On my ancester Conrad Shafer/Shaffer/Schaffer death certificate are his parents names John Shafer and Mary DREUTER. It was hand written so I may be interpreting Dreuter wrong, maybe it's Druter? It is assumed that the parents John & Mary did not immigrate to the US. Conrad is from Hesse-Cassel, Germany (village unknown at this time) Born May 1846 or 1847. He immigrated in 1864 at age 17-18 and settled in Huntingdon, PA. He died in 1907 where his parents names are written on death certificate. I'm finding this surname is not common so I though I'd take a stab in the region of origin. Andrea Welter