This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1361 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on Odessa Shaffer. She was born October 7, 1892 in Advent, Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. Her father was David Wallace Shaffer born in West Virginia also. Her mother was Margaret Elizabeth Smith born in West Virginia. She had an older brother named Isaac L. Shaffer who was born approximately 1882. Odessa married James Frank Blankenship at the age of 16 on August 14, 1908 in Jackson County, West Virginia. I would appreciate any information on her parents and/or siblings. Attached is a copy of her delayed birth certificate on file at the West Virginia Archives. Thank you in advance.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaffer , Haeckrotte , Volk Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1360 Message Board Post: I recently found Isabella Haeckrotte & John William Shaffer were Married in Allegany , Co. MD. on 28 Dec. 1850. I cannot find anymore on her . On the 1880 Census it lists Father was born in MD. Mother born in CT. Trying to find the names of John & Isabella's children listed on that census . There is dgtr. age 11 listed as Alice G. , later census of 1920 lists her as Grace A. ( Volk , married name) and her brother Lloyd L. Shaffer living there . She is still Married , but Head of House . Any help on these names is greatly appreciated.

Hello Jeff I am also a descendant of a George Shaffer born ca 1785, who married Mary Anna__________. Is this the same one as yours? I descend down thru their son, Soloman. I don't have all their children identified yet. Here are the ones I do have: Elizabeth Samuel Rachel born 29 Mar 1822 Soloman born 17 May 1823, died 19 Sep 1884 Harriet born 24 Dec 1826 Emigiline born 14 Oct 1831 RE: I am a decendent of George Shaffer so maybe we can compare notes on that too. That is on my Father's side. > > William Lemuel Vough obituary posted by Tina Pastusic on the Sullivan County, PA board shows William aka "Uncle Billy" as being the last survivor of four children of Warren W. Vough and Lydia Rowe. The children were Mary Vough Bahr, Ezra D. Vough, Eliza A. Vough and William. Mary was married to Oliver H. Bahr, Ezra was married to Henrietta E. Shaffer, and I don't have information on Eliza A. Vough. > > I just recently added Dorothy Sherman who married Howard Woodrow Shrimp. Dororthy's parents were Ira Sherman and Elizabeth Campbell. > > I don't see any connection but if you need more details you can post here or email > > Jeff Stewart > j9007@hotmail.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stewart Shaner Hoff Shrimp Vough Shaffer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1357.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Henrietta E. Shaffer was married to Ezra D. Vough and the Vough family is maternal for me. The Lydia Shaffer in my post could be a Vough or Shrimp, but I am not sure as I am still tracing that. George Shaffer who was in the Revolutionary War is an ancestor, but I don't think that family ties in. If I find a link I will contact you. Good Luck.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1358.1.1.1 Message Board Post: After my Chancy left Mo. they came to Texas. Cleo Chancy Schaffer's father was Alexander. Guess they don't match, but with a name like Chancy it was worth a try. Thanks, Kelly

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1358.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your quick reply! Gerold's father was Earl Raymond Shaffer, his gfather was Andrew. The only information we have is that Andrew moved from PA to Smith Center, KS in approx. 1871 or 72. Gerold is my husband's father who left the family when my husband was 12. We desperately want to find out any information on him. We don't know if he is still alive or not. Tina

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaffer, Sherman, Campbell, Rowe Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1357.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Jeff, Things are looking up for a possibility. Someone once said my Grandmother Shaffer had a sister by the name of Hattie, could that be Henrietta Shaffer? Someone else once told me George Shaffer was connected to my line too, I just can't find it and George is another name used in our family but could come from paternal line of my Mom. Shaffer and Sherman would be maternal lines. I am not sure about the Campbell line other than knowing it. If the information I received from one source not naming George, I was told my Grandmother had brothers Edgar/Edger, Merlin/Murlin. I find no records to verify or date any of them. Rowe is also a name of which I am familiar as I went to school with one and Mom mentioned that name then to me. I seem to lose contacts when I mention this but will try again anyway, my long term memory is good, great. No brag just fact, until an injury to the brain, I didn't realize it was. Testing has proven this as they needed to know for therapy reasons to help me regain some functions of which I have lost. Previous to my starting looking for family, I attempted to make a list of the surnames ONLY I could remember her mentioning as now she and that generation are all gone. No dates, location, kinship, or given names, just surnames. Yes, I wish I would have listened better, but by then began to think it was some kind of name game she was playing. There were so many names, and back then I could not conceive of anyone being related to so many. I came up with over 400 names in a short time. I keep that list put up somewhere, never having added to it, but I do from time to time see another I know wasn't on it, and often time, I surf away to see if I can find a connection to the new name of any of the ones I am doing. I know, everyone says one surname at a time, that doesn't work for me. Sometimes I find others that lead me to one I couldn't connect. I am not a youngester, but in my heart, I do so wish to find my Grandmother's family. PA is a possibilty, but all I know is my Grandparents lived in Ohio. I haven't a clue to how they met or where. My Grandfather remarried after my Grandmother's death I recently learned. No one will or would speak of him, as they felt he betrayed Grandma some way. Said he was a womanizer, but with all the children, I would say stayed busy at home too. Opps, that's liable to get me in trouble on this board. And you are correct, any more personal and we will have to write privately as I have pretty well mapped out my family to me here. Don't want to say much more these days. Does that mean anything to you?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1358.1 Message Board Post: I have a Chancy Cleo Schaffer/Shaffer born 1-16-1892 in Benton Co. Mo. Do you have any sibling or parents names? Kelly

