Things Named Veazie Places Named Veazie People Named Veazie The Site for All Things Veazie!

If you have visited Veazie.org recently, please REFRESH this page to ensure you have the latest update for this page

Family of John (Jack) Harmon SHAVER and Virginia Rae MCGOWAN

John (Jack) Harmon SHAVER b. 1922 May 2492 at Scranton, PA4623. d. 1998 Feb 1592 at Avon, New York92. bd. Avon Cem., Avon, New York314.
Virginia Rae MCGOWAN b. 1925 May 271218 at house on corner of Pulteney and Sly, Corning, NY2448. d. 2006 May 12 at her home in Avon, New York1218. bd. Avon Cem., Avon, New York1218.

Married1214 1949 Aug 211214 at the Grace Methodist Church, Corning, New York1214. John and Ginny were married by Rev. Earl Winters. Ginny's sister Marilyn was her Maid of Honor.

A "John Shaver," age 7, the grandson of John and Anna Bartosch, appears in the 1930 census1215 for Scranton. Among the daughters of John and Anna is Dorothy Bartosch, age 32, listed as divorced. Refer to the notes for John's mother for further information.

Jack served1214 four years in the U. S. Coast Guard during World War Two as a Quarter Master314 in the European, African, North Atlantic, Asian, South Pacific and Mediterranean theaters, before becoming a State Trooper for the state of New York in 1946.

Following Jack's retirement4623 from the New York State Troopers in 1973, he worked as a security expert, and was the chief of security at Genesee Hospital in Rochester, NY, for 10 years. He retired from that position in 1984.

Children of John (Jack) Harmon SHAVER and Virginia Rae MCGOWAN:

1. Cheryl SHAVER b. 1.
md. 1) Donald GULI
md. 2) Rob GALLANT
2. Jon SHAVER b. 2.
md. Iris SHAVER
3. Terri SHAVER b. 3.
md. Jim DAILEY
4. Suzanne SHAVER b. 4.
5. Victoria SHAVER b. 5.
md. Chris PHILLIPS


88. 1930 Fed Census NY, Steuben Co., Corning
92. Social Security Death Index
314. Veterans, U. S., Gravesites (www.ancestry.com)
1213. McGowan, Earle - Birthday celebration, pub Oct 18 1972, Avon (NY) Herald News; www.fultonhistory.com
1214. McGowan-Shaver Marriage, pub 22 Aug 1949, The (Corning NY) Evening Leader; www.fultonhistory.com
1215. 1930 Fed Census PA, Lackawanna Co., Scranton
1216. Dorothy (Bartosch) Lennon visits son Trooper John Shaver; pub 10 Oct 1963, Gazette & Farmers Journal (Baldwinsville, NY)
1218. Shaver, Virginia (McGowan) obituary; pub week of May 18, 2006, Lake & Valley Clarion, Geneseo, NY; http://www.clarioncall.com/obits/obits051806.html
2448. McGowan, Earle, family group sheet, no references; from the papers of Earle McGowan
4623. Obit - Shaver, John H 'Jack' Shaver, Baldwinsville (NY) Messenger, Feb 25, 1998; fultonhistory.com