Lunzie Theodore Shafer ^{1 2 3 4}

  Death Notes:

Age: 80
Given Name: Lunzie
Surname: Shafer
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1893
State: Maryland
Last Place of Residence: Frederick, Maryland
Previous Residence Postal Code: 21769
Event Date: Aug 1973

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPF9-G68 : 20 May 2014), Lunzie Shafer, Aug 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 9 April 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 17, Dwelling 99, Family 103, Roll 874
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Burkittsville Road; Home owned,
Lunzie T. Shafer..Head..37..MD..Farmer, General Farmer
(Living with wife, sister-in-law, nephew, and cousin.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 12 Oct 1893, then his age should have been 36 instead of 37.
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 29 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 11-23, Family 163, Roll 1548
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Home owned, $5500
Lunzie T. Shafer..Head..46..MD..Farmer
(Living with wife and sister-in-law.)
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• He was buried after 18 August 1973 in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Middletown, MD.

Find A Grave Memorial 106904389
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Lunzie married Alice Adella Shafer, daughter of Charles Hanson Shafer and Sarah Elnora Elizabeth Koogle, between 1920 and 1930.^{1 2} (Alice Adella Shafer was born on 20 November 1895 in , Frederick County, MD,^{2 3 5 6 7} died on 23 July 1961 in , Frederick County, MD ^{3 7} and was buried after 23 July 1961 in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Middletown, MD ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 9 April 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 17, Dwelling 99, Family 103, Roll 874
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Burkittsville Road; Home owned,
Lunzie T. Shafer..Head..37..MD..Farmer, General Farmer
Alice A. Shafer..Wife..30..MD
Mary M. Shafer..Sister..32..MD
Charles R. Shafer..Nephew..11..MD
Harry Shafer..Cousin..16..MD

NOTE - I can't tell for certain exactly who Charles R. Shafer and Harry Shafer were.
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 29 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 11-23, Family 163, Roll 1548
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Home owned, $5500
Lunzie T. Shafer..Head..46..MD..Farmer
Alice A. Shafer..Wife..44..MD
Mary M. Shaffer..Sister-in-law..46..MD
Charles T. Harrington..Hired Hand..57..MD..Farmer
Evelyn K. Lutz..Friend..19..MD

NOTE - The hired hand, Charles T. Harrington, would later marry Mary M. Shafer.
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  Marriage Notes:

Lunzie Shafer and Alice Shafer were 1st cousins.
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