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James Paden Shaffer 1802–1868 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1802

Birth Location: Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 1868

Death Location: Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: Jacob Schaffer

Mother: Catherine Kennedy

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The story of James Paden Shaffer began in 1802 in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States. James Paden Shaffer passed away in 1868 in Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of James Paden Shaffer began in 1802 in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • James Paden Shaffer passed away in 1868 in Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States.

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James Shaffer's Ancestors

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James Shaffer
1802–1868
Birth Place: Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Jacob Schaffer
1775–1825
Hessen, Germany
Catherine Kennedy
1770–1852
Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
Frederick Schaffer
1729–
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Sabina Schauer
1735–
Germany
William Kennedy
1740–1823
Salisbury, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Great-Grandparents
Johann Schauer
1718–1762
Anna KOCH
1720–1775
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Schauer
1699–1772
Elisabetha Lauck
1700–1784
Caspar Koch
1681–1731
Anna Fischer
1698–1768

James Shaffer's Timeline

2 Records

1802
1802
Birth of James Paden Shaffer in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
1868
1868
Age 66
Death of James Paden Shaffer in Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States
Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1802
    Event Place: Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1868
    Event Place: Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States

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