Info on parents & birth location provided by Member 47634564
Parents:
George S. Kershaw and Susanna M Van Ness
The Seattle Daily Times Tuesday, February 27, 1923
Death Calls T.R. Kershaw
Funeral services for Tunis R. Kershaw, 70 years old, who died yesterday at Minor Hospital after a brief illness was held this morning at 11 o'clock at the Bonney Watson Undertaking Chapel, followed by cremation. Mr. Kershaw was a native of Illinois and had lived in Washington since 1885. At one time he was State Fish Commissioner. Recently he had been a Deputy in the United States Marshal's Office. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martha Kershaw, 1633 36th Avenue.
From Member: 47205810
Additions/Corrections are based on the "Washington State Death Records" (Washington State Archives - Digital Archives - http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/4F97599D91868B579C58BF27CAF72668).
There had been another obit already published one day earlier (Feb.26, 1923) in the Bellingham Herald, which also mentioned that Tunis R. Kershaw had passed the previous day (= Feb.25, 1923) on "the eve of his birthday".
The exact birthday comes from an entry in "A History of the Puget Sound Country" by Col. William F. Prosser. Lewis Publishing 1903, pages 315-317. Although they obviously got the year of his birth wrong, saying that he was born in "1853". They also gave a different birth location, stating that "he is a native of Genesee County, New York."
The text from this book can be found online on an website dealing with the descendants of James Harper:
http://www.newmediamarkets.com/jamesharper/descendants/D0052/I8781.html .
Parents:
George S. Kershaw and Susanna M Van Ness
The Seattle Daily Times Tuesday, February 27, 1923
Death Calls T.R. Kershaw
Funeral services for Tunis R. Kershaw, 70 years old, who died yesterday at Minor Hospital after a brief illness was held this morning at 11 o'clock at the Bonney Watson Undertaking Chapel, followed by cremation. Mr. Kershaw was a native of Illinois and had lived in Washington since 1885. At one time he was State Fish Commissioner. Recently he had been a Deputy in the United States Marshal's Office. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martha Kershaw, 1633 36th Avenue.
From Member: 47205810
Additions/Corrections are based on the "Washington State Death Records" (Washington State Archives - Digital Archives - http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/4F97599D91868B579C58BF27CAF72668).
There had been another obit already published one day earlier (Feb.26, 1923) in the Bellingham Herald, which also mentioned that Tunis R. Kershaw had passed the previous day (= Feb.25, 1923) on "the eve of his birthday".
The exact birthday comes from an entry in "A History of the Puget Sound Country" by Col. William F. Prosser. Lewis Publishing 1903, pages 315-317. Although they obviously got the year of his birth wrong, saying that he was born in "1853". They also gave a different birth location, stating that "he is a native of Genesee County, New York."
The text from this book can be found online on an website dealing with the descendants of James Harper:
http://www.newmediamarkets.com/jamesharper/descendants/D0052/I8781.html .
Info on parents & birth location provided by Member 47634564
Parents:
George S. Kershaw and Susanna M Van Ness
The Seattle Daily Times Tuesday, February 27, 1923
Death Calls T.R. Kershaw
Funeral services for Tunis R. Kershaw, 70 years old, who died yesterday at Minor Hospital after a brief illness was held this morning at 11 o'clock at the Bonney Watson Undertaking Chapel, followed by cremation. Mr. Kershaw was a native of Illinois and had lived in Washington since 1885. At one time he was State Fish Commissioner. Recently he had been a Deputy in the United States Marshal's Office. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martha Kershaw, 1633 36th Avenue.
From Member: 47205810
Additions/Corrections are based on the "Washington State Death Records" (Washington State Archives - Digital Archives - http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/4F97599D91868B579C58BF27CAF72668).
There had been another obit already published one day earlier (Feb.26, 1923) in the Bellingham Herald, which also mentioned that Tunis R. Kershaw had passed the previous day (= Feb.25, 1923) on "the eve of his birthday".
The exact birthday comes from an entry in "A History of the Puget Sound Country" by Col. William F. Prosser. Lewis Publishing 1903, pages 315-317. Although they obviously got the year of his birth wrong, saying that he was born in "1853". They also gave a different birth location, stating that "he is a native of Genesee County, New York."
The text from this book can be found online on an website dealing with the descendants of James Harper:
http://www.newmediamarkets.com/jamesharper/descendants/D0052/I8781.html .
Parents:
George S. Kershaw and Susanna M Van Ness
The Seattle Daily Times Tuesday, February 27, 1923
Death Calls T.R. Kershaw
Funeral services for Tunis R. Kershaw, 70 years old, who died yesterday at Minor Hospital after a brief illness was held this morning at 11 o'clock at the Bonney Watson Undertaking Chapel, followed by cremation. Mr. Kershaw was a native of Illinois and had lived in Washington since 1885. At one time he was State Fish Commissioner. Recently he had been a Deputy in the United States Marshal's Office. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martha Kershaw, 1633 36th Avenue.
From Member: 47205810
Additions/Corrections are based on the "Washington State Death Records" (Washington State Archives - Digital Archives - http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/4F97599D91868B579C58BF27CAF72668).
There had been another obit already published one day earlier (Feb.26, 1923) in the Bellingham Herald, which also mentioned that Tunis R. Kershaw had passed the previous day (= Feb.25, 1923) on "the eve of his birthday".
The exact birthday comes from an entry in "A History of the Puget Sound Country" by Col. William F. Prosser. Lewis Publishing 1903, pages 315-317. Although they obviously got the year of his birth wrong, saying that he was born in "1853". They also gave a different birth location, stating that "he is a native of Genesee County, New York."
The text from this book can be found online on an website dealing with the descendants of James Harper:
http://www.newmediamarkets.com/jamesharper/descendants/D0052/I8781.html .
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