John Shinn (1837-1925): Home and Family
John was introduced to the workplace at a young age in the cabinet trade with his father and brother. It was common …
John Shinn (1837-1925): Respectability and Improvement
I often wonder how I have been able to attain my present position, but it has only been done by… perseverance and …
Introducing John Shinn (1837-1925)
Born in London, 1837, John Shinn provides an intriguing insight into his life through his memoir ‘A Sketch of My Life and …
John Shinn (1837-1925): A Sketch of my Life and Times – Transcript
Page 1- I have made a brief and rough sketch of my childhood and life to show some of the hardships and …
John Shinn (1837-1925): The Musical Journey to Success
With much hard work and perseverance I made fair progress, this I kept up for some years and thus my musical knowledge …