From: [email protected]
Subject: Shaffer, Family of John and Lavina (Trautmann)
I am seeking information about ancestors of my great, grandfather, John Daniel SHAFFER, and his brothers and sisters.
He was born 14 Jan 1859 in Jefferson Twp, Montgomery, Ohio, and died 4 Jan 1946 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. On 3 Mar 1885 in Farmington, Salt Lake, Utah he married Margaret STEPHENSON. (Dau of Edward and Isabella (HOPPER) STEPHENSON. She was born 22 Mar 1856, in Felling, Heworth, Gateshead, Durham, England). Parents of Elizabeth (b 1885 Calif), Edward (b 1887 Calif), Lillian (b 1889 Utah), Margaret (b 1890 Utah, d 1891), May Margaret (b 1892 Utah), and Violet (my grandmother, b 1894 Utah).
In partial autobiography he wrote: Went to school in Rushville, Schulyer, Illinois in 1876. Went to Utah in 1883 with survey team. Ancestors originally from Rhine, Germany and fought in both Revolutionary and Civil wars. Members of Host Reformed Church/Lutherans. Named for father and uncle. Seventh "John" -- did not state if this was direct line or included uncles.
John Daniel SHAFFER'S parents:
Father -- John SHAFFER (son of prob. John SHAFFER and unknown), born abt 1823 in Berks County, Penn. -- prob Tulpenhoken twp. He was a blacksmith in Jefferson Twp, Montgomery, Ohio per 1860 census. Died unknown. . Married Lavina about 1824 in Berks county, Penn. (Tulpenhoken twp??)
Mother -- Lavina (Lovina, Levina) TRAUTMANN (dau of Phillip TRAUTMANN and Sara (Unknown), born 8 Nov 1834 in Tulpenhoken Twp, Berks, Penn. Baptized in Host Reformed Church. Died unknown -- she was still living when the 1910 census was taken -- Hiawatha City, Brown, Kansas. Age 84. Living with her dau and SIL, Lydia (SHAFFER) and William B. PATTERSON.
John and Lavina SHAFFER's known children: (four or five unidentified).
According to 1900 census -- mother of 13 children, 10 living. 1910 census reads mother of 12 children, 9 living. Both taken in Hiawatha City, Brown, Kansas.
(1) -- Lydia A. SHAFFER -- born Jun 1846 (Tulpenhoken Twp??), Berks, Penn.
Married abt 1868 to William B. (or H.)
PATTERSON. Parents of 11 children, 8 living in 1900. (a) Cora E. b Nov 1873 in Illinois. Married (unk)
EMBREE or EMFREE. (Cora's children: Elsie M. b Jul 1896 in Nebraska and Ethel I. b Jun or Jan 1899 in
Kansas). (b) Harvey A., b Jul 1876 in Illinois. (c) Francis M. (male) b Apr 1878 in Iowa. (d) Liander (Leander)
b Oct 1883 in Kansas. (e) Robert E. b Dec. 1885 in Kansas (name is clue that his father fought for the south in
the Civil War). Husband -- William PATTERSON was b Jan 1846 in either Ohio or Indiana
(2) -- Isabella SHAFFER -- born 1848 (Tulpenhoken Twp??), Berks, Penn
(3) -- Maria SHAFFER -- born 1850 (Tulpenhoken Twp??), Berks, Penn
(4) -- William SHAFFER -- born 1852 (Tulkenhoken Twp??), Berks, Penn
(5) -- Elizabeth SHAFFER -- born 1854 (Montgomery county??), Ohio
(6) -- Willard (or Millard) SHAFFER -- born 1856 (Montgomery county??), Ohio
(7) -- John Daniel SHAFFER (my great, grandfather) born 14 Jan 1859 (See his records above).
(8) -- Benjamin Franklin SHAFFER -- Born 14 Dec 1860 in Montgomery county, Ohio. Died 28 Jun 1842 in Murray or
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Married (1) Mary Zimmerman.
Parents of (a) Mabel b 5 Oct 1892, Hiawatha
City, Brown, Kansas, unmarried. (b) Hazel b abt 1894, m. ?? SHEPPARD. (c) Maud b abt 1896, m. ??
