[NI0039] Guy had three daughters, one of whom died very young.
[NI0040] Ory is said to have had one daughter and one step-daughter.
[NI0041] Lois is buried at the McCrary Cemetery, Daviess County Missouri.
[NI0042]
Sam's name is "SAM" not Samuel, and there is no middle name. "Curl" is a
nickname, not a middle name. (Source: Robert Shaffer, Sam's son,
conversation w/ SAS 1995.)
Sam was in the Army in 1917 and 1918, rank of Sergeant, as a Machine
gunner.
[NI0043]
Lola had one daughter, (Lottie?) Bell McDonald. Not known if McDonald is
Lola's married name or her daughters...
[NI0044] Evia (pronounced "Eva") and Ernest Piper had two sons.
[NI0046]
Vergie and her brother Otto were both born in a place described by Buddy
Evans as "Rockport, Northern t, Hanson County, Dakota Territory."
Vergie and Charles had 10 children...
[NI0047]
Martie went to Dakota University, Mitchell, S. Dakota.
She married William Brown, a Canadian, on Feb. 1, 1903. They came west
soon after and settled in Oregon in the Portland area. They lived many
years in Oswego and Oregon City. Their son Edward was born in 1904.
Martie went to work in 1906 for the Southern Pacific Railroad as a
Station Agent and Telegraph Operator.
Martie is buried in the Masonic Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas County,
Oregon.
[NI0048]
Emma Alice Mae is said to have married several times and had one
daughter, Hazel Pickens.
Emma is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale (or Los Angeles?)
California.
Emma, then known as Mae Perdew, was the informant for the information on
Lydia Belle (Ramsbottom) Shaffer's death certificate, on or about Jan 20,
1929. Her address at that time was 866 4th St., San Bernardino
California.
[NI0049]
After the death of his mother Jennie (Jane), Charles was raised by an
aunt (mother's sister).
[NI0051] One child of Jane and Alexander died in infancy.
[NI0052]
The Alexander Shaffer's are said to have lived for about 10 years in San
Bernardino California before moving to 11772 Wilshire Blvd., Sawtelle
California. Alexander died in the Soldiers Home, Sawtelle California on
February 16, 1926 and is buried with Lydia Belle in Section 33, Row H,
Grave 5 & 6, of the Sawtelle Cemetery.
[NI0053]
Alexander Robert Shaffer was apparently born with the name "Shafer" but
changed it to the current spelling in order to have it pronounced
correctly more often. It is unclear how many of his siblings may have
also adopted the new spelling.
Alexander is said to have attended what is now Oberlin College. He also
volunteered for the Army of the North in the Civil War in 1861 when he
was less than 21 years old, serving in Company G & K, 31st Regiment of
the Ohio Infantry. He served for 3-1/2 years and was at the Battle of
Bull Run and at Appomatox with General Grant.
(Note: Co. G, 31st Ohio Volunteers was also the Company of John Middagh,
son of Peter and Margaret (Heck) Middagh. John was a cousin of AR's, his
mother's brother's son.)
A note in some old family papers says that Alexander was "of German
ancestry that lived in America since Colonial days." No one seems to
know where this entry came from or what it is based upon.
After the death of his first wife Alexander married a woman named Brown,
losing all of his money to her and her brother in a grocery business.
They were divorced after only 3 months of marriage.
After his second marriage Alexander went west to Iowa where he made his
home with an aunt. He taught school, specializing in music. He had a
good tenor voice. He was Singing Master of Night Music School and
conducted choirs in Iowa and Missouri. Senator Brookhart of Iowa is
related as a first cousin to Alexander. Alexander became a cabinet maker
and, while working on the Ramsbottom house in Missouri, met the daughter,
Lydia B. They were married February 5, 1879, he 38, she 18. He called
her "Bell".
The Alexander Shaffer's are said to have lived for about 10 years in San
Bernardino California before moving (?) to 11772 Wilshire Blvd., Sawtelle
California. Alexander died in the Old Soldiers Home, Sawtelle California
on February 16, 1926 and is buried with Lydia Belle in Section 33, Row
H, Grave 5 & 6, of the Sawtelle Cemetery.
Alexander's Death Certificate indicates that he only resided at the
Soldier's Home for 11 days prior to his death so this may have been only
for terminal phase of his tuberculosis. His actual last residence may
have been (probably was) in San Bernardino.
According to Vera Lindgren (letter to Steve Shaffer 7/96), "He left a
diary that he had kept during the Civil War. Melva had it, and then
Thelma had it, but nobody knows what happened to it."