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1358 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on Gerold - DOB 18 Aug. 1918

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stewart Shaner Hoff Shrimp Vough Shaffer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1357.1.1 Message Board Post: etty, I am a decendent of George Shaffer so maybe we can compare notes on that too. That is on my Father's side. William Lemuel Vough obituary posted by Tina Pastusic on the Sullivan County, PA board shows William aka "Uncle Billy" as being the last survivor of four children of Warren W. Vough and Lydia Rowe. The children were Mary Vough Bahr, Ezra D. Vough, Eliza A. Vough and William. Mary was married to Oliver H. Bahr, Ezra was married to Henrietta E. Shaffer, and I don't have information on Eliza A. Vough. I just recently added Dorothy Sherman who married Howard Woodrow Shrimp. Dororthy's parents were Ira Sherman and Elizabeth Campbell. I don't see any connection but if you need more details you can post here or email Jeff Stewart j9007@hotmail.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaffer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1357.1 Message Board Post: Jeff, You message caught my eye with Lydia and I wondered if her middle name was Jane? I know it probably didn't mention that. Vough is possibly a name that I may have been spelling incorrectly or it could be another name variation for Vaughn I have heard in my lines. Lydia could well be my G-Grandmother as I am not sure when she died. Her daughter died (if my Grandmother with another married surname) earlier in the 1930's from a heart attack. My Lydia/Leah/Leigh Shaffer had been a Sherman and I don't think I have ever heard of the surname Shrimp being mentioned in my line. Not that it couldn't be, I just haven't heard it or this is not my G-Grandmother. Just trying to help others and myself find family. Could you tell me which state this was? Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stewart Shaner Hoff Shrimp Vough Shaffer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1357 Message Board Post: Lydia Shaffer was at Funeral of William "Billy Vough", October 12, 1938. She is listed as a niece. She could be a Vough or Shrimp.

I don't know your line, but if your Revolutionary soldier received bounty land in the state of TN, then he would have been a NC soldier. NC awarded bounty land in it's western territory--the area we now know as TN. Virginia Revolutionary soldiers were awarded bounty land in either KY or the Virginia military district of OH. These state grants would have been separate from any federal bounty land that the soldiers received. Peggy Reeves Burtonsville, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: <MSEEvents@aol.com> To: <SHAFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:16 PM Subject: [SHAFFER-L] Re: Richard Shaffer, TN > In a message dated 8/11/03 12:07:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MSEEvents > writes: > > > > > My ancestor, Richard Shaffer, came to TN from PA, so stories say. He was > > there in 1789 when he married Elizabeth Gambill from NC. Lived in Davidson > > County; said to have been born c.1766 in Washington County, we think in VA, > > rather than PA, but don't know for sure. > > > > Could you tell me more about your relatives from 1764; we have been told > > through stories handed down that our Shaffers came from Heidelberg, Germany; we > > also have info that they came into Philadelphia around 1750; moved to > > somewhere outside of Philly about 2 years later. Have heard moved to Heidelberg > > there, and Shafer's Schoolhouse somewhere. Do you know anything about these > > places? > > > > Richard fought in the Rev. War and was given land as compensation by his > > commanding officer (?) in TN, in what is now Smith County. When he was killed > > in 1793 by Indians and then wife killed in 1795, her father, Bradley Gambill, > > TN, took over the land as part of his property. His grandson supposedly sold > > the land around 18??, according to TN historical records. Richard is in the > > TN history books as travelling with and working as a surveyor with Hickman, > > Robertson, and other early settlers in TN. They made several trips from PA > > to Watauga Settlement, Tennessee's beginnings, and I have a feeling Richard > > was with them at some point. > > > > Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated - have been searching for > > Richard since 1972 - very illusive - I think he is a lost sibling of someone > > I've probably already found in PA! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Margaret > > NJ and TN > > ______________________________

Harry E. Shaffer obituary has been posted on SHAFFER Rootsweb message board.