SEARS. (d) William b abt 1898. Lvg in Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas in Dec 1939. (e) Glen b abt 1900. Lvg in
Horton, Kansas in 1939. (I have found two additional names --
Alma and Edna -- they may be additional
children or middle names). Benjamin Franklin SHAFFER married (2) Mary Nelson
In the 1850 Berks County, Penn. census last name in spelled SHAEFFER. In the 1860 Montgomery County, Ohio census it is spelled SHAFER. All other records show it as SHAFFER.
Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.
Dee
(Dee Willes -- e-mail: [email protected])
From: [email protected]
I have information on the following SHAFER line and looking to make connection to possible ancestors to this line.
John SHAFER , Sr.
b. May 18, 1801 in West Penn Twsp. of what is now Schuylkill Co. Research indicates that in 1801 this area was most likely part of Northampton Co., PA. I have one history text from the late 1800's that says this however there seems to be some conflict. It may have been part of Berks as Schuylkill was formed from these two counties in 1811 and the area that is West Penn Twsp. lies very close to the then county lines. d. Aug. 14, 1883 (1885?) and is to have been buried in the White Haven Cemetery. All or part of this cemetery is now called the Laurel Cemetery. Conversations with the caretaker/proprietor in 1995 could not find his name in the records. However, they indicated that this was not unusual as only plot owners names are on the record cards for that time period and if a friend or family member donated a plot his name would be on the card but not in the alphabetical file.
This is most likely the case as several of his sons were buried at the Ivy Cemetery in Hazelton, including Jacob who pre-deceased him. Ivy has no record of a John Shafer. The information I have regarding this was compiled into a small pamphlet by one of his son's shortly after his death and is quite detailed. Copies of this pamphlet have been handed down for what now is over 100 years. The question as to year of death revolves around a conflict in data. My cousin has his d.o.d as 1885 yet the pamphlet done by the son remarks that he was of the advanced age of 82 years, 2 months, and 27 days. This, of course, places the d.o.d as August 14, 1883.
Other specifics of the pamphlet are that a service was held at the home in Tunnel Hill, Dennison Twsp. , Luzerne Co.,PA by a Rev. H.H. Brunning of St. Pauls Evangelical Luthern Church of White Haven. I have verified that Rev. Bruning was indeed that the pastor at that time and he is buried in White Haven (now Laurel) Cemetery. The body was then taken by train to White Haven and a regular service was conducted by a Rev. King of the Methodist Episcopal Church in White Haven. This supports the assertion that he is buried in White Haven Cemetery which the pamphlet states.
Married Magdelena (spelling unknown) Fryman in 1829. Ceremony was conducted by Rev. John Zulick.
Employed by the Little Schuylkill Railroad Company while in the Schuylkill County area.
Moved with family to Dension Twsp., Luzerne Co., PA in 1838.
Employed by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. after moving to Luzerne Co.
John and Magdelena had 14 children - 5 girls and 9 boys.
The children in chronological order where:
Sarah b. 08/10/1832 d. 04/13/1915
Issac b. 03/15/1833 d. 03/30/1867
John Jr. b. 10/14/1835 d. 10/21/1917
Nathan b. 06/04/1837 d. 01/25/1933
Mary b. 01/15/1839 d. 06/24/1919
Jacob b. 05/24/1841 d. 11/01/1869
David b. 06/15/1843 d. 10/20/1933
William b. 02/15/1845 d. 07/05/1932
Hannah b. 12/20/1846 d. 05/15/1920
Catherine b. 03/15/1849 d. 09/22/1851
Daniel b. 01/09/1852 d. 01/10/1903
George b. 12/08/1853 d. 02/22/1917
Edward b. 10/21/1855 d. 09/28/1944
Mirah (Miriah?) b. 10/01/1858 d. 07/12/1944
Specifics that may help make connections are as follows:
To my knowledge all of the family remained in the general area
of Luzerne County, PA except Edward.
