Ancestry of
Shannon Woodward

TV and Movie Actress

Emma Dorcas Chamberlin

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Shannon Woodward — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 33 
  • Father:
  • George Washington Chamberlin 
  • Mother:
  • Dorcas M. Billings   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 May 1849 
  • Birth Location:
  • Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Apr 1924 
  • Death Location:
  • Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
  • 11 Apr 1924 
  • Burial Location:
  • Hawkeye Cemetery, Hawkeye, Fayette, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • James Benton Woodward
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Nov 1868 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Bethel Township, Fayette, Iowa 
  • Child:

  Willis Benton Woodward (Ahnentafel No:16 )

• Sources for Emma Dorcas Chamberlin

  • ¹ Federal Census, KS, Graham County, 1880, Graham, E.D. 98, p. 13, Image 6 of 21.
  • ² Federal Census, MA, Hampden County, 1850, Springfield, Image 183 of 281.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/27/2023).
  • ⁴ Herald and News (Randolph, Vermont), 11 NOV 1915, p. 4, Obituary for father George Washington Chamberlin.
  • ⁵ Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, Marriage record for son Willis B Woodward and Freda M Stiyer.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Springfield, Vol. 2, p. 1451, Birth record for Emma D Chamberlain.
  • ⁷ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Springfield, Vol. 35, p. 78, Birth record for Emma D Chamberlain.
  • ⁸ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for Emma Dorcas Woodward.
  • ⁹ Portrait and Biographical Album of Fayette County, Iowa: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of ..., Chicago: Lake City Publishing Co. (1891), 508.

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