Nancy Shimer: Difference between revisions

Nancy Jean Shimer was born in Michigan to parents Ramsa Sarah Kallie (October 25th, 1910 – August 2nd, 1976), an elementary school teacher, and Saleen "Sam" Essa Kiswiney (June 13th, 1909 –  January 10th, 1983), a grocery store manager and accountant.<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/tree/sources/viewedit/QY1P-PP6</ref><ref>https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-obituary-for-sam-kisw/150753169/</ref> Her father served in WW2, and was noted to have witnessed the murder of a man at the hands of an amputee driving an automobile.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/150752917/</ref> Nancy was the youngest of 3 children. She had two siblings, [[Family#Carol McGuire|Carol McGuire]], and [[Family#David Kiswiney|David Kiswiney]].  

 

 

 

Most of Nancys childhood is unknown. According to a comment left on an obituary by her older sister, Nancy's family lived across the street from the Venettis family on Berkshire in Detroit. Her family were good friends with the other family, and the couple who lived across the street, Elsie Ann Venettis and Jim Venettis, were always kind to the children. Their parents, Ramsa and Saleen, were good friends with the family and liked them very much.<ref>https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/grosse-pointe-woods-mi/elsie-venettis-10100476 (Comment left by Carol McGuire)</ref> 

[[File:NancyYearbookPhoto2.png|thumb|Nancy photo for her high schools' yearbook, aged 17. Dated 1964. |247x247px]]Nancy married [[Family#Daniel William Shimer|Daniel William Shimer]] (1943–2015), an electrical engineer, on November 28, 1970. According to a newspaper clipping, they had their wedding reception at the Grosse Pointe Garden Center and Lending Library. Afterward, they had two biological daughters, [[Family#Sarah and Rachel Shimer|Sarah and Rachel]], and eventually one adopted daughter, [[Elisabeth Shimer|Elisabeth Shimer.]]  

According to [[Daniel Larson|Daniel]], Nancy worked in social services, with her job requiring her to relocate infants put up for adoption. During one of these relocations, Nancy stumbled upon Elisabeth while she was still an infant, to which she then adopted.<ref>[[Spiddlekick Interview]]</ref> It is unknown what relationship Elisabeth had with Nancy's biological children, much less what Nancy's relationship with her husband was, especially given their divorce on September 1, 2005.<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K1QG-71Z?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=GVDZ-KV9</ref> However, it can be assumed that it was less than positive.  

When [[Daniel Larson]], her grandson, was about 11 years old, he was removed from his mother’s care due to him suffering from alleged neglect. After Daniel was taken from her daughter’s care, a custody battle involving Elisabeth, Travis, and Nancy began. Information on this is sparse, but according to Daniel, Nancy’s main argument for him to not be in his father’s care was because he, quote, “didn’t even know his father.”<ref>[[Spiddlekick Interview]]</ref> One of the other reasons stated for Nancy wanting custody of Daniel was due to her fear of him possibly ending up in a foster home, which he had been in many beforehand. Regardless of the validity of this statement, this raises many questions about what their relationship was like before Travis and Elisabeth broke things off. It is possible that Nancy was a case manager for Daniel, or at least took on that role during Daniel's stay within his foster homes and under her guardianship.