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Roy Lester Shaffer 1918–1978 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Dec 1918

Birth Location: Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA

Death Date: 22 Oct 1978

Death Location: Midway City, Orange, California, USA

Father: Charles Shaffer

Mother: Margaret Newell

Spouse(s): Marian Jones

Children(s): Thomas Shaffer

Roy Lester Shaffer was born in 1918 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA, the child of Charles Lewis Shaffer And Margaret Jane Newell. Roy Lester Shaffer married Marian Kathryn Jones, and had children including Kenneth Allan Shaffer, Shaffer, Thomas Roy Shaffer. Roy Lester Shaffer passed away in 1978 in Midway City, Orange, California, USA.

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Biography

  • Roy Lester Shaffer was born in 1918 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA, the child of Charles Lewis Shaffer And Margaret Jane Newell.
  • Roy Lester Shaffer married Marian Kathryn Jones, and had children including Kenneth Allan Shaffer, Shaffer, Thomas Roy Shaffer.
  • Roy Lester Shaffer passed away in 1978 in Midway City, Orange, California, USA.

Immediate Family

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Roy Shaffer's Ancestors

Self
Roy Shaffer
1918–1978
Birth Place: Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA
Parents
Charles Lewis Shaffer
1886–1958
North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
Margaret (Jane) Newell
1891–1971
Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Audley (H.) Newell
1868–1939
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
Alice Baker
1869–1935
Big Beaver, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Newell
1827–
Margaret McNair
1835–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joshua Newell
1776–1859
Margaret Hatfield
1783–1870

Roy Shaffer's Descendants

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Roy (Lester) Shaffer (28 Dec 1918–22 Oct 1978) m. Marian (Kathryn) Jones (28 Dec 1918–29 Mar 2018)
  1. 1. Thomas (Roy) Shaffer 1946–2010

Roy Shaffer's Timeline

2 Records

1918
28 Dec 1918
Birth of Roy Lester Shaffer in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA
Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA
1978
22 Oct 1978
Age 60
Death of Roy Lester Shaffer in Midway City, Orange, California, USA
Midway City, Orange, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1918
    Event Place: Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Oct 1978
    Event Place: Midway City, Orange, California, USA

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