This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schaffer, Shaffer, Clark, Jaster, Bonskowski, Klasinski Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fm.2ADE/242 Message Board Post: I'm looking for any information on SAMUEL E. SCHAFFER (or SHAFFER) who married MARGARET A. CLARK on February 10, 1871. They were probably married in Pennsylvania, in or near Jefferson County or Clarion County. I believe Samuel and Margaret came to Leavenworth, Kansas about 1884. Samuel Schaffer/Shaffer was born in 1854 (in unknown), and died Dec. 31, 1910 in Hutchinson, Kansas. He was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS on Jan. 3, 1911. He was a resident of Kansas City, Missouri at the time of his death, but was working in Hutchinson, Kansas when he died. Margaret A. Clark was born Sept. 5, 1853 (in unknown), and died Dec. 25, 1933. She also is buried in Mount Calvary Cemtery, Leavenworth, KS. Margaret was the daughter of Patrick Clarke and Catherine (Cudahay/Cuddy) Clarke. CHILDREN of SAMUEL E. and MARGARET A. SCHAFFER: 1. JOHN PATRICK SHAFFER--born Nov. 10, 1871 in Corsica, PA (Union Township, Jefferson Co.); died May 14, 1947 in Leavenworth, KS. Spouse: Mary Ann Bonskowski (aka Marie or Maria). 2. DANIEL SHAFFER--lived in Kansas City, MO in early 1911. 3. ELSIE SHAFFER--born Oct. 4, 1874; died Jan. 15, 1972. Spouse: William Hickory Arnold. 4. JAMES BURKE SHAFFER--born Apr. 20, 1884; died Apr. 19, 1947. (Usually referred to as BURKE) 5. BERNARD T. SHAFFER--born Aug. 29, 1890; died Mar. 23, 1955. 6. GEORGE A. SHAFFER--born Oct. 7, 1885; died Oct. 28 or Oct. 29, 1967. 7. FRANK W. SCHAFFER--born 1867; died Oct. 24, 1918. 8. ANNE V. SCHAFFER--born 1878 (possibly 1873); died Oct. 10, 1915. 9. KATHERINE SHAFFER--married a Mr. Les Fowler. 10. MARY SHAFFER--may have married a Mr. Barthel. Children buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas: John Patrick Shaffer Elsie Shaffer Arnold James Burke Shaffer Bernard T. Shaffer George A. Shaffer Frank W. Schaffer Anne V. Schaffer Possibly Mary Shaffer, buried as Mary Barthel Margaret and Samuel Schaffer's headstones have the spelling of SCHAFFER, but other documents use SHAFFER. Two of their children, Anne and Frank, also have the SCHAFFER spelling on their headstones. If you have any additional information on Samuel E. and Margaret A. Schaffer, please contact me via e-mail at: [email protected] Thank you! Elaine S.