Ira Counterman Shore1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 22825, (1891 - 1968)
FatherAlonzo F. Shore4,5,6 (1 Aug 1861 - 8 Jan 1935)
MotherAlice Applegate7,8,6 (6 Feb 1862 - 11 Jan 1923)

Key Events:

Birth: 21 Apr 1891, Celina, Mercer Co., Ohio9,10,11
Marriage: 16 Jan 1915, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Elsie C. Fenker (5 Mar 1895 - 27 Jun 1975)12,13,14
Death: 14 Feb 1968, 7127 Fowler Ave., Madeira, Hamilton Co., Ohio15,16,17
Burial: 17 Feb 1968, Arlington Memorial Gardens, Mount Healthy, Hamilton Co., Ohio18,19
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Ira Counterman Shore was born on 21 Apr 1891 in Celina, Mercer Co., Ohio.9,10,11
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Goshen Twp., Clermont Co., Ohio, in the household of his parents, Alonzo F. Shore and Alice Applegate.4 He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Goshen Twp., Clermont Co., Ohio, in the household of his parents.5
     Ira married Elsie C. Fenker, daughter of Friedrich August Fenker and Friederike Luise Wilhelmine Schlüter, on 16 Jan 1915 in Hamilton Co., Ohio, with Rev. Fred Hohmann offciating.12,13,14
     He was a clerk at the U.S. post office by 1917, working there the rest of his career.20,21 He registered for the draft for World War I on 5 Jun 1917, while living at 3241 Wilhelm, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, reporting he was employed as a post office clerk in Cincinnati. He claimed exemption from the draft on the grounds that he had to support a wife and two children, and he was a government employee.3
     Ira and Elsie appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at 3242 Harvest Ave., enumerated 10 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their home. Their children Dorothy, Mildred and Robert were listed as living with them.22
     Ira and Elsie appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at 3242 Harvest Ave., enumerated 9 Apr 1930, reporting they rented their home, for $27 per month, and owned a radio. Their children Dorothy, Mildred, Robert, Raymond and Russell were listed as living with them.23
     Ira and Elsie appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at 3242 Harvest Ave., enumerated 8 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $4,500, and that they had lived in the same house in 1935. Their children Mildred, Robert, Raymond and Russell were listed as living with them, as were Mildred's husband, Julius Henry Buening, and their 8-month-old son Tommy.24
     Ira registered for the draft for World War II on 26 Apr 1942, while living at 3242 Harvest Ave., Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, reporting he was employed by the U.S. Postal Service, in Cincinnati.25 He reported in 1940 he had worked 40 hours the last week of March, and 52 weeks the prior year, earning $2,340.26
     Ira died on 14 Feb 1968 in 7127 Fowler Ave., Madeira, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at age 76, at his home.15,16,17 He was buried on 17 Feb 1968 in Arlington Memorial Gardens, Mount Healthy, Hamilton Co., Ohio.18,19

Children:
     Children with Elsie C. Fenker:

  • Dorothy Shore22,23,27 (21 Jul 1915 - 18 Feb 1977)
  • Mildred Marcella Shore22,23,28 (21 Nov 1916 - 4 Oct 2001)
  • Robert I. Shore22,23,27 (27 Jul 1919 - 20 Jul 1976)
  • Raymond Everett Shore23,27,29 (9 Jun 1921 - 13 Aug 1996)
  • Russell M. Shore23,24,27 (7 Oct 1924 - 2 Apr 2010)

Citations

  1. [S10749] Alfred F. Shore household, 1900 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio, shows name as Ira C. Shore.
  2. [S10750] Alonzo Shores household, 1910 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio, shows name as Ira C. Shores.
  3. [S10756] Ira Counterman Shore, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  4. [S10749] Alfred F. Shore household, 1900 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio.
  5. [S10750] Alonzo Shores household, 1910 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio.
  6. [S8685] Marriage Record, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 263:13, Ira C. Shore and Elsie C. Fenker.
  7. [S10749] Alfred F. Shore household, 1900 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S10750] Alonzo Shores household, 1910 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  9. [S10749] Alfred F. Shore household, 1900 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio, shows month, year, age 9, and state.
  10. [S8685] Marriage Record, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 263:13, Ira C. Shore and Elsie C. Fenker, shows age 23 on 21 Apr 1914, town, and state.
  11. [S10756] Ira Counterman Shore, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date, county, and state.
  12. [S8685] Marriage Record, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 263:13, Ira C. Shore and Elsie C. Fenker, shows date and officant.
  13. [S10753] Ira Shore household, 1920 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows married.
  14. [S10754] Ira Shore household, 1930 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows married, with his age at first marriage as 23, and hers as 23.
  15. [S1324] "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944," Ancestry.com, record for Ira C. Shore, citing cert. no. 13641, shows date, city, county, state and at home.
  16. [S10758] Ira C. Shore obituary, The Cincinnati Enquirer, shows date, address, city, and at his home.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 100836370, Ira Counterman Shore, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  18. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 100836370, Ira Counterman Shore, includes tombstone photo.
  19. [S10758] Ira C. Shore obituary, The Cincinnati Enquirer, shows date of service.
  20. [S10753] Ira Shore household, 1920 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as clerk and industry as post office.
  21. [S10754] Ira Shore household, 1930 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as clerk and industry as U. S. post office.
  22. [S10753] Ira Shore household, 1920 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  23. [S10754] Ira Shore household, 1930 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  24. [S10755] Ira Shore household, 1940 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  25. [S10757] Ira Counterman Shore, World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Ohio.
  26. [S10755] Ira Shore household, 1940 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows occupation as stamp clerk and industry as post office.
  27. [S10758] Ira C. Shore obituary, The Cincinnati Enquirer.
  28. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Mildred Marcella Shore, Soc. Sec. No. 269-03-2428.
  29. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Raymond Everett Shore, Soc. Sec. No. 229-16-6025.