Kansas Family History

Family History of Charles Frederick CHINN

                             Family Group Sheet

 Husband: Charles Frederick CHINN   age: 54 
    Born: 10-Dec-1830     in: Birmingham,WAR,ENG                          
    Died: 10 JUN 1885     in: Ohio Twp, MorrisCo, KS                      
  Buried:                 in: Swartz Cemetery, MorrisCo, KS               
     Ref:                     Occupation: maltster/farmer                 
  Father: John CHINN  
  Mother: Unknown _____  
                  December 10, 1830 Charles Frederick CHINN was born in Birmingham,
                  Warwickshire, England
                  1847 (age 17) he left home, because he supposedly could not get
                  along with his stepmother.
                  He went on two world cruises as a sailor.  On one voyage he
                  sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to New Zealand.
                  Then he returned to England.
                  April 29, 1861 Charles Chinn (age 30) married Maria SHEARS (age
                  25) at St. Luke's Church in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
                  George Davenport was the Curate who performed the ceremony. John
                  Chinn and U. A. Green were witnesses. Their residence at time of
                  marriage was on Bromsgrove Street.
                  They were involved in the Church of England (Anglican).
                  April-May 1869 after the Civil War, Charles Frederick and Maria
                  (SHEARS) CHINN came to America in a sailing vessel as steerage
                  passengers. It took six weeks to sail across the ocean from
                  London to New York.
                  July 1869 Charles and Maria (Shears) CHINN settled near Shannon,
                  Carroll County, Illinois and resided there for six or seven
                  years.
                  1876 Charles and Maria (Shears) CHINN and four children left
                  their home near Shannon, Carroll County, Illinois and boarded a
                  train for Kansas.
                  1876 They came by the Kansas (Union) Pacific Railroad from Kansas
                  City, MO to Junction City, Davis County, Kansas where they
                  transferred to the M. K. T. (Missouri, Kansas, and Texas) or
                  (Katy) Railroad then to Parkerville, Morris County, Kansas.
                  1876 At Parkerville they were met by friend, Samuel MIERS. Samuel
                  MIERS took the CHINN family to his home (NE1/4 Section 18 Twp 14S
                  R 8E) two miles east of where Dwight, Ohio Township, Kansas now
                  is. They lived with Samuel MIERS until they could purchase land,
                  build a small house and start farming.
                  1876 Charles CHINN had inherited $600.00 from England, so he
                  purchased a quarter section (SW1/4 Section 17 Twp 14S R 8E) of
                  land for $2.50 per acre from the Kansas (Union) Pacific Railroad,
                  a team of horses, and a few sheep with this money.
                  After 1876 the original house was located 2 miles east and 1/2
                  mile south of where Dwight, Ohio Township, Kansas now is.
                  Material for the house was hauled from Parkerville, Kansas, six
                  miles away. Using a cave in a cliff, he put up a shelter for the
                  horses and stock.
                  They later bought an additional 80 acres (S 80 of NW1/4 Section
                  17 Twp 14S R 8E) north of the original quarter section of land.
                  June 10, 1885 Charles CHINN died June 10, 1885 at Morris County,
                  Kansas.  He was buried in SWARTZ Cemetery, Morris County, Kansas.
                       To support the family, Maria worked away from home whenever
                  she could as a midwife (practical nurse) and also did housework
                  for neighbors.  The children did the farming and worked for
                  neighbors.  But they managed and the children grew up.
                  1889 Frank CHINN took over the home place, and Maria continued to
                  live at home with them.
                  1901 Maria (Shears) CHINN made a trip to Oregon to visit
                  Frederick Charles and Annie Mary (SWARTZ) CHINN.
                  Maria (SHEARS) CHINN was blind the last four years of her life,
                  and had to be helped about the home.
                  The home burned and they lost nearly everything, so Maria lived
                  with her daughter, Amy AMSBURY, until a new house could be built.
                  January 22, 1921 Maria (Shears) CHINN (aged 84 years 10 months
                  and 22 days) died at the home of her son, Frank Edmund CHINN in
                  Morris County, KS.
                  Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Charles SWARTZ at Morris
                  Church. Maria (SHEARS) CHINN was buried in SWARTZ Cemetery,
                  Morris County, Kansas.

    Wife: Maria SHEARS   age: 84 
 Married: 29 APR 1861     in: Birmingham,WAR,ENG                          
    Born:  1 MAR 1836     in: SOM,ENG                                    1
    Died: 22 JAN 1921     in: Ohio Twp, MorrisCo, KS                      
  Buried:                 in: Swartz Cemetery, MorrisCo, KS               
     Ref:                     Occupation: spinster/midwife                
  Father: William SHEARS  
  Mother: Unknown _____  
                  Maria SHEARS was confirmed in the Episcopal Church as a child.

M Child 1 Frederic (Fred) Charles CHINN  age: 82 
    Born:  9-Jun-1862     in: Birmingham,WAR,ENG                         1
    Died:  2-Dec-1944     in: Portland,MultnomahCo,OR                     
  Buried:  5-Dec-1944     in: Zion Cemetery, Canby, ClackamasCo, OR       
     Ref:                     Occupation: farmer                          
  Spouse: Annie Mary SWARTZ  
 Married: 27-Nov-1889     in: Dwight, Morris County, KS                   
F Child 2 Amy CHINN  age: 88 
    Born: 27-Feb-1864     in: Solihull,WAR,ENG                           1
    Died: 19-Aug-1952     in: Alta Vista,WabaunseeCo,KS                   
  Buried:                 in: Swartz Cemetery, MorrisCo, KS               
  Spouse: Benjamin Franklin (Frank) AMSBURY  
 Married: 13-Sep-1888     in: Dwight, Morris County, KS                   
F Child 3 Amelia CHINN  age: 2 
    Born:  2-Apr-1866     in: ENG                                         
    Died: 21-Nov-1868     in: ENG                                         
M Child 4 Frank Edmund CHINN  age: 78 
    Born: 14 DEC 1869     in: Illinois                                   1
    Died:  9 SEP 1948     in: MorrisCo, KS                                
     Ref:                     Occupation: farmer                          
  Spouse: Elizabeth Ellen MULLINS  
 Married: 24 AUG 1898     in: MorrisCo, KS                                
F Child 5 Addie Rebecca CHINN  age: 1 
    Born: 30-Apr-1873     in: Shannon, Carroll County, IL                 
    Died: 22-Jun-1874     in: Shannon, Carroll County, IL                 
F Child 6 Lucy Alice CHINN  age: 71 
    Born: 23-Aug-1875     in: Shannon, Carroll County, IL                1
    Died:  6-Aug-1947     in: Turner, Wyandotte County, KS                
  Spouse: John SWARTZ  
 Married: 20-Nov-1895     in: Morris County, KS                           
F Child 7 Nellie Agnes CHINN  age: 13 
    Born: 10-Jan-1880     in: Dwight, Morris County, KS                  1
    Died: 13-Aug-1893     in: Dwight, Morris County, KS                   
M Child 8 George Henry CHINN  age: 19 
    Born:  6-May-1882     in: Dwight, Morris County, KS                   
    Died: 22-Feb-1902     in: Dwight, Morris County, KS                   

 
1 1880 Federal Census of Ohio Township, Morris County, Kansas Enumeration made
 7th and 8th, June 1880. page 7.