George was the son of George Sr. and Mary Ann (Price) Shipton. He was four when his mother died and eight when his stepmother died.
When George Jr. was a very young man, he went west with his older brother James to seek his fortune. Tacoma, Washington, city directories from as early as 1889 show the brothers working as proprietors or partners in different enterprises, such as the "W.F. Ryder Co," and the "Tacoma Rent and Guarantee Collection Company." One of their ventures was "The Pacific Laundry and Steam Company." This business employed Edith May Kenyon and her sister Halcyone as "ironers" in 1890. Edith and George Jr. married in 1891, and about a year later their daughter Edith was born. Frank and Susan (Shipton) Hubbard went west in 1891, as Frank had a job teaching farming to the Indians on the Puyallup Indian reservation.
In 1893, due to a nationwide panic and recession, the Shipton's laundry business went bust, so the three Shipton siblings and their families decided to return to Massachusetts.
The 1900 census shows that George Jr. was employed as a stock keeper in a machine shop. Their second child, Clifford, was born in 1902. Most of these years George's family lived at 47 Burbank Street, a few doors down from his father.
After George's death in 1910, Edith and her two children lived with George Shipton Sr.
When George Jr. was a very young man, he went west with his older brother James to seek his fortune. Tacoma, Washington, city directories from as early as 1889 show the brothers working as proprietors or partners in different enterprises, such as the "W.F. Ryder Co," and the "Tacoma Rent and Guarantee Collection Company." One of their ventures was "The Pacific Laundry and Steam Company." This business employed Edith May Kenyon and her sister Halcyone as "ironers" in 1890. Edith and George Jr. married in 1891, and about a year later their daughter Edith was born. Frank and Susan (Shipton) Hubbard went west in 1891, as Frank had a job teaching farming to the Indians on the Puyallup Indian reservation.
In 1893, due to a nationwide panic and recession, the Shipton's laundry business went bust, so the three Shipton siblings and their families decided to return to Massachusetts.
The 1900 census shows that George Jr. was employed as a stock keeper in a machine shop. Their second child, Clifford, was born in 1902. Most of these years George's family lived at 47 Burbank Street, a few doors down from his father.
After George's death in 1910, Edith and her two children lived with George Shipton Sr.
George was the son of George Sr. and Mary Ann (Price) Shipton. He was four when his mother died and eight when his stepmother died.
When George Jr. was a very young man, he went west with his older brother James to seek his fortune. Tacoma, Washington, city directories from as early as 1889 show the brothers working as proprietors or partners in different enterprises, such as the "W.F. Ryder Co," and the "Tacoma Rent and Guarantee Collection Company." One of their ventures was "The Pacific Laundry and Steam Company." This business employed Edith May Kenyon and her sister Halcyone as "ironers" in 1890. Edith and George Jr. married in 1891, and about a year later their daughter Edith was born. Frank and Susan (Shipton) Hubbard went west in 1891, as Frank had a job teaching farming to the Indians on the Puyallup Indian reservation.
In 1893, due to a nationwide panic and recession, the Shipton's laundry business went bust, so the three Shipton siblings and their families decided to return to Massachusetts.
The 1900 census shows that George Jr. was employed as a stock keeper in a machine shop. Their second child, Clifford, was born in 1902. Most of these years George's family lived at 47 Burbank Street, a few doors down from his father.
After George's death in 1910, Edith and her two children lived with George Shipton Sr.
When George Jr. was a very young man, he went west with his older brother James to seek his fortune. Tacoma, Washington, city directories from as early as 1889 show the brothers working as proprietors or partners in different enterprises, such as the "W.F. Ryder Co," and the "Tacoma Rent and Guarantee Collection Company." One of their ventures was "The Pacific Laundry and Steam Company." This business employed Edith May Kenyon and her sister Halcyone as "ironers" in 1890. Edith and George Jr. married in 1891, and about a year later their daughter Edith was born. Frank and Susan (Shipton) Hubbard went west in 1891, as Frank had a job teaching farming to the Indians on the Puyallup Indian reservation.
In 1893, due to a nationwide panic and recession, the Shipton's laundry business went bust, so the three Shipton siblings and their families decided to return to Massachusetts.
The 1900 census shows that George Jr. was employed as a stock keeper in a machine shop. Their second child, Clifford, was born in 1902. Most of these years George's family lived at 47 Burbank Street, a few doors down from his father.
After George's death in 1910, Edith and her two children lived with George Shipton Sr.
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