Edward was my great-grandfather and moved to Pittsburgh with
his own family in 1904. He had married Mary Theresa Speck and
had 7 children. His oldest was John Edward SHAFER who was my
grand-father (b. 07/21/1879 d. 06/18/1914)
Five of the boys fought in the US Civil War, as follows:
Nathan and Jacob: 61st. Pa. Vol. Reg.
David 132nd. Pa. Vol. Reg.8th Pa. Cav.
John, Jr. 143rd. Pa. Vol. Reg. (Roy Stone's Bucktail Brigade which was 1st. Corp, 3rd. Div., 2nd. Brig.) William 153rd. Pa. Vol. Reg. John, Jr., William, and Jacob were all at Gettysburg. Nathan was a railroad worker for the Lehigh Valley R.R. and was killed in an accident on Nov. 1, 1869. Most of this information is from a family history that one of my distant cousins did in the late 1970's. Much of the information was written down and put into a pamphlet that my g-gf. Edward assembled sometime in the late 1930's or early 40' shortly before his death in 1944. As he was at least in his early 80's at the time and some of this was done from memory some of the dates may be incorrect. I have verified all the civil war records and they are correct. I have verified from the 1850 PA. Census that a John Shafer lived in Dennison Twsp., Luzerne Co. I can make no strong connections to my g-g-gf prior to this. I am specifically looking for leads to research as to my paternal g-g-g-gf. The 1790 and 1800 PA. Census show some (but not many) of the spelling SHAFER in the appropriate area (Northampton and Berks Counties) but I can make no strong connections. There is a much stronger connection from the 1790 and 1800 census to the spellings either of SCHAFFER and SCHAEFFER. Also to note there is some minor evidence to support the fact that the name may have been shortened from SCHAFER (or other variation) as Nathan (one of John Srs. sons) apparently spelled his name this way all his adult life. I haven't verified his name spelling from the civil war records as he was sick with "Camp Fever" in a Philadelphia hospital at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg and thus was not listed on the Pennsylvania Memorial. John, Jr., Jacob, and William were present, as stated, and are listed on the Pennsylvania Memorial as to to their corresponding regiments by the spelling SHAFER.--
Regards,
Michael Shafer Researching the SHAFER/SCHAFER name Pittsburgh, PA, USA in eastern Pennsylvania. Luzerne,
Email: [email protected] Berks, Carbon and surrounding areas.
Page: http://www.lm.com/~mbshafer And, the 143rd. PA Vol. Reg.
From: [email protected]
Subject: Certain Swiss Schaffers
Hello S(c)haffers. I'm new to your subscription list. I have the good fortune to live on the Big Island of Hawaii, but, because I live so far from the great genealogical libraries of the Mainland, I must conduct my family history research the very best I can by way of smail and email.
I am seeking descendancy and ancestry information about a couple that emigrated around 1850 from an area of Switzerland close to the German and French borders. Hand-me-down family lore has it that this couple carried a Germanic surname but preferred the French culture and spoke that language. They appeared next in 1854 in Wayne County, Ohio (near Wooster) where their daughter married a French-speaking, Catholic man from the village of Boncourt, Cantone Jura, Switzerland. Here are the details I have:
father Henry J. Schaffer (aka Shaffer)
mother Cathrine _____?________
daughter Victoire (Victoria) born 8 April 1831, Switzerland married 14 June 1852, Wayne County, Ohio son-in-law Francois Xavier Gelin who was born 25 September 1825, Boncourt, Switzerland
Francois and Victoire are great grandparents on my mother's side.
Under the guidance of several persons, mainly Doug Schorey and Donald Blais, both Swiss researchers of great experience, I have just begun the laborious procedure of sending for tapes from Salt Lake City via my local LDS Family History Center. The Schaffer surname is registered before 1800 in the villages of Mirchel and Stettlen in Canton Bern, Switzerland, so that is where I am starting and those are the tapes I have ordered but not yet received.
Has anyone out there been down this path? Does anyone out there have any information on this family?
