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Hello, According to the 1885 MN State Census, Catherine Chafer Boyer was 76 years old and born in NY. Note that the records below show a different spelling - this is not unusual and it may very well be that Chafer was extrapolated from Schafer or similar name. A quick search of NY Records yields this: https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3ACatherine~%20%2Bsurname%3AChafer~%20%2Bbirth_place%3A%22New%20York%22%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1808-1811~%20%2Brecord_country%3A%22United%20States%22%20%2Brecord_subcountry%3A%22United%20States%2CNew%20York%22 Martha CC Blue Earth County GenWeb