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Blanche E Shaffer 1889–1930 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Dec 1889

Birth Location: Grimes, Iowa

Death Date: 21 Jan 1930

Death Location: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA

Father: Francis Shafer

Mother: Phebe (Shafer)

Spouse(s): Burton Knight

Children(s): Donald Knight

Blanche E Shaffer was born in 1889 in Grimes, Iowa, the child of Francis Asbury Shafer And Phebe E Graham Shafer. Blanche E Shaffer married Burton Delno Knight, and had children including Donald B Knight. Blanche E Shaffer passed away in 1930 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • Blanche E Shaffer was born in 1889 in Grimes, Iowa, the child of Francis Asbury Shafer And Phebe E Graham Shafer.
  • Blanche E Shaffer married Burton Delno Knight, and had children including Donald B Knight.
  • Blanche E Shaffer passed away in 1930 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA.

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Children(s)

Blanche Shaffer's Ancestors

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Blanche Shaffer
1889–1930
Birth Place: Grimes, Iowa
Parents
Francis Asbury Shafer
1847–1900
Athens County, Ohio, USA
Phebe (E Graham) (Shafer)
1861–1939
Dallas County, Iowa, USA
Grandparents
Richard Shaffer
1824–1882
Richland Township Guernsey, Ohio, United States
Margaret (Jane) Wilson
1825–1909
Brooks County West Virginia
John (Charles) Graham
1836–1916
Cincinnati,Hamilton,Ohio
Mary (Jane Freel) (Graham)
1842–1925
Indiana
Great-Grandparents
James Sr
1807–1882
Elizabeth (Graham)
–1840
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Blanche Shaffer's Descendants

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Blanche (E) Shaffer (Dec 1889–21 Jan 1930) m. Burton (Delno) Knight (14 Aug 1885–26 Dec 1965)
  1. 1. Donald (B) Knight 1920–1996 m. Helen (Patricia) Phillips 1917–1991

Blanche Shaffer's Timeline

2 Records

1889
Dec 1889
Birth of Blanche E Shaffer in Grimes, Iowa
Grimes, Iowa
1930
21 Jan 1930
Age 41
Death of Blanche E Shaffer in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA
Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Dec 1889
    Event Place: Grimes, Iowa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jan 1930
    Event Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA

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