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Virgeline Shafer Knight 1921–2005 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Mar 1921

Birth Location: Lansing, Michigan

Death Date: 9 Nov 2005

Death Location: Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Orville Shafer

Mother: Lois Durst

Spouse(s): Norman Baur, Lawrence Knight

Children(s): Gary Baur, Dawn Baur

In 1921, Virgeline Shafer Knight entered the world in Lansing, Michigan, born to Orville G Shafer And Lois Durst. In 1930, Virgeline Shafer Knight resided in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA. Virgeline Shafer Knight married Lawrence Knight, Norman A Baur, and had children including Dawn Marie Baur, Gary Norman Baur. Virgeline Shafer Knight passed away in 2005 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1921, Virgeline Shafer Knight entered the world in Lansing, Michigan, born to Orville G Shafer And Lois Durst.
  • In 1930, Virgeline Shafer Knight resided in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA.
  • Virgeline Shafer Knight married Lawrence Knight, Norman A Baur, and had children including Dawn Marie Baur, Gary Norman Baur.
  • Virgeline Shafer Knight passed away in 2005 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Virgeline Knight's Ancestors

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Virgeline Knight
1921–2005
Birth Place: Lansing, Michigan
Parents
Orville G Shafer
1905–1987
Pennville, Indiana
Lois Durst
1905–1955
Tippecanoe, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Grandparents
Elza (Evert) Mollenhour
1886–1980
Tippecano, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Ethel ("Goldie") Creighbaum
1888–1958
Old Tip Town, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Great-Grandparents
Henry Moullenhour
1831–1916
Mary Graham
1857–1923
John Creighbaum
1847–1929
Susanna Hipsher
1853–1923
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Daniel Kreighbaum
1808–1884
Elizabeth Pyle
1810–1882
Christian Hipsher
1814–1880
Celia Hipsher
1837–1870

Virgeline Knight's Descendants

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Virgeline (Shafer) Knight (5 Mar 1921–9 Nov 2005) m. Norman (A) Baur (7 Dec 1917–28 Nov 1989) m. Lawrence Knight (1921–1989)
  1. 1. Gary (Norman) Baur 1940–1992 m. Linda (Lou) Alspaugh 1943–1982
  2. 2. Dawn (Marie) Baur 1941–1982

Virgeline Knight's Timeline

4 Records

1921
5 Mar 1921
Birth of Virgeline Shafer Knight in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
1921
5 Mar 1921
Birth of Virgeline Shafer Knight in Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
1930
1930
Age 9
Virgeline Shafer Knight resided here in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
2005
9 Nov 2005
Age 84
Death of Virgeline Shafer Knight in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Mar 1921
    Event Place: Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0047; FHL microfilm: 2340725
    [2] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Mar 1921
    Event Place: Lansing, Michigan
    Record Source:
    [1] Michigan, Marriage Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 86; Film Description: Ingham (1947 - 1948)
    [2] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0047; FHL microfilm: 2340725

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Angola, Steuben, Indiana
    Record Source: Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Lansing, Michigan
    Record Source: Michigan, Marriage Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 86; Film Description: Ingham (1947 - 1948)

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Nov 2005
    Event Place: Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

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