texas, Marathon Cemetery
FatherJohn Shock SHELY (1818-1875)
MotherSusannah RUTLEDGE (1839-1916)
Family ID5372
Marr Date27 Jun 1889
Marr PlaceBrackettville, Kinney County, Texas
ChildrenTerry William (1890-1984)
 Charles M. (1892-)
Notes for Esther WHISTLER
1900 Census
Name: Esther Sheeley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Justice Precincts 2 -6, Kinney, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Number of Living Children: 2
Years Married: 10
Birth Date: Oct 1874
Birthplace: Texas
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1890
Father's Birthplace: Arkansas
Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas
Mother of how many children: 2
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Terry Sheeley Head M 32 Texas
Esther Sheeley Wife F 26 Texas
Terry Sheeley Son M 10 Texas
Charles Sheeley Son M 8 Texas
Annie Tidwell Boarder F 19 Texas

Death
Esther Whistler Shely
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 07 Jun 1956
Event Place: Marfa, Presidio, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 13 Oct 1874
Birthplace: Bexar, Texas
Father's Name: Ross Whistler
Mother's Name: Margaret Mcbee
Ark.

On Find A Grave.

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Notes for Terry Mordecai (Spouse 1)
Brewster Co, TX, Marathon Cemetery
Shely’s buried in Cemetery
1. Cecil Shoemake “Mud” Shely, born 9/29/1899, Died 2/3/1984
2. Charles Standard “Yang”, born 11/23/1892, died 8/29/1967
3. Ester Shely, born1874, died1956
4. Ms. Ruby Jones, daughter of Frances and M H Jones, born no date, died 2//16/1919
5. Terry W Shely, born8/5/1868, died3/11/9/1931
6. Infant, Lemons, born and died 11/30/1919, C/O Ethel Shely & A.V. Lenons, Stillborn

Brewster Co, Texas, County Officials
1.T M Shely, Jr. Commissioner Pct 3, 1927-1930
2. T M Shely, Commissioner Pct 3,1928-1927, 1950-1964

Brewster Co, TX, Marks and Brands, date of registration
T M Shely, Nov 8, 1906
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