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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Robert Chappel Shill biography by Lucy Brown Archer
Robert Chappel Shill
Born: June 7 1789 at Colesborne, Gloucestershire, England
Died: October 6, 1855 at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer
Robert Chappel Shill was born on June 7, 1789 the natural son of Robert Chappel, a seaman on a ship out of London, and Mary Shill. It is not known why the children took the name of Shill. Robert was christened on June 14, 1789 at Colesborne, Gloustershire, England. (Note difference in spelling of this city.)
Robert had one sister, Ann Shill, christened September 17, 1786, also at Colesborne.
Robert C. Shill was three years old when his mother married Thomas Lawrence on the 30th of September 1792 at Colesborne. They were sealed by proxy in Marriage on October 12th 1894 at the Logan Temple. Both children, Ann and Robert, were sealed by proxy to their mother and Mr. Lawrence on January 21st, 1954 in the Salt Lake City Temple.
Robert Shill as a young man with a winning smile met and fell in love with Prudence Golding, also of Colesborne.
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