The Shinn Family Tree & History
By JOHN LASOLA SHINN III
LAZT Founder-Editor


Zeller Hazen Shinn (inset, bottom left), the father of my grand-
father John Ignacio Shinn Sr. (inset, top left), was buried at 
Grave 845-A at the Presidio Military Cemetery in San Francisco. 
     In 1898, at age 17, Zeller---who listed his occupation in his 
enlistment papers as a photographer---went to the Philippines as 
a "volunteer" at the start of the Spanish-American War. 
    Zeller, who was born and raised in Russellville, Arkansas, even-
tually married Joaquina Bondoy Ignacio of Zamboanga City. The 
marriage produced four children: John Sr., Fanny, Dionisio and Rosie.
  John Atilano Shinn Jr. --- the son of John Sr. --- is the father 
of LAZT founder-editor John Lasola Shinn III whose only son is 
John Ruiz Shinn IV

Right inset photos by JOHN L. SHINN III / LAZT 
Left inset photos courtesy of LOURDES A. SHINN


MEMORIAL DAY: REMEMBERING ZELLER H. SHINN.   Zeller H. 
Shinn, the father of my grandfather, John Sr., was buried at
Grave
845-A at the Presidio Military Cemetery in San Francisco.
Zeller, at
age 17 in 1898, went to the Philippines as a "volunteer"
at the start
of the Spanish-American War. He died on May 16,
1915 at the Pre
sidio's Letterman Hospital after his appendix raptured.  
Photo by VINCENT ALVAREZ / LAZT

For more on the Shinn family history  click here
For the Shinn family tree  click here


Copyright 2001 | By John L. Shinn III
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