Elizabeth Ellen Abrecht ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Elizabeth was Elizabeth Ellen Albrecht.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 24 July 1850, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1850 US Census
Page 805A, House 83, Family 87, Roll 292
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Elizabeth Shafer..30..MD

(Living with husband and 3 children.)

2. 1870 US Census, 10 August 1870, District 14, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ³ 1870 US Census
Page 54, Dwelling 3, Family 3
District 14, Frederick County, Maryland
Elizabeth E. Shafer..40..MD

(Living with husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 20 Jun 1820, then her age should have been 49 instead of 40.

3. 1880 US Census, 14 June 1880, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 445C, District 87, Dwelling 245, Family 248, Roll 0510
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Elizabeth Shafer..Wife..59..MD..Keeping House

(Living with husband, step-daughter, and grandson.)

4. Cemetery: Christ Reformed Cemetery, After 23 July 1886, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁴ Find A Grave Memorial #106282475

Elizabeth married Peter Shafer, son of George Shafer and Elizabeth Remsburg, on 26 October 1841 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States. (Peter Shafer was born on 5 January 1818 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States,⁵ died on 31 January 1846 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States ⁵ and was buried after 31 January 1846 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States ⁵.)

Elizabeth next married Joseph S. Shafer, son of George Shafer and Elizabeth Remsburg, on 31 January 1848 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States.¹ (Joseph S. Shafer was born on 23 November 1812 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States,^{1 3} died on 6 May 1886 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States and was buried after 6 May 1886 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1850 US Census, 24 July 1850, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1850 US Census
Page 805A, House 83, Family 87, Roll 292
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Joseph Shafer..36..MD..Farmer
Elizabeth Shafer..30..MD
Catharine V. Shafer..9..MD
Francis E. Shafer..5..MD
George C. Shafer..1..MD
John L. Moling..20..MD..Laborer
Martin Danner..12..MD
Ann M. Heller..17..Germany

2. 1870 US Census, 10 August 1870, District 14, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ³ 1870 US Census
Page 54, Dwelling 3, Family 3
District 14, Frederick County, Maryland
Joseph Shafer..57..MD..Farmer
Elizabeth E. Shafer..40..MD
George C. Shafer..21..MD..Farm Laborer
Ann M. O. Shafer..15..MD
Ida E. Shafer..12..MD
John F. Adkins..16..MD
Ellen McBride..19..MD
Daniel Echard..10..MD

3. 1880 US Census, 14 June 1880, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 445C, District 87, Dwelling 245, Family 248, Roll 0510
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Joseph Shafer..Head..67..MD..Retired Farmer
Elizabeth Shafer..Wife..59..MD..Keeping House
Ida E. Shafer..Dau..22..MD
Walter Keafauver..GSon..12..MD

NOTE - Walter Keafauver was listed as a "grandson" of Joseph Shafer. Walter's birth year would have been 1868 but Joseph's oldest daughter, Laura, was not married until 1869. Therefore, I'm not exactly sure who the mother of Walter Keafaver would have been. One possibility is that Walter's mother or father was a child born to the first marriage of Elizabeth Abrecht to Peter Shafer thus making Walter a step-son instead of a grandson.

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage index listed their names as "Joseph Shafer" and "Elizabeth E. Shafer". Her last name was already Shafer because she had been previously married to Joseph's brother, Peter Shafer.
-------------------------------------------