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Elizabeth Shaffer 1820 – 1906 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 SEP 1820

Birth Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 24 Jul 1906

Death Location: Cass County, Indiana, United States of America

Father: Frederick Shaffer

Mother: Elizabeth Kapp

Spouse(s): Samuel Smith

Children(s): William Smith

Elizabeth Shaffer was born in 1820 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Frederick Shaffer and Elizabeth Kapp. Elizabeth Shaffer married Samuel L Smith, and had children including William B Smith. Elizabeth Shaffer passed away in 1906 in Cass County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Shaffer was born in 1820 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Frederick Shaffer and Elizabeth Kapp.
  • Elizabeth Shaffer married Samuel L Smith, and had children including William B Smith.
  • Elizabeth Shaffer passed away in 1906 in Cass County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Elizabeth Shaffer's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Shaffer
1820 – 1906
Birth Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Frederick Shaffer
1787 – 1884
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Elizabeth Kapp
1787 – 1872
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
Peter (Schaeffer) (Sheaffer)
1751 – 1848
Montgomery, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Anna (Catharina) Albert
1762 – 1812
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
George (Martin) KAPP
1759 – 1832
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Anna (Maria Hannah) Dietrich
1755 – 1810
Lane, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Johann Schaeffer
1708 – 1755
Anna ?????
1715 – 1780
Johannes Albert
1734 – 1777
Maria Doerr
1736 – 1812
John Cupp
1714 – 1749
Gertraudt Friederich
1719 – 1784
Jacob Dietrich
1715 – 1760
Sophia Heiss
1711 – 1760
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hans Schneider
1680 – 1725
Katharina Christmann
1705 –
Maria Albert
1690 – 1761
(Ann (Henne)
1679 – 1721
Johan Freiderich
1690 – 1771
Margaretha Bosch
1689 – 1729

Elizabeth Shaffer's Descendants

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Elizabeth Shaffer (19 SEP 1820 – 24 Jul 1906) m. Samuel (L) Smith (24 DEC 1818 – 7 DEC 1890)
  1. 1. William (B) Smith (31 Jan 1844 – 24 Apr 1935) m. Sarah (A.) Long (1848 – 31 Aug 1901)
    1. 1. John (S) Smith (1873 – )
    2. 2. Marvin (Medford) Smith (13 Jan 1874 – 6 Dec 1909)
    3. 3. William (Burton) Smith (24 Apr 1877 – 1 Nov 1955) m. Ruby (May) Easton (26 Jan 1888 – 24 Mar 1937)
      1. 1. Fern (Thelma) Smith (21 Dec 1907 – 25 Nov 1959)
      2. 2. Hazel (Doris) Smith (31 Jul 1910 – 6 Oct 1983)
      3. 3. Mabel (Marie) Smith (18 May 1915 – 25 Aug 2011)
      4. 4. Sarah (Ethel) Silberman (3 May 1919 – 1 Feb 2011) m. Louis (Harry) Silberman (9 Jan 1916 – Abt 1994)
        1. 1. Donald (L) Silberman (29 Apr 1941 – ) m. Ruth (Carol) Beavers (5 Dec 1941 – )
        2. 2. Connie Leap (abt 1956 – ) m. Ronald (James) Leap
        3. 3. Joyce Palladino
        4. 4. James
        5. 5. Roger
      5. 5. William (Donald) Smith (25 Feb 1923 – 31 Jul 1996)
    4. 4. George (S) Smith (1879 – )
    5. 5. Walter (Alvin) Smith (9 Oct 1880 – Aft 1959)

Elizabeth Shaffer's Timeline

2 Records

1820
19 SEP 1820
Birth of Elizabeth Shaffer in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
1906
24 Jul 1906
Age 86
Death of Elizabeth Shaffer in Cass County, Indiana, United States of America
Cass County, Indiana, United States of America

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 SEP 1820
    Event Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Jul 1906
    Event Place: Cass County, Indiana, United States of America

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