Frederick August Shinn

1885 - 1970  (85 years)

• Name	Frederick August Shinn
  Born	30 Jan 1885	Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Student
  Immigration	1905	, Canada   [5]
  Naturalization	1910	, Canada   [5]
  Occupation	1912	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	clerk
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Clerk
  Residence	1921	15 Hill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1928	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-38029
  Died	5 Oct 1970	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I38029	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Kelly Shinn,   b. 3 Feb 1859, Woodbury, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 9 Apr 1937, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Augusta Beger,   b. 30 Sep 1864, Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, United States ,   d. 25 Jan 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1883	Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, United States   [7]
  Family ID	F11762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Irma Hedwig Koenig,   b. 29 Aug 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1936  (Age 44 years)
  Married	9 Mar 1912	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Ronald F. Shinn   2. Earl Shinn,   b. 1912, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Paula Shinn,   b. 1914, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Esther F. Shinn,   b. 1917, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Oct 2013, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)   5. Cora Shinn,   b. 1919, , Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F35748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Waterloo historian, Fred Shinn, 85, died Fred Shinn of 230 Dawson St., died Oct. 5 at the K-W Hospital after a brief illness. He was taken there a few days earlier after he collapsed in Waterloo Square. He was 85. A native of St. Louis, Miss., he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kelly Shinn. He was a year old when the family moved to New Hamburg, then to Toronto and later to Amherst N.S. In 1895 they came to Waterloo where he lived most of his life since. He escaped death twice in his early years. He was five years old when he became seriously ill with scarlet fever. The doctor said he wouldn't survive the night. Later another doctor, treating him for an ear infection, told him he couldn't survive his teens. With that dour prognosis went warnings against all sporting activities, if he were to gain even those few years. He opted instead to enjoy whatever time was left to him and played baseball, hockey and cricket. His first job was in his father's undertaking business. When this was sold in the late 1900s [date is a misprint; could be 1908], he returned to St. Louis where he spent three years in an art store. After two years in Toronto, where he worked for the Robert Simpson Co., he became clerk in Waterloo Post Office. Five years later he returned to Toronto to work for Dominion Express, now the Canadian Pacific Railways. In 1921 he joined the Prudential Insurance Co and continued with the firm until his retirement in 1950. Afterwards, he spent some time with the city assessment department. An avid bowler, he liked to bowl 10-pins daily. He was a well-known local historian and wrote a weekly column on this topic for The Chronicle for several years. His wife, the former Irma Koening, died in 1936. He is survived by two sons, Earl of Waterloo and Ronald of Ottawa, three daughters, Mrs. George (Paula) Taylor and Mrs. Nellis [sic] (Esther) Lishman, both of Kitchener, and Mrs. John (Cora) Eix of Waterloo, one brother, one sister, 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Waterloo Chronicle, Thursday, October 8, 1970

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-7 Page 1. [S118] News - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo - Waterloo Chronicle, Obituary of Fred Shinn - October 8, 1970. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Shinn/ Fred A. Shinn/ 1885-1970/ Irma Koenig/ Beloved Wife of/ Fred A. Shinn/ 1891-1936/ At Rest. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 20035 (1912), Shinn-Koenig. Fred August Shinn, clerk of Waterloo City, Age: 27 Estimated birth year: abt 1885 Father Name: Joseph K Shinn Mother Name: Auguste Beger Spouse Name: Irma H Koeing, dressmaker of Berlin, Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse Father Name: Bernhard Koeing Spouse Mother Name: Francis Wurz Marriage Date: 9 Mar 1912 Marriage Location: Waterloo [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 23 Page 7. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Obituary of Mrs. J. K. Shinn - Feb 1 1929 pg 1. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of J. K. Shinn - April 9, 1937.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Jan 1885 - Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, United States Occupation - Student - 1901 - Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Immigration - 1905 - , Canada Naturalization - 1910 - , Canada Occupation - clerk - 1912 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Mar 1912 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - 15 Hill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1928 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Oct 1970 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth