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Margaret Shaffer 1785–1867 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 December 1785

Birth Location: Quemahoning,Somerset,Pennsylvania,USA

Death Date: 1 August 1867

Death Location: Arendtsville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Mother: Anna Schaefer

Spouse(s): John Taylor

Children(s): Philip Taylor

Margaret Shaffer was born in 1785 in Quemahoning,Somerset,Pennsylvania,USA, the child of John Schaefer And Anna Maria Schaefer. Margaret Shaffer married John R Taylor, and had children including Philip Taylor. Margaret Shaffer passed away in 1867 in Arendtsville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Margaret Shaffer was born in 1785 in Quemahoning,Somerset,Pennsylvania,USA, the child of John Schaefer And Anna Maria Schaefer.
  • Margaret Shaffer married John R Taylor, and had children including Philip Taylor.
  • Margaret Shaffer passed away in 1867 in Arendtsville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Shaffer's Ancestors

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Margaret Shaffer
1785–1867
Birth Place: Quemahoning,Somerset,Pennsylvania,USA
Parents
Anna (Maria) Schaefer
1765–1831
Frederick County, Maryland, United States of America
Grandparents
Jacob (Leonard) Pouder
1730–1776
Margaret Everly
1743–1814
Great-Grandparents
John Pouder
1704–1796
Marie Leonard
1708–1730
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Shaffer's Descendants

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Margaret Shaffer (3 December 1785–1 August 1867) m. John (R.) Taylor (16 Nov 1784–13 Oct 1870)
  1. 1. Philip Taylor 1814–1865 m. Mary Weygandt 1815–1849
    1. 1. John (Shaffer) Taylor 1838–1867 m. Rebecca Miller 1838–1904
      1. 1. Lewis (Franklin) Taylor 1863–1937 m. Loretta ((aka Retta) Barto) (Taylor) 1861–1928
        1. 1. Lewis (Franklin) Taylor 1887–1974 m. Elizabeth (M) Wall 1890–1980

Margaret Shaffer's Timeline

2 Records

1785
3 December 1785
Birth of Margaret Shaffer in Quemahoning,Somerset,Pennsylvania,USA
Quemahoning,Somerset,Pennsylvania,USA
1867
1 August 1867
Age 82
Death of Margaret Shaffer in Lawrence,Stark,Ohio,USA
Lawrence,Stark,Ohio,USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 December 1785
    Event Place: Quemahoning,Somerset,Pennsylvania,USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 August 1867
    Event Place: Lawrence,Stark,Ohio,USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Arendtsville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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