Our original ancestors
- John Henry Shawkey (Johann Heinrich Schaake) b. October 5, 1794 d. September 25, 1885
- Married Martha Elizabeth Riebeling d. Mar 12, 1832
- 4 Children
- Anna Katharina Schaake b. Feb 14, 1822, d. Feb 20, 1822
- Henrich Shawkey, b. Mar 9, 1823, d. Oct 6, 1859 Schoenau, Hesse Kassel
- Married Lacretia Woolever in Ohio. One known child, Jacob Henry Shawkey, b. circa 1853. No contact after 1856.
- Anna Gertrud Shawkey Kohler, b. 14 Feb, 1828, died in 1907
- Johann Shawkey, b. January 26, 1832 d. 1913
- Second wife Anna Elizabeth Scheetz b. March 31, 1811 d. October, 1885
- Married Oct. 13, 1832
- 9 Children
- George Shawkey b. March 18, 1834, d. March 5, 1914
- Andreas Shawkey b. Sept. 15, 1835, date of death unknown
- Johann Jost (Justus) Shawkey b. September 9, 1837
- Jacob Shawkey b. late 1839/early 1840, d. Dec 12, 1862 (died in the Battle of Fredericksburg during the Civil War)
- Edward Shawkey b. 1843, d. Aug 14, 1918
- Anna Katharina Shawkey b. Dec 15, 1844 d. Aug 25, 1850
- Margaret Shawkey b. April 20, 1849 d. Jan 29, 1862
- William Frederick Shawkey b. April 5, 1851 d. d. December 16, 1902
- Johann Henrich Shawkey January 18, 1853 d. Jan 22, 1862