George Vance SHANNON
Date of Birth:
17 Aug 1842
Date of Death:
4 Jun 1920
George was born at Ulster Northern Ireland.
he arrived in New Zealand in 1865.
He married Emily Hewitt (born at County Wicklow, Ireland in 1841) at Nelson in 1865.
They had 8 daughters & 4 sons. Three died in infancy.
Two son-in-laws, Herbert Richardson & Archibald Leadbetter, served in WW1.
George started out in Nelson & then moved to Wellington as a merchant then became a Customs expert. He finally moved to Feilding as a farmer around 1914.
He was a director of the Wellingotn Manawatu Railway Co & the town of Shannon is named after him.
See obituary, Feilding Star, 4 Jun 1920
Relatives mentioned in profile:
George Vance Shannon, Graham Shannon, Elizabeth (Eliza) Vance, Emily Jane Hewitt, Thomas Hewitt, Jane Welch, Florence Eliza (Florrie) Shannon, Robert McBeth, Georgina Emily Shannon, Stephen Williamson, Hugh Graham (Graham) Shannon, Margaret Welford (Maggie) McBeth, William James (Willie) Shannon, Jane (Jean) Bruce, Minnie Shannon, Harold Redmayne, Eva May Shannon, Margaret Vance (Maggie) Shannon, John Carmichael Smith, Kathleen Shannon, Herbert Thornton Richardson, Archibald Francis Leadbetter, George Vance Hewitt Shannon, Eileen Shannon, John Ralf Northcott, Trevor Shannon, Evelyn Mary Lodder, Elizabeth Frances Shannon.