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Johann Jakob Dörner
(1727-1809)
Maria Barbara Sturm
(1737-1816)
John Shafer
(1753-1823)
Anna Maria Darner
(1762-1837)
Elizabeth Shafer
(1789-1834)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Peter Willard

2. Peter Kepler

Elizabeth Shafer 2 3 4

  • Born: 5 June 1789, , Frederick County, MD 2 3
  • Marriage (1): John Peter Willard
  • Marriage (2): Peter Kepler on 14 April 1807 in , Frederick County, MD 1 2
  • Died: 2 August 1834, Jacksonburgh, IN at age 45 2 3

bullet   Another name for Elizabeth was Elizabeth Schaffer.

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bullet  General Notes:


Source: White, Phyllis A. <phyllisw@ldsisp.com> "Ancestors of Phyllis A. (Carter) White." www.ancestry.com. 7 September 2003. Myfamily.com Inc 1998-2004.

"Peter was engaged to Elizabeth Shafer at the time of his death. A license was taken out in Frederick County 20 April 1803. He died before the marriage. Peter and Elizabeth had an illegitimate daughter, Mary, born 24 December 1803, after Peter's death. Elizabeth married Peter Kepler, [Peter's cousin,] 16 April 1807 in Frederick County, Maryland. They moved to Indiana where Mary died in 1894. (from Alta Siegert.)"

"Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary, married Peter Kepler, son of Matthias and Maria, after the death of her fiance, Peter Williard, and before her daughter, Mary Williard, was four years old. She and Peter had 7 children."
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth information of October 1779.


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Elizabeth had a relationship with John Peter Willard, son of Dewalt Theobald Willard and Elizabeth Brandenburg. (John Peter Willard was born in 1779 in , Frederick County, MD 2 and died on 3 April 1803 in , Frederick County, MD 2.)


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Elizabeth next married Peter Kepler, son of Matthias Keppler and Maria, on 14 April 1807 in , Frederick County, MD.1 2 (Peter Kepler was born in April 1783 in , Frederick County, MD 2 3 and died on 13 October 1847 in Hammond Township, Wayne, IN 2 3.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They have conflicting marriage information of 16 April 1807 and , Frederick County, MD.


bullet  Marriage Notes:


Family Archive #224, Marriage Index: Maryland 1655-1850, "CD-ROM," This record can be found at the County Courthouse Frederick, Maryland & Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0014082.
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Sources


1 Genealogy.com, Marriage Index: Maryland 1655-1850 (Family Archive #224).

2 Dianne Shafer, "John Michael Shafer Family Tree" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2868409; Updated: 2007-08-22 21:46:29 UTC (Wed)), John Michael Shafer Family Tree.

3 Dannell Hopkins, "HOPKINS, HLADKY, BOHAM, LYMAN AND MANY MORE" (Ancestry.com/RootsWeb.com Database: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craighopkins).

4 Jerry and Eliza Nebergall, World Family Tree Vol. 098, Ed. 1, Tree #0401 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: March-2002).


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