You know I'd be beholden..........Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka,
Charlie Pettersen
Charles W. and Judy G. Pettersen
P.O.Box 392
Paauilo, Hawaii 96776
808-776-1705
From: Dick Madding
Subject: Mary Belle Shaffer Parrish
Looking for antecedents of Mary Belle Shaffer, Fernwood, OH, b. 3 Feb 1864, d. 15 Jan 1929 m. William Astors Parrish Her siblings:
Sara Jane Shaffer Whitten Phipps b. 25 Nov 1858 d. 20 Feb 1932
Christyan Shaffer Watkins b. 13 Mar 1860
Jesse Shaffer b. 4 Oct 1862 d. 16 Apr 1880
Ada Rachel Shaffer Hurl b. 8 Nov 1870 d. 5 Apr 1945
Eva Ellen Shaffer Ickes b. 11 Oct 1872
Rochadel Shaffer b. 22 Aug 1875 d.Oct 1884
Harry Daniel Shaffer b. 16 May 1877
John Shaffer b. 3 Mar 1880 m. Bessie Ilyer
Thank you and Happy Holidays to all! Dick Madding Dayton, OH
From: [email protected] (JoAnn M Goodacre)
Subject: Shafer
We are researching Shafer in Northampton and Luzerne Counties also.
Frederich SHAFER b in Germany, worked in this country to defray his passage. m Schaffer (no relation).
[John] Adam SHAFER was b 1754 (in NJ, 15 mi. from Phil) m 1785 at the Dut. Ref. Ch in Walpack, Sussex, NJ Elizabeth SWARTWOOD b 1768 Pike Co. PA, Her parents were Thomas SWARTWOUT and Elizabeth ENNES.
The children of Adam SHAFER and Elizabeth SWARTWOOD were: Sarah SHAFER b 24 Jan 1786 and bap. at Walpack. Adam SHAFER Jr. m Mary COOPER 3 Jan 1811. Susanna SJAFER b 1789 at Kingston, Luzerne Co., m Malachai SHOEMAKER 30 Dec 1808. Elizabeth b 1791 m Simon CHESLEY Peggy m FRANTZ Eva SHAFER m ROSS (Dallas Twp) Ann SHAFER m GEARHART Polly SHAFER m BLAINE John SHAFER
Adam SHAFER enlisted in the Rev. War at Schlifflensberg. Cumberland Co., PA. I have the Rev. War Records. However there is another Adam SHAFER in Berks Co., and I sometimes wonder if the records were mixed up.
The SWARTWOODS in Luzerne Co. were brothers of Elizabeth SWARTWOOD.
Elizabeth and Adam SHAFER were in Luzerne Co., before 1796.
I am mailing my Shafer data today, if you do see anything pertaining to this family I would appreciate hearing from you. I just noticed that you did not have a complete mailing address. Sorry.
JoAnn Goodacre
6105 Pinto Place
Springfield, VA 22150 - 1537
E-mail: [email protected]
From: Robin Kaspar/VA <[email protected]>
Subject: Shaffer, John Charles
Date: 11 Dec 96 08:48:58 EST
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In my husband's line was John Charles Shaffer, resident of Evanston, IL and newspaper publisher. When he died in 1943, he was the publisher of the Indianapolis Star and the Muncie Star. At various times he was the owner and publisher of Terre Haute Star and the Louisville Herald, the Denver Republican, the Denver Times and the Rocky Mountain News.
I have a few newspaper articles which go on and on about this man and his accomplishments, but I'm looking for his living descendants. My mother-in-law remembers visiting "Uncle Charley's" ranch in Colorado which was named "Ken-Caryl" after his sons, Kent and Carroll. Kent must have preceded him in death, as Carroll is the only son listed as survivor in John's obituary.
Anyone have this man in their line? Other names mentioned in the articles are Helen Shaffer, which I presume to be Carroll's wife, Virginia Shaffer Devlin and Marjorie Shaffer Hage, possibly his sisters?
Robin Hoff Kaspar
Richmond, VA
From: "G. S. Shaffer"
Subject: Re: Shaffer, John Charles
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 01:55:49 -0500 (EST)
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I hope you locate the descendants; I want to tell you a story for your protection because the Colorado location brings this back.
