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

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth information of 1867.This birth year appears on her gravestone.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States on 1 June 1900. 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.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States on 27 April 1910. 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.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States on 19 January 1920. 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.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Petersville, MD on 19 April 1930. 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.
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States on 13 April 1940. 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.
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• She was buried in 1948 in the Christ Reformed Cemetery in Middletown, MD.

Find A Grave Memorial #26534277
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• Her obituary was published in The News on 16 February 1948 in Frederick, MD.

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,^{1 2 4 7 8} died in 1934 ⁹ and was buried in 1934 in Middletown, MD ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States on 1 June 1900. 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.)
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States on 27 April 1910. 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
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States on 19 January 1920. 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
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Petersville, MD on 19 April 1930. 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
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