DeAnn: I hope I am one of those (far-flung)Wilshire 'cousins' you seek. I am g-grandau of James Wilshire b. Jan 1855 in Ark or Texas. Hope to find at least his siblings, which might lead me to his parents. Jim Wilshire lived in Ft Worth, TX in the 1880s and married my g-grandmother there in 1890. No information on his actual birthplace - could be MO. Do any of your ancestors have a son or brother named James Wilshire?