Pedigree of Brian L. Lightfoot Matilda Biser

Matilda Biser
(1810-1881)

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Matilda Biser ¹ ² ³

Born: 23 May 1810, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States ²
Marriage (1): Peter S. Shafer on 3 April 1830 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States ¹
Died: 2 March 1881, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States at age 70 ³
Buried: After 2 March 1881, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States ³

bullet Noted events in her life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 24 July 1850, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1850 US Census
Page 403A, Dwelling 81, Family 85, Roll 292
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Matilda Shafer..40..MD
(Living with husband.)

2. 1880 US Census, 3 June 1880, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 161A, District 72, Dwelling 34, Family 39, Roll 0509
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
Matilda Shafer..Wife..69..MD..Keeping House
(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 23 May 1810, then her age should have been 70 instead of 69.

3. Cemetery: Christ Reformed Cemetery, After 2 March 1881, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ³ Inscription: "70yrs, 9mos, 11days, wife of Peter"
Find A Grave Memorial #21216919

Matilda married Peter S. Shafer, son of Johannes Shafer and Anna Maria Dörner, on 3 April 1830 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States.¹ (Peter S. Shafer was born on 18 January 1802 in Frederick, Maryland, United States,² died on 17 July 1895 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States ⁴ and was buried after 17 July 1895 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States ⁴.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Alt. Marriage, 6 April 1830, Frederick, Maryland, United States.

2. 1850 US Census, 24 July 1850, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1850 US Census
Page 403A, Dwelling 81, Family 85, Roll 292
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Peter Shafer..48..MD..Farmer
Matilda Shafer..40..MD
Ellen Selson..11..MD

NOTE - I have no idea who the young girl Ellen Selson was.

3. 1880 US Census, 3 June 1880, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 161A, District 72, Dwelling 34, Family 39, Roll 0509
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
Peter Shafer..Head..79..MD..Farmer
Matilda Shafer..Wife..69..MD..Keeping House

bullet Marriage Notes:

Family Archive #224, Marriage Index: Maryland 1655-1850, "CD-ROM," This record can be found at the County Courthouse Frederick, Maryland & Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0014082.
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1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 72, p. 161A, dwelling 34, family 39, Peter S. Shafer and Matilda Biser; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 14 Apr 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0509.

2 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 403A, dwelling 81, family 85, Peter S. Shafer and Matilda Biser; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1401638 : accessed 6 Jun 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 292.

3 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 6 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21216919.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 6 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21216938.

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