Nettie Caroline Shinville (1861 - 1888)

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Nettie Caroline Shinville & William Frederick Striebel

Nettie Caroline Shinville

William Frederick Striebel

Louis Benjamin Striebel

Spouse:

William Frederick Striebel

April 1861 - Jan 24, 1931

Children:

Louis Benjamin Striebel

Feb 26, 1884 - Dec 1, 1968

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In 1861, in the year that Nettie Caroline Shinville was born, on February 11th the U.S. House voted unanimously to guarantee noninterference with slavery in any state, allowing states to decide whether they would allow slavery or not.

In 1870, at the age of merely 9 years old, Caroline was alive when on January 26th, the state of Virginia rejoined the Union. On February 23rd, Mississippi was readmitted to the Union. On March 30th, Texas was readmitted to the Union. And on July 15th, Georgia became the last Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union.

In 1878, she was 17 years old when in Africa, the death of the last confirmed Cape lion occurred. The Cape lion was slightly larger than other lions and had black ears, a black mane, and black hair on its belly.

In 1888, in the year of Nettie Caroline Shinville's passing, Irishman John Robert Gregg published a pamphlet in the U.S., teaching his first version of shorthand - Gregg shorthand. When he improved on the first version and published it 5 years later, Gregg shorthand became popular.