Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907: Herbert Erastus Shorey was born on 22 Jun 1891 in Foxcroft to Oscar Orville Shorey, laborer, born in Enfield, & Mary Etta Dow, born in Foxcroft, both reside in Foxcroft, mother reported birth on 27 Aug 1940.

1900 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p15A: Herbert E Shorey, age 9, born in Jun 1891 in Maine, parents born in Maine, listed with parents, Oscar O, 40 & Mary E, 33 and siblings, Ralph A, 13, Alice M, 10, Alton C, 7, Stella J, 5 and Helen E, 2 as well as widowed maternal grandfather, Erastus Dow, 73.

1910 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p4A: Herbert E Shorey, age 18, he & parents born in Maine, listed with parents, Oscar O, 50 & Mary E, 42 and siblings, Ralph O, 22, Alice N, 19, Alton C, 16, Helen E, 11, Dorise I, 8 and Thulma I, 6 as well as uncle, Guy H Dow, 24.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: Herbert Erastus Shorey, age 25, born on 22 Jun 1891 in Foxcroft Maine, address 12 Maple, Foxcroft, Maine, laborer in spool mill employed by the John MacGregor Company in Foxcroft Maine, single, registered in Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine on 5 Jun 1917; short, slender, brown eyes and dark brown hair.

1920 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p13A: Herbert E Shorey, age 28, he & parents born in Maine, rougher at spool mill, listed with parents, Oscar O, 59 & May E, 51 and siblings, Alton C, 26, Helen E, 21, Doris I, 18 and Thelma I, 16 as well as cousin, Elsie R Dow, 3.

Maine Marriage Index, 1892-2009: Herbert E Shorey, of Dover-Foxcroft, and Vera M Savage, of Bangor, were married on 22 Jun 1926.

1940 census of Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p7A: Herbert Shorey, age 48, born in Maine, lived in same house in 1935, block tender at spool mill, listed with wife, Vera, 39 and daughters, Sylvia, 13, Amber, 9 and Hazel, 6.

1950 census of Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p16-17: Herbert E Shorey, age 58, born in Maine, block tender at the spool mill, listed with wife, Vera M, 49 and daughter, Hazel I, 16 as well as widowed mother-in-law, Edith L Savage, 75.

Maine Death Index, 1960-1996: Herbert E Shorey died on 20 May 1978 in Greenville at age 86.

SS Death Index: Herbert Shorey, born on 22 Jun 1891, died in May 1978 at age 87, last residence in Piscataquis, Maine, SS# issued in Maine.