[NI0361] Fresno Christian High School, June, 1988.
[NI0362] Fresno Christian High School, June, 1986.
[NI0363]
Fresno Christian High School, June, 1984.
B.S., CSUF, Mechanical Engineering, May, 1992.
[NI0368]
May have served in the Revolutionary War. (Notes from Buddy Evans not
real clear, reference may be to Alexander Robison or to his father James
Robison.)
n.b. Later information indicates that Alexander Robison was the
Revolutionary War veteran.
[NI0375]
Hannah was baptized on January 24, 1792 at the Bethel Baptist Church in
Shipley.
[NI0376]
Sarah was baptized on October 4, 1790 at the Bethel Baptist Church in
Shipley.
[NI0377]
Elizabeth was baptized on January 8, 1790 at the Bethel Baptist Church in
Shipley.
[NI0378]
Ann was baptized on February 16, 1788 at the Bethel Baptist Church in
Shipley.
[NI0379]
John was baptized on December 21, 1776 at the Bethel Baptist Church in
Shipley.
John is buried at Baildon Church, Yorkshire England.
[NI0380]
Mary was baptized on December 21, 1776 at the Bethel Baptist Church in
Shipley.
Mary is buried at Baildon Church, Yorkshire England.
[NI0387] 8lbs, 12 oz at birth.
[NI0389]
Michael Foraker was killed by a freight train on June 21, 1921.
Newspaper accounts from the time differ from our family folklore. The
family story is that Michael was visiting at Martin and Margaret's home
one evening, then left to walk home. He cut through nearby railroad
yards and was knocked down and run over when a stationary train he was
moving through suddenly lurched. His legs were cut off and he died
shortly after the injury. Michael was said by Mildred Foraker Shaffer to
be her favorite uncle.
In a note written by Lois and marked "Info from Mildred 1/4/78" the
following appears:
"Michael [Thompson] (stricken out) Foraker (per obituary) died in
Denver run over by train around 1920. Late at night cut thru rail yards
went between cars and the train was switching. Backed up or lurched.
Caught between cars and knocked down train severed legs. Died shortly
after. Buried in Denver. Happened in summer while Mother visiting Aunt
Agnes." This raises the question of where Aunt Agnes lived at the time.
Perhaps it wasn't Denver, but was Casper, Wyo?
The newspaper account from the Denver Post on Wednesday, June 22, 1921
reads (in its entirety) as follows:
"BOILERMAKER SLEEPS ON TRACK; FATALLY INJURED BY TRAIN
Casper, Wyo. June 22 - Michael Foreaker, a refinery boilermaker,
went to sleep on the Northwestern railroad track here Tuesday night and
was run down by a freight train and fatally injured. Both the man's legs
were cut off."
A funeral notice from the same paper reads as follows:
"FORAKER - The funeral of Michael Foraker, brother of Martin
Foraker, Peter Thompson, Mrs. Clarence Huck, Mrs. Bert Hooper, will take
place from the Residence mortuary, Fourteenth and Glenarm, Sunday, at
1:30; Sacred Heart church at 2 p. m. Interment at Mt. Olivet.
Direction Geo. Hackethal."
Michael was buried on June 26, 1921 in an unmarked grave at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, 12801 West 44th Avenue, Wheatridge (Denver), Colorado. He is
in Section 14, Block 12, Grave 72. His grave is two to the left of the
one with the marker reading "Silas Sanville."
One further note: The burial record at Mt. Olivet shows Michael's age at
the time of death as 35 years and gives a date of birth as 1886, not the
1884 we have recorded.
[NI0400]
According to Vera Lindgren (Letter to Steve Shaffer 7/96), Donald "can be
a very funny person and keep a room full of people laughing. He was in
Hellen's class in high school. He now lives in Boise Idaho. His mother
... is Edna Costa. She lives in Sacramento."
[NI0413] According to the published obituary of John J. Kotowski, the Kotowski family (unknown husband, wife Josephine, and children John J., Peter, Frank [? born 1889]) immigrated from Poland in 1889, settling in the Denver area. Joseph, Andrew, and possibly Mary (birthdate unknown) were subsequently born in the Denver area.
[NI0414] The obituary for Fred, contained in one of Margaret Foraker's scrapbooks, indicates that he was 62 when he died but does not give either birth or death dates. He was a WWI veteran and lived in San Diego for since 1924.
[NI0418]
1939 Porterville City Directory:
Letterman, Marion P. (Mary), utility man, SCE Co., h514 E. Orange.
1944 Porterville City Directory:
Letterman Marion P (Mary) h514 E Orange.
[NI0420]
1939 Visalia City Directory:
Letterman, Ruby, waiter, h514 E. Orange
[NI0421]
Letterman Memorial Park in Clovis is named for Clinton Letterman. The
memorial plaque reads in part as follows:
Dedicated to the Memory/
of/
Clinton J. Letterman/
1926 - 1969/
A Volunteer Fireman/
He Gave His Life In The Line Of Duty/
May 30, 1969
[NI0423]
Arthur is buried in an unmarked grave between Simon P. Letterman and
J. Newton Ikerd. The grave is shared with Isaus Ikerd.
[NI0560]
Cameron is the author of the articles from the Detroit Genealogical
Society Newsletter on "Four Generations of the Middagh Family in Perry
County Ohio," from which we gleaned much valuable information about the
early generations of the Shaffer family. He is an exceedingly nice and
gracious man, happy to hear from others who have an interest in genealogy
and a connection to the family.
Cameron is descendant from Joseph Shaver through Mary Shaver and William
Spencer. He is, I believe, my (Steve Shaffer's) 5th cousin, being in the
same generation as I am relative to our mutual great, great, great
grandfather, Joseph.
Cameron said today (July 6, 1996) that he would send paper records on our
common ancestors and their decedents, so I look forward to receiving a
wealth of new information soon.
[NI0580] Struck by baseball and died at 15 yrs old.
[NI0582]
Abstract of George Shaver's will (from McClenahen, Dan, Wills of Mifflin
County):
SHAVER, George, Milford Twp., w. 3/20/1799, p. 8/11/1803, wife Margaret,
son Joseph, daughters Hannah, Ann wife of Abner Beale, Catherine wife of
Samuel Keever, Christiana wife of Thomas Hamlin, Betsy wife of William
Beale Jr., grandchildren, John, Betsy, Samuel Stigers all children of
Rudolph Stigers, Exec. Samuel Keever, & William Beale Jr. (Will Book 1)
In the 1790 census, one who appears to be our George Shaver, resident of
that portion of Mifflin County south of the river Juniata, is head of a
household which includes 8 individuals: 3 free white males of 16 years
and upwards, 1 free white male under 16 years of age, and 4 free white
females.
[NI0585] I (Steve Shaffer) spoke to Sophie on 7/4/96. She's a wonderful lady, also a genealogist, and as helpful as she can be with information. Email address: sophieb@theworks.com.