I go to Colorado every summer (Ft. Collins/CSU). The Ken-Caryl Ranch sounds familiar, but I do not know if it was the place I'm about to describe. Before I was interested in genealogy, I was driving on US 34 west of Loveland & Estes Park through Big Thompson Canyon. (This was after the 1976 flood, in which I lost several coworkers). I noticed "Shaffer" on a mailbox at a little inn & stopped with my family to get something to eat. They didn't want to serve us, like we were interrupting something. They scrounged around to get a little something for us, including milk for our baby. It was eerie at worst and rude at best. I asked who the Shaffers were who owned it since that was my name; I got stone silence from the older couple who seemed to run it. We left ASAP.
Two or three years later we stopped after dark again after a day of driving. I left the car running to keep my family warm while I just thought I'd pop in & check again. I had begun family history searching & had a lot of information. I'm very outgoing & when I inquired if there were Shaffers who still ran the place, a "bar tender"type, seemed to take offense at my presence, again tight-lipped, but "asking" another couple rowdies if they ever heard of the Shaffers that owned the place. As I was surrounded, I was told that was not what I was really looking for was it. Many times I had been told while walking up on a gathering of all kinds of events that people thought I was a narc. I assumed they thought something like that & that I better stop this Shaffer history stuff because they weren't buying it. Since I'm a praying person, & in instances like that, one of the sharper knives in the drawer, I carefully exited the establishment, thankful that my wife had a husband and children had a father. Perhaps owning the Rocky Mountain News and Denver papers, he made many enemies (or just wanted privacy), if this was the person mentioned. I hope not; but in any event, if you're looking for lost relatives in CO, along US Route 34 in Big Thompson Canyon, I recommend you go prayerfully if at all. You can't miss this place as there are few places along the route that allow dwellings or restaurants.
Rev. G. S. Shaffer
On 11 Dec 1996, Robin Kaspar/VA wrote:
> In my husband's line was John Charles Shaffer, resident of Evanston, IL and newspaper publisher. When he died in 1943, he was the publisher of the Indianapolis Star and the Muncie Star. At various times he was the owner and publisher of Terre Haute Star and the Louisville Herald, the Denver Republican, the Denver Times and the Rocky Mountain News. I have a few newspaper articles which go on and on about this man and his accomplishments, but I'm looking for his living descendants. My mother-in-law remembers visiting "Uncle Charley's" ranch in Colorado which was named "Ken-Caryl" after his sons, Kent and Carroll. Kent must have preceded him in death, as Carroll is the only son listed as survivor in John's obituary.
> Anyone have this man in their line? Other names mentioned in the articles are Helen Shaffer, which I presume to be Carroll's wife, Virginia Shaffer Devlin and Marjorie Shaffer Hage, possibly his sisters?
> Robin Hoff Kaspar
> Richmond, VA
From: Roxanne Meida King
Subject: Jacob Shaffer/Shaver Ancestors
I am seeking confirmation of and more information on the following line:
John Shaffer b. 19 May 1763 New York m. Elizabeth Parks b. 13 May 1763 New York
Jacob I. Shaffer b. 21 April 1784 New York m. Sarah 'Sally' Kinch
9. Lewis Shaver b. 1817 New York d. 21 February 1870 Emerson Twp, Gratiot Co, MI
m. Sarah Chapman b. 6 Mar 1821 Groton, New London Co, CT (daughter of Avery and Wealthy (Thomas) Chapman) d. 25 Aug 1898 Emerson Twp, Gratiot Co, MI
Lewis and Sarah had 13 children, including my ancestor, Mary Ursula Shaver, b. 1859, Gratiot Co, MI
m. Jesse Bacon 5 April 1878 Gratiot Co, MI b. 1848 d. 1889 in a logging accident somewhere in Michigan
m. 2. Daniel McLaren
m. 3. Gilbert Emerson McCoy Jr.
10. Jeremiah Shaver b. 19 Nov 1822 Delaware Co, NY d. 23 Feb 1918 Ithaca, Gratiot Co, MI m. 30 May 1846 Steuben Co, NY Ursula A. Sawtell Biographical articles on Lewis Shaver and Jeremiah Shaver in the Gratiot County Histories published in 1880 and 1913 have given me this data. Lewis Shaver is enumerated with his family on the 1850 Census of Steuben County, New York. I am seeking confirmation that John Shaffer who married Elizabeth Parks is the John Shaffer who is the father of Jacob I. Shaffer. I am very interested in any information on this family, including the other eight children of Jacob I. Shaffer and Sarah 'Sally' Kinch.
