George Shafer (1787-1857)

Elizabeth Remsburg (1792-1868)

John Hanson Shafer (1820-1863)

Margaret Welker (1823-1901)

Mary Margaret Shafer (1847-1875)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. William Snively Flook Margaret Flook Mary Margaret Shafer 1 2 3 Born: 5 December 1847, Frederick, MD 1 4 Marriage (1): William Snively Flook in 1871 Died: 8 October 1875, Frederick, MD at age 27 4 Buried: After 8 October 1875, Middletown, MD 3    Other names for Mary were Mary Margaret Schaffer 4 and "Milly" Shafer.5   Noted events in her life were: • She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Middletown, MD on 25 July 1850. 1 1850 US Census Page 334B, Roll 292, House 337, Family 348 Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland Mary N. Shaefer..2..MD (Living with parents.) . • She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Middletown, MD on 21 June 1860. 2 1860 US Census Page 70, Roll 474, Dwelling 501, Household 533 Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland Mary Shafer..10 (Living with parents.) NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Dec 1847, then her age should have been 12 instead of 10. . • She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 9 August 1870. 5 1870 US Census Page 51, Dwelling 336, Family 346 Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland Milly Shafer..21..MD..At Home (Living with widowed mother.) NOTE - If her birth date was 5 Dec 1847, then her age should have been 22 instead of 21. . • She was buried after 8 October 1875 in the Christ Reformed Cemetery in Middletown, MD. Find A Grave Memorial #106269675 . 3 Mary married William Snively Flook in 1871. (William Snively Flook was born on 18 September 1846 in Frederick, MD,4 6 7 died on 4 June 1909 in Frederick, MD 4 7 and was buried after 4 June 1909 in Middletown, MD 7.)

1 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 334B, dwelling 337, family 348, John Hanson Shafer and Margaret Welker; index and images, FamilySearch.org; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 292.

2 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 70, dwelling 501, family 533, John Hanson Shafer and Margaret Welker; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 474.

3 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 19 Jun 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106269675.

4 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).

5 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 51, dwelling 336, family 346, Margaret Welker; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Feb 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

6 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 84, p. 383B, dwelling 49, family 52, William Snively Flook and Emma J. Renn; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 Mar 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 510.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 19 Jun 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101784865.