Does Edward have any brothers that you know of? Probably coincidence, but my
grandfather, Robert Henry Shimmin, was born approx. 1858 and filed his first
naturalization papers in 1880 in Illinois. His father was a shipwright in Liverpool...so I have been told. Robert lived in Illinois for about 7 years from 1875, then 3 years in Iowa, finally homesteading a ranch in Nebraska around 1887. Please feel free to email me direct.