According to Ethel Carter (conversation with Steve Shaffer February,
1995), her Grandfather (AR) Shaffer changed the spelling of his name when
he got married, probably from Shafer to Shaffer.
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[NI0054]
Joy Shaffer and Garland "Garth" Oswald met during WWII while Garland was
stationed at Hammer Field in Fresno. Garland always went by Garth until
he entered the Air Force, at which time they insisted he be called
Garland. He has returned to being called Garth now.
[NI0057]
LaVerne and Ethyl met in a Spanish class in high school but didn't begin
going together at that time. After high school then met again by chance
downtown in Fresno and LaVerne asked Ethel if she wanted to go swimming.
That was the beginning, as they say.
LaVerne graduated from Fresno State College in 1937 as an Engineer. He
and Ethel Shaffer were married in September of that year and left
Fresno on their honeymoon never to return. They went to Oregon and
visited a power house in central Oregon. The power house needed
operators and had LaVerne go to Kennewick WA to apply for a job. He was
hired a week later. He worked in a substation in Yakima Washington for
about two years. He was then at the Naches Power House from 1939 to
1947, Yakima Washington from 1947 to 1951, and in Portland from 1951
until his retirement in July of 1975.
With Ethel, LaVerne went to Rio de Jenero (sp?) Brazil as a
Communications Engineer from July, 1975 until January, 1977. They were
back in Portland for a few months before moving to Elk Grove from 1977
until 1979. They then went to Quito Ecuador from January, 1979 until
August of 1980. Uncle LaVerne returned to Quito for the summers of 1981
and 1982. They returned to Elk Grove from 1980 until 1981 then built
their home in Gleneden, Oregon where they lived together until LaVerne's
death in 1995. (Source: Ethel (Shaffer) Carter stories to the family
in the wake following LaVerne Carter's funeral, Gleneden Beach, Oregon,
February, 1995.)
LaVerne and Ethel celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a party
hosted by their daughters Verna and Susan at The Old Church in Portland,
Oregon on September 20, 1987.
[NI0059]
Joy Shaffer and Garland "Garth" Oswald met during WWII while Garland was
stationed at Hammer Field in Fresno. Garland always went by Garth until
he entered the Air Force, at which time they insisted he be called
Garland. He has returned to being called Garth now.
[NI0061]
Gene and Melba Shaffer celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a
party hosted by their children and grandchildren on Saturday, August 22,
1988 at a dinner at Hodels Restaurant followed by a reception at the
Masonic Temple in Bakersfield California.
Uncle Gene was interred on April 7, 1995 at Hillcrest Memorial Park, 9101
Kern Canyon Road, east Bakersfield.
[NI0062] Ethel Shaffer worked at Woolworth's in Fresno from about 1935 until the time of her marriage in 1937. She used to meet Lois Shaffer on the way home from work. Lois then lived with parents Kyle and Mildred on McKenzie Avenue in Fresno. Lois would hail her Aunt Ethel and call to her to "Come on 'round the corner!" (Source: Ethel Shaffer Carter conversation with Steve Shaffer after LaVerne's funeral, February, 1995.)
[NI0063]
"Ma" Meggerly (sp?) was the midwife who assisted in Aunt Vera's Birth,
maybe also Kyle's and others.
Vera's middle name came from Grandma's best friend. It is incorrectly
recorded as "Adda" on her birth certificate.
Vera and Bill celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 7/14/1985 in
Sacramento.
[NI0065]
Rirck migrated from Brooklyn to the Raritan River in Somerset County New
Jersey. (Source: Middagh/Perry County article from Detroit Genealogical
Society.)
Vera Lindgren writes (7/96 letter to Steve Shaffer) that "The Middaghs
came to New Amsterdam circa 1605 from Western Germany. There is a
picture of the town square, painted about that time, in a museum in that
part of Germany. We saw it when we visited there in 1980."
[NI0066] Various spellings of Marritje's name: Marritie, Maritta, Martie, etc.
Her last name was also, perhaps originally spelled Auter.
Baptism date is given both as 31 March 1678 and as 31 March 1687,
apparently a transcription error somewhere.
[NI0069]
Pieter migrated from Readington, Hunterdon County New Jersey to
Northampton County Pennsylvania.
[NI0073] Peter Middagh served as Lieutenant in the Revolution.
[NI0074]
Margaret's obituary appears in The Summerset Post, Volume XIX, No. 44, p.
3, May 2, 1850 and reads "DIED - Saturday the 27th ult., Mrs. Middagh,
consort of John Middagh, aged 66 years."