In a message dated 8/11/03 12:07:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MSEEvents writes: > > My ancestor, Richard Shaffer, came to TN from PA, so stories say. He was > there in 1789 when he married Elizabeth Gambill from NC. Lived in Davidson > County; said to have been born c.1766 in Washington County, we think in VA, > rather than PA, but don't know for sure. > > Could you tell me more about your relatives from 1764; we have been told > through stories handed down that our Shaffers came from Heidelberg, Germany; we > also have info that they came into Philadelphia around 1750; moved to > somewhere outside of Philly about 2 years later. Have heard moved to Heidelberg > there, and Shafer's Schoolhouse somewhere. Do you know anything about these > places? > > Richard fought in the Rev. War and was given land as compensation by his > commanding officer (?) in TN, in what is now Smith County. When he was killed > in 1793 by Indians and then wife killed in 1795, her father, Bradley Gambill, > TN, took over the land as part of his property. His grandson supposedly sold > the land around 18??, according to TN historical records. Richard is in the > TN history books as travelling with and working as a surveyor with Hickman, > Robertson, and other early settlers in TN. They made several trips from PA > to Watauga Settlement, Tennessee's beginnings, and I have a feeling Richard > was with them at some point. > > Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated - have been searching for > Richard since 1972 - very illusive - I think he is a lost sibling of someone > I've probably already found in PA! > > Sincerely, > > Margaret > NJ and TN

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaffer, Hill, Duvall, Grubb, Guerrero, Imhoff, Monteith, Moore, Munn, Smith, Wilson, Wood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1356 Message Board Post: Harry Edward Shaffer, Kissimmee FL , died Tuesday July 22, 2003. He was interred at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL. Surviving are his wife Betty Duvall Shaffer, a son David Charles Shaffer (Daisy), daughter Kathy Guerrero (Miguel), daughter Kelly Shaffer and grandson Bradley Guerrero. Mr. Shaffer, born in Ashland, KY April 27, 1926 was a veteran of WWII and served on the island of Saipan with the U.S Marines. He was formerly a resident of Cincinnati, OH and employee of American Airlines at Lunken Airport. Mr. Shaffer was preceded in death by his parents Charles and Evelyn Hill Shaffer, and sisters Norma Jean Wood of Florida and Mary Evelyn Imhoff of Cincinnati.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaffer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1343.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Myrna, No, but thanks for trying.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1343.2.1 Message Board Post: Hello, Betty! I have not known much of anything about my Shafer/Shaffer/Schaffer line until just recently. A trip to Indiana last fall helped some, and also the Jackson Co. Genealogical Society gave me some info. I know that Mary and Christian Shaffer came from Hanover, Germany, to the United States about 1837. Mary was born in 1790 and died about the first of February of 1878 in Driftwood Township, Jackson Co., Indiana. Christian died in 1840. They had four children, one of whom was my 3great-grandfather Harman (Harmon) Shaffer who was also born in Hanover about 1818. He married Eliza Hamanhouse also of Hanover in 1845 in Jackson Co., Indiana. Harman had three siblings, one of whom was probably John Christian Shaffer, who was a few years older. Harman and Eliza had two children, Elizabeth C., born about 1847, and Harman Henry, who went by Henry. He was born about 1850, and married Louisa TApe in 1873 in Jackson Co., Indiana. Elizabeth married WAlker Tunston Prue! tt/Pruitt/Prewett in 1863 in Brownstown, Jackson Co., Indiana. They had a daughter Sarah Elizabeth Pruett, who was my great-grandmother. Elizabeth died when Sarah was a baby. When Sarah was 15,her father and Step-mother moved to Illinois. Does any of this ring a bell?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1343.1.3 Message Board Post: Hello, Emma! As far as I know, my Shaffers/Shafers/Schaffers lived only in Jackson County, Indiana, mainly in the townships of Brownstown, Grassy Fork, Driftwood, and Salt Creek. Mary and Christian Shaffer came to America in about 1837 from Hanover. Mary was born in 1790 and died in Driftwood Twp. in early 1878. Christian died in 1840. They had four children, one of whom was Harman (Harmon) Shaffer who was married to Eliza Hamanhouse in 1845 in Jackson County. (Another son may have been John Christian Shaffer.) Their daughter Elizabeth C. Shaffer, born about 1847 in Jackson Co., married Walker Tunston Pruett in 1863. She also had a brother Harman Henry who went by Henry and who was born about 1850.. WAlker and Elizabeth had a daughter Sarah Elizabeth Pruett, born in 1865, possibly in Bedford, Lawrence Co., Indiana, who was my Great-grandmother. Does any of this ring a bellk?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1343.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: My Shaffers arrived in IN in 1835 (John and Hannah). One of their sons, my gggrandfather Peter, moved on to Iowa in 1855. The family had moved to IN from Fairfield County, OH. Previous to that, John's father Samuel had moved from York County, PA to Fairfield County.