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Jonas Shaffer 1787–1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 Feb 1787

Birth Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 23 May 1850

Death Location: New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

Father: Hans Shaffer

Mother: Odilla Shaffer

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The story of Jonas Shaffer began in 1787 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA. Jonas Shaffer passed away in 1850 in New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Jonas Shaffer began in 1787 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA.
  • Jonas Shaffer passed away in 1850 in New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.

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Jonas Shaffer's Ancestors

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Jonas Shaffer
1787–1850
Birth Place: Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Hans Jacob Shaffer
1728–1815
Hessen, Germany
Odilla (Otilla Schaffer) Shaffer
1744–1831
Germany
Grandparents
Hans (Johann Jacob) Schaeffer
1702–1783
Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Rosina (Nina Riecken, Keller) Schäffer
1704–1770
of Lancaster Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Schaffer
1675–1751
Anna Schaeffer
1679–1737
Jonathan Keller
1682–1732
Anna Beer
1684–1719
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Martin Schäfer
1627–1693
Dorothea Schaeffer
1635–1693
Georg Richter
1638–1730
Anna Friedrich
1643–1710
Felix Keller
1642–1688
Anna Hechler
1652–1697
Johannes Beer
1648–1708
Elisabetha Beer
1654–1720

Jonas Shaffer's Timeline

2 Records

1787
05 Feb 1787
Birth of Jonas Shaffer in Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
1850
23 May 1850
Age 63
Death of Jonas Shaffer in New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 05 Feb 1787
    Event Place: Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 May 1850
    Event Place: New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

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