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George Schaeffer 1800–1866 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Aug 1800

Birth Location: Sharon, Schoharie, New York, USA

Death Date: 29 Nov 1866

Death Location: Fulton, Schoharie, New York, USA

Father: Johannes Shaffer

Mother: Dorothea Stam

Spouse(s): Hester Vaughn, Polly Chamberlain

Children(s): Maria Schaeffer, William Schaeffer, Marion Schaeffer, John Sheffer, Clark Sheffer, Samuel Sheffer, Sarah Sheffer, Mary Schaeffer, Matha Schaeffer, Lowell Sheffer, Clarisa Schaeffer, Sylvia Schaeffer, Silas Sheffer

George Schaeffer was born in 1800 in Sharon, Schoharie, New York, USA, the child of Johannes H Shaffer And Dorothea Stam. George Schaeffer married Hester Vaughn, Polly Chamberlain, and had children including Clarisa Abrina Schaeffer, Clark Marvin Sheffer, John Vaughn Sheffer, Lowell Harvey Sheffer, Maria Marion Schaeffer, Marion Schaeffer, Mary Schaeffer, Matha Schaeffer, Samuel George Sheffer, Sarah A Sheffer, Silas Sheffer, Sylvia Schaeffer, William Schaeffer. George Schaeffer passed away in 1866 in Fulton, Schoharie, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • George Schaeffer was born in 1800 in Sharon, Schoharie, New York, USA, the child of Johannes H Shaffer And Dorothea Stam.
  • George Schaeffer married Hester Vaughn, Polly Chamberlain, and had children including Clarisa Abrina Schaeffer, Clark Marvin Sheffer, John Vaughn Sheffer, Lowell Harvey Sheffer, Maria Marion Schaeffer, Marion Schaeffer, Mary Schaeffer, Matha Schaeffer, Samuel George Sheffer, Sarah A Sheffer, Silas Sheffer, Sylvia Schaeffer, William Schaeffer.
  • George Schaeffer passed away in 1866 in Fulton, Schoharie, New York, USA.

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George Schaeffer's Ancestors

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George Schaeffer
1800–1866
Birth Place: Sharon, Schoharie, New York, USA
Parents
Johannes H Shaffer
1771–1831
Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, USA
Dorothea Stam
1777–1806
German Flatts, Herkimer, New York, USA
Grandparents
George (Ludwig) Stam
1748–1845
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Anna (Eva) Bellinger
1747–1841
Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
George Stam
1733–1793
Mary Magdalena
1733–1751
Colonel Bellinger
1726–1813
Cordelia Herkimer
1728–1804
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christian Meyer-Stamm
1677–1754
Anna Meyer
1684–1755
Johann Capt.
1697–1786
Marie Krauss
1701–1749

George Schaeffer's Descendants

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George Schaeffer (18 Aug 1800–29 Nov 1866) m. Hester Vaughn (1795–1824) m. Polly Chamberlain (1798–1880)
  1. 1. Maria (Marion) Schaeffer 1820–
  2. 2. William Schaeffer 1821–
  3. 3. Marion Schaeffer 1823–
  4. 4. John (Vaughn) Sheffer 1840–1883 m. Lydia (Amanda) Knapp 1839–1881
    1. 1. Minnie (Helen) Sheffer 1866–1942 m. John (Bernard) Johnson 1867–1940 m. Orion (DeWitt) Westcott 1861–1950
      1. 1. Esther Johnson 1907–1991
      2. 2. Laurin (Andrew) Johnson 1890–1954
      3. 3. Orrin Johnson 1893–1965
      4. 4. Oscar (B.) Johnson 1895–1990
      5. 5. Roxinna Johnson 1897–1967
      6. 6. Henry (Simpson) Johnson 1903–1957
      7. 7. Theodore Johnson 1905–1967
      8. 8. Maude (Lottie) Westcott 1887–1972 m. Louis (Otto) Langfeldt 1888–1957 m. Henry (Robert) Boye 1882–1940
        1. 1. Harold (John) Boye 1911–1980 m. Geraldine (Ione) Downs 1917–2005
      9. 9. Morton (John) Westcott 1884–1966
  5. 5. Clark (Marvin) Sheffer 1829–1906
  6. 6. Samuel (George) Sheffer 1825–1915
  7. 7. Sarah (A) Sheffer 1827–1910
  8. 8. Mary Schaeffer 1830–1918
  9. 9. Matha Schaeffer 1833–
  10. 10. Lowell (Harvey) Sheffer 1835–1916
  11. 11. Clarisa (Abrina) Schaeffer 1839–1884
  12. 12. Sylvia Schaeffer 1843–
  13. 13. Silas Sheffer 1847–

George Schaeffer's Timeline

2 Records

1800
18 Aug 1800
Birth of George Schaeffer in Sharon, Schoharie, New York, USA
Sharon, Schoharie, New York, USA
1866
29 Nov 1866
Age 66
Death of George Schaeffer in Fulton, Schoharie, New York, USA
Fulton, Schoharie, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Aug 1800
    Event Place: Sharon, Schoharie, New York, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 034001-037000

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Nov 1866
    Event Place: Fulton, Schoharie, New York, USA

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