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Maria Catherine Schneider 1735 – 1799 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 09 Jun 1735

Birth Location: Gerhardsbrunn, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Death Date: 1799

Death Location: Hopewell Twp., York County, PA

Father: Johann Schneider

Mother: Anna Feicks

Spouse(s): Johann Scheffer

Children(s): David Shaffer

According to available records, Maria Catherine Schneider was born in 1735 in Gerhardsbrunn, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, the child of Johann Michael Schneider and Anna Maria Feicks. Following those early years, Maria Catherine Schneider married Johann David Scheffer, and their family grew to include David Shaffer. In the later years of life, Maria Catherine Schneider died in 1799 in Hopewell Twp., York County, PA.

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Parents

Johann Schneider
1698 – 1737
Birth Location: Langwieden, Pfalz,Germany
JS
Anna Feicks
1697 – 1786
Birth Location: Gerhardsbrunn, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
AF

Spouses(s)

Johann Scheffer
1716 – 1787
Birth Location: Hirschland, Alsace, Germany
JS

Children(s)

David Shaffer
1769 – 1854
Birth Location: Shrewsbury, York County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
DS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 09 Jun 1735
    Event Place: Gerhardsbrunn, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Select Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 17 Apr 1746
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1799
    Event Place: Hopewell Twp., York County, PA
    Record Source: Germany, Select Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 08 Nov 1799
    Record Source: Germany, Select Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958
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