Thanks!
- Roxanne Meida King
121 W. King George Ct.
Palatine, IL 60067
From: [email protected]
Subject: SHAFFER, John (1769-1855) PA-OH-IL
I need parents, siblings, birthplace, place and date of marriage for John
SHAFFER, b. 20 Jan 1769, PA; m. Christiana REAM (1774-1844), daughter of
Abraham REAM and Elizabeth NEIDIG, somewhere in central PA.
John and Christiana resided in PA, Montgomery Co., OH and Cass Co., IL. They had 13 children: John, Jr., Samuel, Phillip, Catherine, George John, Daniel, Sarah, Henry, Christina, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret and Rachel. Henry was my ancestor. I have info on Christiana's ancestors but have hit a dead end with John. I will very much appreciate any help and will gladly exchange info with anyone who is interested.
Jim Schaeffer
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From: Fletcher Bishop [email protected]
Subject: Lost Shaffer
Wondered if your database happens to have a Solomon Levi Shaffer, bc.1815 in Pennsylvania. I pick him up in a nespaper ad in Michigan for a runaway apprentice, circa 1831. He was named Levi Shaffer. Later he appears as a family man in Washtenaw and Ingham Counties with many land transactions around what is now Lansing and I can follow him from there. Census data always gives his place of birth as PA, but no city or county.
He may have had a brother named Jesse who was born in Philadelphia but this is speculative. I also suspect that his father may have been named John although I do not find this name among his children. William was his eldest son.
I have had no luck in tracing Levi's parentage for more than six years and am desperately hunting clues.
Fletcher Bishop in FL
From: Mark Shaffer
Subject: Message FWD
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 07:52:20 -0800
Subject: Schaffer
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 19:01:09 -0500
From: [email protected]
To: "GERMAN-AMERICAN genealogy list"
I am looking for information on and or advice on how to find additional information on Mari (marion) Schaffer b. in 1879 in Germany. According to her death certificate, her father's name was Jacob. New York Census of 1900 said that she entered the US in 1879. Not much else is know at this time.
Thanks, [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> To: "Shaffer Family discussion list"
> Subject: SCHAFFER / SCHELLING
> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 20:35:33 -0500
> I am looking for information on:
> Catherine Frances SCHAFFER who married Joseph SCHELLING. SCHAFFER is the spelling I have but not necessarily correct. Catherine (1806-1850) and Joseph (1808-1859) both died in Washington Co. MD Believe they were married and came from Germany. They had a family that > later moved to Illinois.
>
> Thanks, Roger Cramer, Rockford, IL
> From [email protected] Thu Nov 28 07:12 EST 1996
> X-Sender: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> From: Fletcher Bishop
> Subject: Lost Shaffer
> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:14:43 +0000
>
> Hi:
> Your address caught my eye as I was scanning for SHAFFER information.
> Wondered if your database happens to have a Solomon Levi Shaffer, bc.1815 in Pennsylvania. I pick him up in a nespaper ad in Michigan for a runaway apprentice, circa 1831. He was named Levi Shaffer. Later he appears as a family man in Washtenaw and Ingham Counties with many land transactions around what is now Lansing and I can follow him from there. Census data always gives his place of birth as PA, but no city or county.
> He may have had a brother named Jesse who was born in Philadelphia but this is speculative. I also suspect that his father may have been named John although I do not find this name among his children. William was his eldest son.
> I have had no luck in tracing Levi's parentage for more than six years and am desperately hunting clues.
