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Abraham Shaffer 1820–1891 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 03 Mar 1820

Birth Location: Stoystown, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 1891

Death Location: Protem, Taney, Missouri, USA

Father: Jacob Shaffer

Mother: Hannah Rhoads

Spouse(s): Adalaide Cole

Children(s): Edward Shaffer

Abraham Shaffer was born in 1820 in Stoystown, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Jacob Alvin Shaffer And Hannah Rhoads. Abraham Shaffer married Adalaide J Cole, and had children including Edward Emerson Schafer Shaffer. Abraham Shaffer passed away in 1891 in Protem, Taney, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • Abraham Shaffer was born in 1820 in Stoystown, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Jacob Alvin Shaffer And Hannah Rhoads.
  • Abraham Shaffer married Adalaide J Cole, and had children including Edward Emerson Schafer Shaffer.
  • Abraham Shaffer passed away in 1891 in Protem, Taney, Missouri, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacob Shaffer
1782–1868
Birth Location: Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Hannah Rhoads
1787–1876
Birth Location: Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
HR

Spouses(s)

Adalaide Cole
1854–1923
Birth Location: St Clair, Franklin, Missouri, USA
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Children(s)

Edward Shaffer
1879–1978
Birth Location: Protem, Taney County, Missouri, USa
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Abraham Shaffer's Ancestors

Self
Abraham Shaffer
1820–1891
Birth Place: Stoystown, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Jacob Alvin Shaffer
1782–1868
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Hannah Rhoads
1787–1876
Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Simeon Schaffer
1754–1824
Lower Milford Twp, Lehigh, PA
Fordelia (Ann "Susannah") Miller
1748–1824
Cumberland County, PA
Rachel Shadacker
1750–1829
Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
Johannes Schaffer
1724–1809
Elisabetha Lautenschlager
1729–1809
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Schaffer
1702–1742
Johann Laudenschlager
1694–1750
Anna Laudenschlager
1696–1729

Abraham Shaffer's Descendants

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Abraham Shaffer (03 Mar 1820–1891) m. Adalaide (J) Cole (01 Mar 1854–23 Feb 1923)
  1. 1. Edward (Emerson Schäfer) Shaffer 1879–1978 m. Alice (Viola) Dorsey 1888–1946
    1. 1. Harry (R) Shaffer 1908– m. Gladys (P) Shaffer 1909–
      1. 1. Alma (L) Shaffer 1933–2007 m. Donald Melia 1932–1961

Abraham Shaffer's Timeline

3 Records

1820
03 Mar 1820
Birth of Abraham Shaffer in Stoystown, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
Stoystown, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
1891
04 May 1891
Age 71
Death of Abraham Shaffer in Protem, Taney, Missouri, USA
Protem, Taney, Missouri, USA
1891
1891
Age 71
Burial of Abraham Shaffer in Protem, Taney, Missouri, USA
Protem, Taney, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 03 Mar 1820
    Event Place: Stoystown, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 May 1891
    Event Place: Protem, Taney, Missouri, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Protem, Taney, Missouri, USA
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