William Glessner Shafer

John Shafer
(1784-1835)

Elizabeth Linebaugh
(1796-1876)

John Jacob Darner
(1789-1864)

Elizabeth Routzahn
(1798-1890)

George Shafer
(1828-1884)

Mary Magdalena Darner
(1826-1892)

William Glessner Shafer
(1860-1934)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Elizabeth Warrenfeltz

William Glessner Shafer ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸

Born: November 1860, Maryland ¹ ² ⁴ ⁶ ⁷
Marriage (1): Mary Elizabeth Warrenfeltz in 1896 ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Died: 1934 at age 74 ⁸
Buried: 1934, Middletown, MD ⁸

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth information of 1861.This birth year appears on his gravestone.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in District 12, Frederick County, MD on 21 June 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 20, Dwelling 114, Family 119
District 12, Frederick County, Maryland
William G. Shafer..9..MD..At Home
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Petersville, MD on 5 June 1880. ⁷

1880 US Census
Page 382D, Roll 0510, District 84, Dwelling 42, Family 45
Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland
William Shafer..Son..19..MD..At Home
(Living with parents.)
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• He 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
Wm G. Shafer..Bro..39..Nov 1860..MD..married 4 yrs..Farmer
(Living with wife and brother, Millard.)
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• He 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
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He 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
(Living with wife, 3 children, and older brother.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Nov 1860, then his age should have been 59 instead of 58.
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• He 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
(Living with wife, son, married daughter and her husband, and old brother.)
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• He was buried in 1934 in the Christ Reformed Cemetery in Middletown, MD.

Find A Grave Memorial #26534268
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William married Mary Elizabeth Warrenfeltz, daughter of George Martin Warrenfeltz and Minerva Brandenburg, in 1896.¹ ² ³ ⁴ (Mary Elizabeth Warrenfeltz was born in May 1866 in Maryland,¹ ³ died in 1948 in Feagaville, MD ⁹ and was buried in 1948 in Middletown, MD ⁹.)

bullet 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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1 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 23, p. 1A, dwelling 3, family 3, Millard Fillmore Shafer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 7 Sep 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

2 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Petersville District, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 7A, dwelling 118, family 135, William Glessner Shafer and Mary Elizabeth Warrenfeltz; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Mar 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 564.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Petersville District, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 14B, dwelling 214, family 217, William Glessner Shafer and Mary Elizabeth Warrenfeltz; index and images (accessed 13 Mar 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 673.

4 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 33, sheet 13B, dwelling 259, family 262, William Glessner Shafer and Mary Elizabeth Warrenfeltz; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Mar 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 874.

5 Dorothy P. Danner, World Family Tree Vol. 001, Ed. 1, Tree #1276 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: November 29, 1995).

6 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, District 12, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 20, dwelling 114, family 119, George Shafer and Mary Magdalena Darner; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 6 Sep 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

7 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 84, p. 382D, dwelling 42, family 45, George Shafer and Mary Magdalena Darner; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0510.

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 15 Jun 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26534268.

9 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 15 Jun 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26534277.

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