> Fletcher Bishop in FL
> Subject: Jacob Shaffer/Shaver Ancestors
I am seeking confirmation of and more information on the following line:
> John Shaffer b. 19 May 1763 New York m. Elizabeth Parks b. 13 May 1763 New York
> Jacob I. Shaffer b. 21 April 1784 New York m. Sarah 'Sally' Kinch
9. Lewis Shaver b. 1817 New York d. 21 February 1870 Emerson Twp, Gratiot Co, MI m. Sarah Chapman b. 6 Mar 1821 Groton, New London Co, CT (daughter of Avery and Wealthy (Thomas) Chapman) d. 25 Aug 1898 Emerson Twp, Gratiot Co, MI Lewis and Sarah had 13 children, including my ancestor, Mary Ursula Shaver, b. 1859, Gratiot Co, MI m. 5 April 1878 Gratiot Co, MI Jesse Bacon b. 1848 d. 1889 in a logging accident somewhere in Michigan m. 2. Daniel McLaren m. 3. Gilbert Emerson McCoy Jr.
> 10. Jeremiah Shaver b. 19 Nov 1822 Delaware Co, NY d. 23 Feb 1918 Ithaca, Gratiot Co, MI m. 30 May 1846 Steuben Co, NY Ursula A. Sawtell
> Biographical articles on Lewis Shaver and Jeremiah Shaver in the Gratiot County Histories published in 1880 and 1913 have given me this data.
>Lewis Shaver is enumerated with his family on the 1850 Census of Steuben County, New York.
> I am seeking confirmation that John Shaffer who married Elizabeth Parks is the John Shaffer who is the father of Jacob I. Shaffer. I am very interested in any information on this family, including the other eight children of Jacob I. Shaffer and Sarah 'Sally' Kinch.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Roxanne Meida King
> 121 W. King George Ct.
> Palatine, IL 60067
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: SHAFFER, John (1769-1855) PA-OH-IL
> I need parents, siblings, birthplace, place and date of marriage for John SHAFFER, b. 20 Jan 1769, PA; m. Christiana REAM (1774-1844), daughter of Abraham REAM and Elizabeth NEIDIG, somewhere in central PA.
> John and Christiana resided in PA, Montgomery Co., OH and Cass Co., IL. They had 13 children: John, Jr., Samuel, Phillip, Catherine, George John, Daniel, Sarah, Henry, Christina, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret and Rachel. Henry was my ancestor.
> I have info on Christiana's ancestors but have hit a dead end with John. I will very much appreciate any help and will gladly exchange info with anyone who is interested.
>
> Jim Schaeffer
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: SCHAFFER / SCHELLING
> Catherine Frances SCHAFFER who married Joseph SCHELLING SCHAFFER is the spelling I have but not necessarily correct. Catherine (1806-1850) and Joseph (1808-1859) both died in Washington Co. MD
> Believe they were married and came from Germany. They had a family that later moved to Illinois.
> Thanks, Roger Cramer, Rockford, IL
From: Fletcher Bishop [email protected]
Subject: Lost Solomon Levi Shaffer
Your address caught my eye as I was scanning for SHAFFER information. Wondered if your database happens to have a Solomon Levi Shaffer, bc.1815 in > Pennsylvania. I pick him up in a newspaper ad in Michigan for a runaway apprentice, circa 1831. He was named Levi Shaffer. Later he appears as a family man in Washtenaw and Ingham Counties with many land transactions around what is now Lansing and I can follow him from there. Census data always gives his place of birth as PA, but no city or county. He may have had a brother named Jesse who was born in Philadelphia but this is speculative. I also suspect that his father may have been named John although I do not find this name among his children. William was his eldest son. I have had no luck in tracing Levi's parentage for more than six years and am desperately hunting clues. Fletcher Bishop in FL Mother, doesn't this look like a match up?
From: [email protected] Searching for information on:
Melzer A. Shaffer Born 1-11-1879, Franklin Co, Columbus, OH. Died 1-14-1946 Baca Co., Walsh, Colo. John H. Shaffer Jr. B: 1-16-1848 Stubenville, OH. D:3-1-1933 Ponca City, OK John H. Shaffer SR. B.3-22-1817 Gallia Co. Gallopolis, OH d. 12-23-1880 unknown Do you have any information on Michael Shaffer, sorry this is all I know.
My name is John Burgoyne Shaffer, I live in Walsh, Colo. I was born 2-14-1931.
Any information you have will be greatly appreciated.
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