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Mary Martha Shafer 1930 – 2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Nov 1930

Birth Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 12 Jan 2002

Death Location: Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA

Father: Paul Shafer

Mother: Martha Ritenour

Spouse(s):

Children(s): P W

Mary Martha Shafer was born in 1930 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, the child of Paul Ora Shafer and Martha Catherine Ritenour. Mary Martha Shafer had children including P W. Mary Martha Shafer passed away in 2002 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Mary Martha Shafer was born in 1930 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, the child of Paul Ora Shafer and Martha Catherine Ritenour.
  • Mary Martha Shafer had children including P W.
  • Mary Martha Shafer passed away in 2002 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Shafer's Ancestors

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Mary Shafer
1930 – 2002
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Parents
Paul Ora Shafer
1908 – 1998
Sumner, Lawrence, Illinois, USA
Martha (Catherine) Ritenour
1906 – 2006
Pine Village, Warren, Indiana, USA
Grandparents
John (Thomas) Ritenour
1881 – 1940
Adams, Warren, Indiana, USA
Lulu (May) Howland
1880 – 1970
Williamsport, Warren, Indiana, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Warbritton
Caroline Howland
1857 – 1884
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Eliza Moore
1840 – 1924

Mary Shafer's Descendants

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Mary (Martha) Shafer (26 Nov 1930 – 12 Jan 2002)
  1. 1. P W

Mary Shafer's Timeline

2 Records

1930
26 Nov 1930
Birth of Mary Martha Shafer in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
2002
12 Jan 2002
Age 72
Death of Mary Martha Shafer in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA
Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Nov 1930
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jan 2002
    Event Place: Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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