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Bill Shoemaker (1931–2003), American jockey; Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929–2021), astronomer and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9; Charles F. Shoemaker (1841–1913), Commandant from 1895 through 1905 of the United States Revenue Cutter Service; Christine Shoemaker, American environmental engineer; Craig Shoemaker (born 1958), American ...
Eugene Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was an American geologist. ... The family moved back to Los Angeles in 1942, where Gene enrolled in Fairfax ...
William Lee Shoemaker (August 19, 1931 – October 12, 2003) was an American jockey, considered one of the greatest. For 29 years he held the world record for the ...
Shoemaker was born in New York City, but was closely associated with Pennsylvania, where he spent summers in childhood and took up residence later in life.His father, Henry Francis Shoemaker (1845–1918), [2] was a railroad magnate, investment banker, and close confidante of future senator and vice presidential candidate Charles W. Fairbanks.
The first Shoemaker was a Quaker who arrived in Germantown, Pennsylvania, from Holland in 1685, but was whose family came from the Palatinate region of Germany. [2] Shoemaker attended Genesee Seminary (which later became Syracuse University), from which he graduated in 1861.
Helen and Sam Shoemakers' white gravestones in rear of Shoemaker family plot in St. Thomas' churchyard. His wife, Helen Smith Shoemaker, whom he met at Princeton and married in 1925, was an author and sculptor as well as fellow church leader. They had two daughters, one of whom married a missionary who served in Asia, and the other of whom also ...
Shoemaker was born on June 24, 1929, in Gallup, New Mexico, to Hazel and Leonard Spellmann. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Her family then moved to Chico , California, where she and her brother Richard grew up. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history, political science, and English literature from Chico State .
Rebecca then married Samuel Shoemaker. He was born and raised in Philadelphia and would later become mayor of Philadelphia. He would also lead the Loyalist cause against the colonial revolutionaries. After Samuel fled to England to avoid arrest, the family home (called "Laurel Hill") was seized and sold at auction. [3] The couple split up.