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Russell Milton Shafer
(1828-1908)
Margaret Catherine Hynds
(1834-1930)
John J. Wiley
(1831-1901)
Tamar Ruth Darner
(1834-1917)
Friend William Shafer
(1860-1939)
Alice Belle Wiley
(1867-1938)
Nella May Shafer
(1891-1989)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Claude Clarke Dickey

Nella May Shafer 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 5 May 1891, Cedar Rapids, IA 1 2 3 4 6
  • Marriage (1): Claude Clarke Dickey on 25 August 1927 in , Martin County, MN
  • Died: 4 June 1989, Tripoli, IA at age 98 6
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bullet  Birth Notes:


Name: Nella May Shafer
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 05 May 1891
Event Place: Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States
Event Place (Original): Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa
Gender: F
Father's Name: Friend W Shafer
Mother's Name: Alice Belle Wiley
Reference ID: 241065

Citing this Record
"Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24X-9QSR : accessed 1 August 2020), Alice Belle Wiley in entry for Nella May Shafer, 05 May 1891, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 241065, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101716642.
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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: Nella M Dickey
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 04 Jun 1989
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth Date: 05 May 1891
Birthplace: Iowa
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Shafer
Mother's Name: Wiley

Citing this Record
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP88-26G : 26 November 2014), Wiley in entry for Nella M Dickey, 04 Jun 1989; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:



• Birth Image: 5 May 1891, in Cedar Rapids, IA.

• She appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Cedar Rapids, IA on January 1895. 2

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 211, Line 12, Family 273
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Nellie Shafer..3..Linn County, IA

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Cedar Rapids, IA on 9 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 93, Family 327
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Home rented
Nellie M. Shafer..Daughter..May 1891..9..IA..At School

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Cedar Rapids, IA on April 1910. 4

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 107, Family 183
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Nellie M. Shafer..Daughter..18..IA

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Cedar Rapids, IA on 10 January 1920. 5

1920 US Census
Sheet 9B, Districct 118, Family 212, Roll 500
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States
1233 Second Avenue; Home owned, with mortgage
Nellie Shafer..Daughter..26..Iowa..Clerk, ??? Office

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 5 May 1891, then her age should have been 28 instead of 26.
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Nella married Claude Clarke Dickey, son of Clarence Alton Dickey and Hannah Mabel Henry, on 25 August 1927 in , Martin County, MN. (Claude Clarke Dickey was born on 4 October 1897 in Tripoli, IA and died on 29 December 1962 in Culver City, CA.)


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Sources


1 "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2527591 : accessed 31 July 2020), Nella May Shafer, 05 May 1891, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 241065, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101716642.

2 1895 Iowa State Census, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, p. 211, family 273, line 12, Friend William Shafer and Alice Belle Wiley; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803957 : accessed 16 Mar 2014); citing History Society, Des Moines, IA.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 93, sheet 14B, family 327, Friend W. Shafer and Alice Belle Wiley; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Mar 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 107, sheet 7B, family 183, Friend William Shafer and Alice Belle Wiley; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 Mar 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

5 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States, enumeration district (ED) 118, sheet 9B, family 212, Friend William Shafer and Allice Belle Wiley; index and images (accessed 31 July 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 500.

6 "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015582 : accessed 31 July 2020), Nella M Dickey, 04 Jun 1989; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.


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