Roy Hanson Shafer ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1880 US Census, 9 June 1880, Middletown District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ³ 1880 US Census
Page 169A, District 72, Dwelling 178, Family 192, Roll 0509
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Roy Hanson Shafer..Son..2..MD
(Living with parents.)

2. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, District 1, Washington, Maryland, United States. ⁴ 1900 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 67, Dwelling 143, Family 149
District 1, Washington County, Maryland
Farm rented
Roy H. Schafer..Son..Dec 1878..21..MD..Farm Laborer

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - His birth date should have been 23 Dec 1877 instead of in Dec 1878. Therefore his age should have been 22 instead of 21.

3. 1910 US Census, 29 April 1910, Middletown District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1910 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 57, Family 234, Roll 564
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 7 years
Roy Shafer..Head..32..MD..Farmer
(Living with wife, daughter, mother-in-law, and brother.)

4. 1920 US Census, 14 January 1920, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1920 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 66, Dwelling 43, Family 44, Roll 672
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Roy H. Shafer..Head..43..MD
(Living with wife and daughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 23 Dec 1877, then his age should have been 42 instead of 43.

5. Cemetery: Christ Reformed Cemetery, After 8 July 1952, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁵ Find A Grave Memorial #30454976

Roy married Mary Ada Elizabeth Poole, daughter of George William Poole and Elizabeth Ann Thompson, on 27 May 1903 in Frederick, Maryland, United States.^{1 2} (Mary Ada Elizabeth Poole was born in 1880 in Frederick, Maryland, United States, died on 12 September 1963 in Frederick, Maryland, United States and was buried after 12 September 1963 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1910 US Census, 29 April 1910, Middletown District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1910 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 57, Family 234, Roll 564
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 7 years
Roy Shafer..Head..32..MD..Farmer
Ada Shafer..Wife..28..MD..1/1
Alma Shafer..Daughter..6..MD
Liza Shafer..Mother..65..MD
Harvey Shafer..Brother..29..MD..Laborer

NOTE - Roy's mother was named Martha while Mary's mother was named Elizabeth. Therefore, the mother listed on this census was probably his mother-in-law instead of his mother.

2. 1920 US Census, 14 January 1920, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1920 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 66, Dwelling 43, Family 44, Roll 672
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Roy H. Shafer..Head..43..MD
Ada M. Shafer..Wife..38..MD
Alma E. Shafer..Daughter..16..MD