Frances Ellen Shafer

George Shafer
(1787-1857)

Elizabeth Remsburg
(1792-1868)

John George Abrecht
(1798-)

Mary Magdalena Debus
(1795-After 1825)

Peter Shafer
(1818-1846)

Elizabeth Ellen Abrecht
(1820-1886)

Frances Ellen Shafer
(1844-1925)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Singleton Edward Remsburg

Frances Ellen Shafer ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹

Born: 7 December 1844, Frederick, MD ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹
Marriage (1): Singleton Edward Remsburg on 10 November 1864 in Frederick, MD ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷
Died: 13 February 1925 at age 80 ¹ ² ¹¹
Buried: After 13 February 1925, Middletown, MD ¹¹

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Jefferson District, Frederick County, MD on 24 July 1850. ⁹

1850 US Census
Page 805A, House 83, Family 87, Roll 292
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Francis E. Shafer..5..MD
(Living with mother and step-father.)
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in District 3, Frederick County, MD on June 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 43, Dwelling 281, Family 291
District 3, Frederick County, Maryland
Frances Remsburg..25..MD..K. House
(Living with husband and 2 children at the home of his parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 7 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 165B, District 72, Dwelling 125, Family 138, Roll 509
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Frances E. Remsburg...Wife..35..MD..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 5 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 16 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 16B, District 10, Dwelling 330, Family 339
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 36 years
Francis E. Remsburg..Wife..Dec 1844..55..MD..8/6
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 26 April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 57, Family 173, Roll 564
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 45 years
Francis E. Remsberg..Wife..65..MD..8/6
(Living with husband, daughter Catharine, and granddaughter.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Middletown, MD on 29 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 66, Dwelling 107, Family 110, Roll 672
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Francis E. Remsberg..Wife..75..MD
(Living with husband and granddaughter.)
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• She was buried after 13 February 1925 in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Middletown, MD.

Find A Grave Memorial #106091626
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• Her obituary was published in the Frederick News on 14 February 1925 in Frederick, MD.

¹¹ Mrs. Frances Ellen Remsburg, widow of Singleton E. Remsburg, died at the home of her son, Hiram E. Remsburg, near Middletown, Friday morning at 8:30, aged 80 years. She is survived by the following sons and daughters, Hiram E. Remsburg, Mrs. Philip E. Flook, Joseph S. Remsburg, Mrs. Laurence F. Rudy, and Mrs. Henry Kepler, all of near Middletown. Also three sisters survive, Mrs. Joshua Ahalt, Mrs. Joseph Huffer, near Middletown, and Mrs. Chas. Adkins.

The funeral will take place from the home of her son, Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment in Middletown. M. R. Etchison and Son, funeral directors.

(Source: Frederick News, Frederick, MD, 14 Feb 1925, Page 5)
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Frances married Singleton Edward Remsburg, son of Samuel Remsburg and Mariah Bowlus, on 10 November 1864 in Frederick, MD.¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ (Singleton Edward Remsburg was born on 3 November 1843 in Frederick, MD,¹ ² ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ¹⁰ died on 15 April 1921 in Frederick, MD ¹ ² ⁷ and was buried after 15 April 1921 in Middletown, MD ⁷.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in District 3, Frederick County, MD on June 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 43, Dwelling 281, Family 291
District 3, Frederick County, Maryland
Samuel Remsburg..63..MD..Farmer
Mariah Remsburg..61..MD..K.House
Emma Remsburg..19..MD..At Home
Singeltin Remsburg..26..MD..Farmer
Frances Remsburg..25..MD..K.House
Virginia Remsburg..2..MD..At Home
Remsburg..7m..MD..At Home..Born in Oct

(Singleton and Frances were living at the home of his parents.)
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 7 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 165B, District 72, Dwelling 125, Family 138, Roll 509
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Sing. E. Remsburg...Head..37..MD..Farmer
Frances E. Remsburg...Wife..35..MD..Keeping House
Malcora V. Remsburg...Dau..14..MD
Hiram E. Remsburg...Son..12..MD..At School
Amos A. Remsburg...Son..8..MD
Elizabeth E. Remsburg...Dau..5..MD
Joseph S. Remsburg...Son..2..MD
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 16 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 16B, District 10, Dwelling 330, Family 339
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 36 years
Singleton E. Remsburg..Head..Nov 1843..56..MD..Farmer
Francis E. Remsburg..Wife..Dec 1844..55..MD..8/6
Joseph S. Remsburg..Son..Mar 1878..22..MD..Farm Laborer
Emma C. Remsburg..Daughter..Nov 1880..19..MD..House Keeping
Maria C. Remsburg..Daughter..Jun 1886..13..MD..At School
Maria Flook..Boarder..Nov 1836..63..MD..Widowed
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 26 April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 57, Family 173, Roll 564
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 45 years
Singleton E. Remsberg..Head..66..MD..Farmer
Francis E. Remsberg..Wife..65..MD..8/6
Catharine Remsberg..Daughter..23..MD
Mary Remsberg..Granddaughter..13..MD

NOTE - Most researchers show a Mary A. Remsberg as the daughter of Amos Remsburg. But there is some disagreement over who the mother was as Amos may have been married twice. Perhaps that is the reason young Mary was sent to live with her grandparents when Amos was remarried for the second time.
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Middletown, MD on 29 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 66, Dwelling 107, Family 110, Roll 672
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Singleton E. Remsberg..Head..76..MD..Farmer
Francis E. Remsberg..Wife..75..MD
May E. Palmer..Granddaughter..23..MD

NOTE - It is unknown with any certainty who the granddaughter, May E. Palmer, was. Could this have been the granddaughter, Mary Remsberg, who was the daughter of Amos Remsberg. The ages match up perfectly and if so, if appears that she was married to a Palmer but not living with him for the 1920 census.The handwriting on the census form is indistinct and could be interpreted as Mary instead of May.
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1 Rob Robertson, World Family Tree Vol. 055, Ed. 1, Tree #2424 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: April 2000).

2 Casteel-Six Family, "The Casteel-Six Family: Kentucky, Dallas, Frederick Maryland, Belgium...." (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=castiron; Updated: Fri Sep 6 16:03:11 2002).

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 72, p. 165B, dwelling 125, family 138, Singleton Edward Remsburg and Frances Ellen Shafer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 15 Sep 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 509.

4 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 16B, dwelling 330, family 339, Singleton Edward Remsburg and Frances Ellen Shafer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 Sep 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

5 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 9A, family 173, Singleton Edward Remsburg and Frances Ellen Shafer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 564.

6 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 14B, dwelling 107, family 110, Singleton Edward Remsburg and Frances Ellen Shafer; index and images (accessed 26 Mar 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 672.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Sep 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106091594.

8 Nancy Jacobson, "MARYLAND FAMILIES" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=6105334; Updated: 2008-03-06 04:37:25 UTC (Thu)).

9 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 805A, dwelling 83, family 87, Joseph S. Shafer and Elizabeth Ellen Abrecht; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 Sep 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 292.

10 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, District 3, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 43, dwelling 281, family 291, Singleton Edward Remsburg and Frances Ellen Shafer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 Sep 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

11 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Sep 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106091626.

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