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Nicholas Mathias SHAFFER 1848–1923 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 APR 1848

Birth Location: Ross, Clinton, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 10 JUL 1923

Death Location: Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA

Father: Christophe SCHEFFER

Mother: Margaret WIDENER

Spouse(s): Catherine MORAN

Children(s): Callista SHAFFER

In 1848, Nicholas Mathias SHAFFER entered the world in Ross, Clinton, Indiana, USA, born to Christophe Scheffer And Margaret Ann Widener. Nicholas Mathias SHAFFER married Catherine Moran, and had children including Callista Ann Shaffer. Nicholas Mathias SHAFFER passed away in 1923 in Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1848, Nicholas Mathias SHAFFER entered the world in Ross, Clinton, Indiana, USA, born to Christophe Scheffer And Margaret Ann Widener.
  • Nicholas Mathias SHAFFER married Catherine Moran, and had children including Callista Ann Shaffer.
  • Nicholas Mathias SHAFFER passed away in 1923 in Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christophe SCHEFFER
1823–1908
Birth Location: Gosselming, 57, Moselle, France
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Margaret WIDENER
1828–1913
Birth Location: Wayne County, Indiana, USA
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Spouses(s)

Catherine MORAN
1855–1925
Birth Location: Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York, USA
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Children(s)

Callista SHAFFER
1883–1952
Birth Location: Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
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Nicholas SHAFFER's Ancestors

Self
Nicholas SHAFFER
1848–1923
Birth Place: Ross, Clinton, Indiana, USA
Parents
Christophe SCHEFFER
1823–1908
Gosselming, 57, Moselle, France
Margaret (Ann) WIDENER
1828–1913
Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Grandparents
Jean (Nicolas) SCHAEFFER
1777–1849
Saint-Jean-de-Bassel, 57, Moselle, France
Marie (Barbe) KLEIN
1789–1864
Gosselming, 57, Moselle, France
Mathias WIDENER
1797–1878
Great-Grandparents
Jean SCHEFFER
1755–1807
Anne KLEIN
1757–1815
Gabriel KLEIN
1749–1835
Odile JUNG
1754–1793
Henry WIDENER
1750–1847
Margaret CLICK
1768–1845
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elisabeth SPATH
1720–1786
Georges KLEIN
1717–1771
Catherine BABIN
1721–1791
Antoine JUNG
–1760

Nicholas SHAFFER's Descendants

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Nicholas (Mathias) SHAFFER (21 APR 1848–10 JUL 1923) m. Catherine MORAN (01 MAR 1855–30 OCT 1925)
  1. 1. Callista (Ann) SHAFFER 1883–1952 m. Henry (W) KREMER 1874–1966
    1. 1. Henry (William) KREMER 1925–2019
    2. 2. Margaret (Katherine) KREMER 1910–1989
    3. 3. James (P) KREMER 1923–1950
    4. 4. John (H) KREMER 1916–2004
    5. 5. Carolyn (Rose) KREMER 1912–1996
    6. 6. Isabella (Esther) KREMER 1914–1997
    7. 7. Lavon (M) KREMER 1919–2015
    8. 8. Nicholas (Robert) KREMER 1921–2014 m. Iona HARMS 1925–1996
      1. 1. Andrew (James) KREMER 1949–2018

Nicholas SHAFFER's Timeline

2 Records

1848
21 APR 1848
Birth of Nicholas Mathias SHAFFER in Ross, Clinton, Indiana, USA
Ross, Clinton, Indiana, USA
1923
10 JUL 1923
Age 75
Death of Nicholas Mathias SHAFFER in Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 APR 1848
    Event Place: Ross, Clinton, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 JUL 1923
    Event Place: Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
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