Pedigree of Brian L. Lightfoot 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

Born: November 1860, Maryland, United States ¹ ² ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
Marriage (1): Mary Elizabeth Warrenfeltz in 1896 ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Died: 1934 at age 74 ⁷
Buried: 1934, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States ⁷

bullet Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1861. ⁷ This birth year appears on his gravestone.

2. 1870 US Census, 21 June 1870, District 12, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁵ 1870 US Census
Page 20, Dwelling 114, Family 119
District 12, Frederick County, Maryland
William G. Shafer..9..MD..At Home
(Living with parents.)

3. 1880 US Census, 5 June 1880, Petersville, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁶ 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.)

4. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 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.)

5. 1910 US Census, 27 April 1910, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 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.)

6. 1920 US Census, 19 January 1920, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 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.

7. 1930 US Census, 19 April 1930, Petersville, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 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.)

8. Cemetery: Christ Reformed Cemetery, 1934, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ⁷ Find A Grave Memorial #26534268

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, United States,¹ ³ died in 1948 in Feagaville, Frederick, Maryland ⁸ and was buried in 1948 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States ⁸.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 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.)

2. 1910 US Census, 27 April 1910, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 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

3. 1920 US Census, 19 January 1920, Petersville District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 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

4. 1930 US Census, 19 April 1930, Petersville, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 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

1 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 23, p. 1A, dwelling 3, family 3, Millard Fillmore Shafer; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1325221 : 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; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1727033 : 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; database with images, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1488411 : 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; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1810731 : accessed 13 Mar 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 874.

5 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, District 12, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 20, dwelling 114, family 119, George Shafer and Mary Magdalena Darner; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1438024 : accessed 6 Sep 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

6 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; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 24 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0510.

7 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.

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=26534277.

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