Mary Marcelene Shafer ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1896 and a birth location of Maryland.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 23 on the 1920 US Census.
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• She has alternate birth date of 1898 and a birth location of Maryland.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 32 on the 1930 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 16 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 16B, District 10, Dwelling 338, Family 347
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, with mortgage
Mary M. Shafer..Daughter..Nov 1893..6..MD
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 26 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 57, Family 185, Roll 564
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, with mortgage
Mary Shafer..Daughter..15..MD
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was Nov 1893, then her age should have been 16 instead of 15.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Middletown, MD on 26 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 13B, District 66, Dwelling 86, Family 89, Roll 672
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Mary M. Shafer..Daughter..23..MD
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Nov 1893, then her age should have been 26 instead of 23.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 9 April 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 17, Dwelling 99, Family 103, Roll 874
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Burkittsville Road; Home owned,
Mary M. Shafer..Sister..32..MD
(Living at the home of her married sister, Alice, and her family.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Nov 1893, then her age should have been 36 instead of 32.
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 29 April 1940. ⁶

1940 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 11-23, Family 163, Roll 1548
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Home owned, $5500
Mary M. Shaffer..Sister-in-law..46..MD
(Living at the home of her married sister, Alice, and her husband.)
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Mary married Charles Thomas Harrington, son of George Washington Harrington and Elizabeth Hester Anne Forrest, after 1940. (Charles Thomas Harrington was born on 3 October 1882 in , Frederick County, MD ^{1 6} and died on 9 July 1958 in , Frederick County, MD ¹.)