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The Children of William and Elizabeth Jenkinson Fulton

Nellie Elizabeth Fulton Shober

Born August 31, 1865 Died February 2, 1933

Nellie Elizabeth Fulton was born in Waukegan, ILL., on August 31, 1865 and baptized at Christ Episcopal Church in Waukegan on April 1, 1866. Nellie married Fred Shober at Christ Church in Waukegan on September 24, 1892. Fred was a mail carrier in Waukegan for many years. She was a prominent member of Christ Church as organist and vocal soloist as well as teaching music. Nellie lived her entire life in Waukegan where she died on February 2, 1933. Her husband Fred was a mail carrier and real estate man in Waukegan. Fred was born December 24, 1866 in Fremont Township, Lake County, Illinois. Fred moved from Waukegan to Austin, Illinois about 1941 and died there on December 11, 1949. His obituary is on page 13 of the Waukegan News/Sun Dec. 12, 1949. Nellie and Fred are buried in Warren Cemetery in Lake County, Ill. All six of Nellie and Fred's children were living at the time of Fred's death in 1949. A reference is made to several Grandchildren.

Below is a 4 generation photo including Nellie and her eldest daugther Lois. To the left is Nellie's Mother Elizabeth Jenkinson Fulton 1838-1923 and to the right is Elizabeth's Mother, Nellie's Grandmother, Ellen Short Jenkinson 1812-1914.

Fred and Nellie had six children:
            (1) Lois Shober, born June 21, 1893 in Waukegan. She married Karl Arthur Nelson on Sept 29, 1920 in Waukegan, ILL.   They had a least one child, Karin Nelson born in 1923, per records on ancestry.com. Lois died in Waukegan, ILL., on August 14, 1964. Per her Mother Nellie’s obituary in 1933, Mrs. Lois Nelson was living in Seattle, Washington. At the time of her Father's death in 1949, Lois was living in Elkhart, Indiana.
            (2) Charles William Shober, born July 20, 1895 in Illinois. Per his Mother Nellie’s obituary Charles was living in Waukegan. Charles’ WWI draft registration card indicates he was tall or medium build, blue eyes, and brown hair with no physical defects. Charles died on April 9, 1950. Charles was living in Chicago at the time of his Father's death in 1949.
            (3) Albert Shober, born July 1897 in Illinois. Per his Mother's obituary he was living in Kenosha, WI., in 1933. He was still in Kenosha, WI., at his Father's death in 1949.
            (4) Joseph W. Shober, born March 8, 1899 in Illinois. Per records on ancestry.com his wife’s first name was Ida and he died on January 14, 1964. Per his Mother Nellie’s obituary he was living in Waukegan in 1933. Joseph was living in Van Nuys, California at the time of his Father's death in 1949.
            (5) Ethyl M. Shober, born June 2, 1902 in Illinois. Per records on ancestry.com she married Walter M. Givler in Waukegan on June 1, 1928. She died in Waukegan on June 21, 1967. They had at least one child. She was living in Waukegan at the time of her Father's death in 1949.
            (6) Ruth Shober, born 1907 in Illinois.   According to information from ancestry.com she married Lyman J. Wilmot and had two sons, Rich and John. Ruth was living in Waukegan at the time of her Father's death in 1949.

Below is a photo of Nellie Elizabeth Fulton Shober taken probably in the late 1920's.

Below is the 1922 Waukegan High School Annual photo and entry for Nellie's youngest child, Ruth Shober.

I don't have a picture but Ruth's older sister Ethel M. Shober as delivering a Charge to Undergraduates address and listed as graduating 5th in her class maintaining over a 90% average throughout high school in the class of 1920. Ethel's 1920 graduating class also included her cousin Dorothy Edith Fulton, listed as having been class vice-president in 1919, daugther of Robert Croskey Fulton.