Mary Elizabeth Warrenfeltz ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1867. ⁶ This birth year appears on her gravestone.

2. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1900 US Census
Page 1A, District 23, Dwelling 3, Family 3
Petersville District, Frederick County, Maryland
farm owned
Mary E. Shafer..Wife..34..May 1866..MD..0/0
(Living with husband and brother-in-law.)

3. 1910 US Census, 27 April 1910, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1910 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 69, Dwelling 118, Family 135, Roll 564
Petersville District, Frederick County, Maryland
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 15 years
Mary Shaffer..Wife..42..MD..3/3
(Living with husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in May 1866, then her age should have been 43 instead of 42.

4. 1920 US Census, 19 January 1920, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ³ 1920 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 79, Dwelling 214, Family 217, Roll 673
Petersville District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned
Mary E. Shafer..Wife..53..MD
(Living with husband, 3 children, and brother-in-law.)

5. 1930 US Census, 19 April 1930, Petersville, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 13B, District 33, Dwelling 259, Family 262, Roll 874
Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland
Home owned, $2000
Mary E. Shafer..Wife..62..MD
(Living with husband, son, married daughter and her husband, and brother-in-law.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in May 1866, then her age should have been 63 instead of 62.

6. 1940 US Census, 13 April 1940, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁵ 1940 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 11-40, Family 204, Roll 1549
Petersville District, Frederick County, Maryland
Home owned, $2200
Mary L. Shafer..Head..72..MD..Widowed..6th grade
William F. Shafer..Son..30..MD..12th grade....Carpenter..earned $440 in 1939
Mary M. Smith..Daughter..36..MD..12th grade
Mark E. Smith..Son-in-law..44..MD..7th grade..Laborer, Farm..earned $583 in 1939
Patricia A. Smith..Granddaughter..8..MD..2nd grade

(Mary was living with her son and her married daughter with her family.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in May 1866, then her age should have been 73 instead of 72.

7. Cemetery: Christ Reformed Cemetery, 1948, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁶ Find A Grave Memorial #26534277

8. Obituary: The News, 16 February 1948, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Shafer, widow of William G. Shafer, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Easterday, in Feagaville Saturday night at 11:30 p.m. after an illness of three months, aged 80 years. She was a daughter of the late George M. and Minerva Warrenfeltz Brandenburg of Frederick County. She was a member of the Petersville Lutheran chapel. Surviving are two daughters: Mrs. George Easterday, Feagaville and Mrs. Maurice Smith, St. Mark's, and one son, Filmore Shafer of Petersville: three sisters, Miss Emma Brandenburg, Lewistown, Miss Josephine Brandenburg, St. Mark's, and Mrs. Harry G. Stone, Frederick: one brother, Clarence Brandenburg, near Frederick. Three grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive. The body is at the funeral home, 106 East Church street, where the funeral will take place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in the Middletown Reformed cemetery. M. R. Etchison and Son, funeral directors.

Mary married William Glessner Shafer, son of George Shafer and Mary Magdalena Darner, in 1896.^{1 2 3 4} (William Glessner Shafer was born in November 1860 in Maryland, United States,^{1 2 4 7 8} died in 1934 ⁹ and was buried in 1934 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1900 US Census
Page 1A, District 23, Dwelling 3, Family 3
Petersville District, Frederick County, Maryland
farm owned
M. F. Shafer..Head..43..Oct 1856..MD..single..Farmer
Wm G. Shafer..Bro..39..Nov 1860..MD..married 4 yrs..Farmer
Mary E. Shafer..Wife..34..May 1866..MD..0/0

(Living with single brother, Millard.)

2. 1910 US Census, 27 April 1910, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1910 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 69, Dwelling 118, Family 135, Roll 564
Petersville District, Frederick County, Maryland
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 15 years
William Shaffer..Head..49..MD..Carpenter, house
Mary Shaffer..Wife..42..MD..3/3
Ellenore Shaffer..Daughter..8..MD
Mary Shaffer..Daughter..6..MD
William Shaffer Jr..Son..1m..MD

3. 1920 US Census, 19 January 1920, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ³ 1920 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 79, Dwelling 214, Family 217, Roll 673
Petersville District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned
William G. Shafer..Head..58..MD..Farmer, General Farm
Mary E. Shafer..Wife..53..MD
Elinore E. Shafer..Daughter..17..MD
Marion M. Shafer..Son..15..MD
William J. Shafer..Son..9..MD
Millard F. Shafer..Brother..62..MD..Farmer, General Farm

4. 1930 US Census, 19 April 1930, Petersville, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 13B, District 33, Dwelling 259, Family 262, Roll 874
Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland
Home owned, $2000
William G. Shafer..Head..69..MD
Mary E. Shafer..Wife..62..MD
William L. Shafer..Son..20..MD
Mary M. Smith..Daughter..26..MD
Maurice E. Smith..Son-in-law..34..MD..Laborer, Farm
Milliard L. Shafer..Brother..73..MD