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George Shafer
(1787-1857)
Elizabeth Remsburg
(1792-1868)
John George Abrecht
(1798-)
Mary Magdalena Debus
(1795-After 1825)
Joseph S. Shafer
(1812-1886)
Elizabeth Ellen Abrecht
(1820-1886)
Ida Elizabeth Shafer
(1858-1944)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Martin Adkins

Ida Elizabeth Shafer 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

  • Born: 18 March 1858, Middletown, MD 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  • Marriage (1): Charles Martin Adkins on 22 January 1884 in Middletown, MD 1 2 3 4 5 6
  • Died: 10 February 1944, Middletown, MD at age 85 3 8 9 10 13
  • Buried: After 10 February 1944, Middletown, MD 9 13
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in District 14, Frederick County, MD on 10 August 1870. 11

1870 US Census
Page 54, Dwelling 3, Family 3
District 14, Frederick County, Maryland
Ida E. Shafer..12..MD

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Jefferson District, Frederick County, MD on 14 June 1880. 12

1880 US Census
Page 445C, District 87, Dwelling 245, Family 248, Roll 0510
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Ida E. Shafer..Daughter..22..MD

(Living with father and step-mother.)
.

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Jefferson District, Frederick County, MD on 21 June 1900. 4

1900 US Census
Page 12A, District 26, Dwelling 218, Family 224
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 15 years
Ida E. Adkins..Wife..42..Mar 1858..MD..6/5

(Living with husband and 5 children.)
.

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 29 April 1910. 5

1910 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 57, Family 233, Roll 564
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 25 years
Ida E. Adkins..Wife..40..MD..8/7

(Living with husband and 7 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 18 Mar 1858, then her age should have been 42 instead of 40.
.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Election District 3, Frederick County, MD on 14 January 1920. 6

1920 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 66, Family 43, Roll 672
Election District 3, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Ida E. Adkins..Wife..62..MD

(Living with husband, 3 children, 2 daughters-in-law, 2 granddaughters, and 1 grandson.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 18 Mar 1858, then her age should have been 61 instead of 62.
.



• She was buried after 10 February 1944 in the Christ Reformed Cemetery in Middletown, MD.

Find A Grave Memorial #45410029
. 9 13


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Ida married Charles Martin Adkins, son of John J. Adkins and Malinda Keller, on 22 January 1884 in Middletown, MD.1 2 3 4 5 6 (Charles Martin Adkins was born in March 1856 in Frederick, MD 2 3 8 14 15, baptized on 5 January 1858 in Frederick, MD,16 died on 17 March 1929 in Frederick, MD 2 3 8 and was buried after 17 March 1929 in Middletown, MD 2 3.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Jefferson District, Frederick County, MD on 21 June 1900. 4

1900 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 26, Dwelling 218, Family 224
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
married 15 years
Charles M. Adkins..Head..45..Mar 1855..MD..Farmer
Ida E. Adkins..Wife..42..Mar 1858..MD..6/5
Keefer E. Adkins..Son..12..Jun 1887..MD..Farm Laborer
Mary E. Adkins..Daughter..10..Sep 1889..MD..At School
Harry E. Adkins..Son..8..Mar 1891..MD..At School
Charles E. Adkins..Son..4..Feb 1896..MD
Roy C. Adkins..Son..2..Mar 1898..MD
.

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Middletown District, Frederick County, MD on 29 April 1910. 5

1910 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 57, Family 233, Roll 564
Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 25 years
Charles Adkins..Head..52..MD..Farmer
Ida E. Adkins..Wife..40..MD..8/7
Keefer E. Adkins..Son..22..MD..Farm Laborer
Mary E. Crone..Daughter..20..MD..married 6m
Harry E. Adkins..Son..17..MD..Farm Laborer
Charles E. Adkins..Son..14..MD
Roy C. Adkins..Son..12..MD
Gay H. Adkins..Son..9..MD
Frank M. Adkins..Son..6..MD
.

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Election District 3, Frederick County, MD on 14 January 1920. 6

1920 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 66, Family 43, Roll 672
Election District 3, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm owned, no mortgage
Charles M. Adkins..Head..65..MD..Farmer
Ida E. Adkins..Wife..62..MD
Guy K. Adkins..Son..18..MD..Laborer, Home Farm
Kyfer E. Adkins..Son..32..MD..Chicken ???, Home
Lottie E. Adkins..Daughter-in-law..23..MD
Mary E. Adkins..Granddaughter..6..MD
Earl E. Adkins..Grandson..1..MD
Harry E. Adkins..Son..27..MD..Laborer, Home farm
Mary E. Adkins..Daughter-in-law..19..MD
Baby Adkins.Granddaughter...0m..MD
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Sources


1 T. J. C. Williams and Folger McKinsey, History of Frederick County, Maryland, with a Biographical record of Representative Families. (Regional Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1910. Reprinted 2008), page 1174.

2 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Sep 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45409998.

3 Dianne Shafer, "John Michael Shafer Family Tree," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2868409 : accessed 20 Sep 2013).

4 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 26, p. 12A, dwelling 218, family 224, Charles Martin Adkins and Ida Elizabeth Shafer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Sep 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

5 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown District, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 12A, family 233, Charles Martin Adkins and Ida Elizabeth Shafer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 2 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 564.

6 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Election District 3, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 11A, family 43, Charles Martin Adkins and Ida Elizabeth Shafer; index and images (accessed 15 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 672.

7 Rob Robertson, World Family Tree Vol. 055, Ed. 1, Tree #2424 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: April 2000).

8 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).

9 Forrest Shade, "Descendants of several Shade families - Mostly from Shade men that immigrated Pennsylvania in the 1700s (not well documented)," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fdshade : accessed 14 Jul 2012).

10 Nancy Lou (Snyder) Jacobsen, "Maryland Families," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=6105334 : accessed 17 Sep 2013).

11 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, District 14, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 54, dwelling 3, family 3, Joseph S. Shafer and Elizabeth Ellen Abrecht; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 17 Sep 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

12 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 87, p. 445C, dwelling 245, family 248, Joseph S. Shafer and Elizabeth Ellen Abrecht; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Mar 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0510.

13 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Sep 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45410029.

14 "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674912 : accessed 6 Jul 2015), Name: Charles Martin Adkins; Birth Date: 02 Feb 1855.

15 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 119C, Charles Martin Adkins; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 6 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0509.

16 "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674912 : accessed 6 Jul 2015), Name: Charles Martin Adkins; Christening Date: 05 Jan 1858; Christening Place: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland.


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