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John Edward Shafer
(1847-1908)
Lauretta Virginia Frances Keller
(1849-1928)
Franklin H. Davis
(Abt 1850-)
Rebecca M. A. Coblentz
(Abt 1855-)
Simon Leslie Shafer
(1879-1971)
Rebecca Gertrude Davis
(1880-1963)
Franklin Davis Shafer
(1912-1989)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Helen Wachtel

Franklin Davis Shafer 1 2 3

  • Born: 20 March 1912, , Frederick County, MD 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Helen Wachtel on an unknown date
  • Died: 11 April 1989, , Frederick County, MD at age 77 1
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Middletown, MD on 6 January 1920. 2

1920 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 66, Dwelling 64, Family 73, Roll 672
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
Main Street; home owned, with mortgage
Franklin D. Shafer..Son..7..MD
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Middletown, MD on 2 April 1930. 3

1930 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 16, Dwelling 25, Family 27, Roll 874
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
North Side of East Main; Home owned, $10,000
F. Davis Shafer..Son..18..MD..Apprentice, Building Construction
(Living with parents.)
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Franklin married Helen Wachtel on an unknown date. (Helen Wachtel was born about 1914 in , Frederick County, MD 1 and died on 20 February 1969 in , Frederick County, MD 1.)
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Sources

1 Dianne Shafer, "John Michael Shafer Family Tree," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2868409 : accessed 9 Sep 2013).

2 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 3A, dwelling 64, family 73, Simon Leslie Shafer and Rebecca Gertrude Davis; index and images (accessed 26 Jan 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 672.

3 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 1B, dwelling 25, family 27, Simon Leslie Shafer and Rebecca Gertrude Davis; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Oct 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 874.

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