[2][a] She was raised Catholic as one of 13 children born to Abraham D. Shadd and Harriet Burton Parnell, who were free African-Americans.
[3] Abraham moved his family in 1853 to Canada West (Ontario after Canadian confederation in 1867).
Shadd) was a prominent and influential newspaper publisher, printer, and bookkeeper before he became Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
[7][c] Eunice Shadd left Canada and moved to Washington, D.C. to be with her siblings Mary Ann and Abraham.
[10][11] Shadd married Frank T. Lindsay, who was born in Jamestown, North Carolina, on December 28, 1849.