John Edward Shafer (1847-1908)

Lauretta Virginia Frances Keller (1849-1928)

Rezin Josephus Castle (1830-After 1900)

Anna Mary Rebecca Mercer (1836-Bef 1900)

Theodore Calvin Shafer (1871-1934)

Effie Jane Castle (1871-1935)

Ruth Laurette Shafer (1910-1995)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Charles Alonzo Rice Ruth Laurette Shafer 1 2 3 4 Born: 16 July 1910, Middletown, MD 1 3 4 Marriage (1): Charles Alonzo Rice on 4 August 1930 in Middletown, MD 1 2 Died: 13 August 1995, Wilminton, DE at age 85 1   Noted events in her life were: • She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Election District 3, Frederick County, MD on 13 January 1920. 3 1920 US Census Sheet 10B, District 66, Dwelling 39, Family 40, Roll 672 Election District 3, Frederick County, Maryland Jefferson Road; Farm owned, with mortgage Ruth Shafer..Daughter..9..MD (Living with parents.) . • She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Middletown, MD on 10 April 1930. 4 1930 US Census Sheet 7A, District 16, Dwelling 171, Family 198, Roll 874 Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland West side of south Church Street; home owned, $12,000 Ruth L. Shafer..Daughter..19..MD..Stenographer, Law office (Living with parents.) . Ruth married Charles Alonzo Rice on 4 August 1930 in Middletown, MD.1 2 (Charles Alonzo Rice was born on 6 January 1897 in Mountaindale, MD 1 and died on 28 November 1974 in Wilminton, DE 1.)

1 Doris Ifert, "Remsberg/Gross family," database(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:650209 : accessed 10 Sep 2013).

2 Dianne Shafer, "John Michael Shafer Family Tree," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2868409 : accessed 10 Sep 2013).

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Election District 3, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 10B, dwelling 39, family 40, Theodore Calvin Shafer and Effie Jane Castle; index and images (accessed 18 Aug 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 672.

4 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 7A, dwelling 171, family 198, Theodore Calvin Shafer and Effie Jane Castle; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 Sep 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 874.