Olive Oretta Shannon

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Olive Oretta Beals is not in my direct ancestry. She is 4 steps removed in the following ways: Grandaughter of of Francis Augustus "Frank" Beals;great-granddaughter of Samuel Beals Great-great-granddaughter of Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Brey

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	4 July 1897	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA
Marriage	22 June 1920	Emlenton PA	To Lawrence Emerson Gates (3 Apr 1893Squaw Valley, Butler Co. Pa-16 Sept 1977, Franklin, PA)
Death	13 Nov 2000	Emlenton, Venango Co., PA
Burial		Emlenton Cemetery

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 1  Generation 2            Generation 3             Generation 4                                    
                                                
                                                                           +-- Samuel Beals  
                                                                           |   (1831-1907)   
                                             +-- Francis Augustus Beals  --+                  
                                             |    (1853-1943)              |                       
                                             |                             +-- Catherine C. Marsh
                     +-- Lillian Mae Beals --+                                 (1829-1880)
                     | (1877-1967)           |
                     |                       |
                     |                       +-- Permelia "Millie" Farmer Zellers
                     |
Olive Oretta Shannon +
(1897-2000)          |
                     |
                     |
                     |
                     +-- Maurice Baker Shannon, Jr.

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Children

Children with Lawrence Emerson Gates :

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Clara Louise Gates	F	22 Aug 1923	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA	Raymond Clyde Rhodes, (11 May 1916 Slippery Rock, Butler Co. Pa - 23 Sept 1997, Mars, PA	2 sons, 1 daughter living
Harry Eugene Gates	M	16 Oct 1926	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA	Inez Maxine Schreffler, (b. 2 May 1928 Nickleville, Venango Co. PA	died 19 Mar 1964, Orange TX ; 2 sons & 2 daughters, living
Maurice Clarence Gates	M	15 Oct 1929	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA		died 28 Mar 1932, Emlenton PA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources >
Emlenton, Venango Co. PA	1897-2000

Photo Gallery

Standing, L to R: Faye McClellan (1916 - 1972), Walter Beals (1901 - 1971), Olive O. Shannon (Gates) (1897 - 2000), Carrie May (Gates) (probably mother of Lawrence Gates), (1865 - 1950), Edith Shannon (Beals) (1907 - 2004), Maurice Baker Shannon (1872 - 1947), Lillian Mae Beals (Shannon) (1877 - 1967), Francis Augustus Beals (1853-1943) Front, L to R: Harry Eugene Gates (1926 - 1964), Duane Beals (1931 - ), Clara Louise Gates (1923 - ), either Amie Lawrie Gates (1895 - 1987) or Ethel Marguerite Gates (1894 - 1978). At the Walt & Edith Beals home, Walnut St., Emlenton PA, ca. 1933.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1900 United States Federal Census,
2	1910 United States Federal Census,
3	1920 United States Federal Census,
4	Personal correspondence of Duane Beals, son of Edith Geraldine Shannon & Walter Benjamin Beals, 2006-ongoing; FTM Beals file. See Contributors Per Duane Beals, the Gates family line is as follows: Carrie May Porterfield (2 Oct 1865-Feb 1950) married Henry Harrison Gates (23 Apr 1852 - Dec 1914). Their 3 children were Lawrence Emerson Gates (3 Apr 1893 in Squaw Valley, Butler Co. PA - 16 Sept 1977 Franklin, PA); Amie Lawrie Gates (12 Oct 1895 Emlenton PA - Feb 1987); Ethel Marguerite Gates (9 June 1894 Emlenton PA - Nov 1978 Bruin PA). Lawrence Emerson Gates married (22 June 1920 in Emlenton PA) to Olive Oretta Shannon. Their three children, all born Emlenton PA: Clara Louise Gates (22 Aug 1923- ); Harry Eugene "Gene" Gates (16 Oct 1926-19 Mar 1964 in Orange TX); Maurice Clarence Gates (15 Oct 1929 - 28 Mar 1932 in Emlenton PA).