Go to Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Diana, Goddess of the Hunt — for Ancestors!
 
Go to Every-Name Index
Every-Name Index
David SHAFER
Eve __?__
Husband:  David SHAFER / SHAFFER / SCHAFER
Birth:  1809/10, PA
Occupation:  carpenter
Marriage
Wife:  Eve __?__
Birth:  1809/10, PA
Occupation:  homemaker
Children
1.  (Daughter A) SHAFER, b. 1825-30; d.s.p. by 1840
2.  (Son A) SHAFER, b. 1830-35
3.  Mary SHAFER, b. 1831/2
4.  (Daughter B) SHAFER, b. 1830-35
5.  (Son B) SHAFER, b. 1835-40
6.  Elizabeth SHAFER, b. 1841, PA


Sources:

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #15 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1830 PA Northampton Co. Towamensing Twp. p. 214 David Shafer 000 010 - 100 010
These data indicate:
No. & Sex  Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = David (b. 1809/10) 
1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Daughter A
1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Eve (b. 1809/10) 
Listed 12 lines from Dewaldt STRAUB, father of David STRAUB (see 1850). 

3.  1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #9-10 of 22; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1840 PA Northampton Co. Towamensing Twp. pp. 252B-253A Dav: Shafer 110 001 000 - 020 001 001 0100000
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Son B
1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Son A 
1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = David (b. 1809/10) 
2 females 5-9 1830-1835 = Daughter B
= Mary (b. 1831/2)
1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Eve (b. 1809/10)
1 female 60-69 1770-1780 = mother? mother-in-law?
1 persons engaged in agriculture

4.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #21 of 29):  Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA, p. 289A, 132/137, enumerated 26 Aug 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
David Shafer 40 M   Farmer 500 Pennsylvania
Eve 40 F       "
Mary 18 F       "
Elizabeth  9 F       "
Living two doors from David & Mary (OLEWINE) STRAUB

5.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1860 (Broderbund CD-318):  can't find, and Carbon Co., PA, records are indexed on the CD.

6.  1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #8 of 40):  Parryville P.O., Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA, p. 148B, PN 8, 50/55, enumerated 30 Jul 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Shafer David 60 M W Carpenter 3500 100 Penna
______ Eve 60 F W Keeping House     "
Stroub Samuel 30 M W Works in Furnace     "
______ Elizabeth 28 F W       "
______ Julia 14 F W       "

Contact Home
Page
Table of
Contents
DNA
Hub
Biddle
DNA
Carrico
DNA
Corbin
DNA
Cupp
DNA
Danish
DNA
Ely
DNA
Lyon(s)
DNA
Rasey
DNA
Reason
DNA
Rose
DNA
Straub
DNA
Pedigree
Charts
Census
Records
Every-Name
Indices
Everything I have is online at this web site.  I have no further information, so please don't write asking me if I do.
On the other hand, if you feel I've made an error, please don't hesitate to notify me, but in which case,

please include a link to the page you are referencing.
There are over 18,000 pages on this web site, and I simply don't remember every page, much less every person on every page.

"The Cloud" is double-speak for "dumb terminal on a main frame." Been there; done that. Never again.
You are giving away not only your privacy, but control of your data, your apps, and your computer to a corporation. Is that really where you want to go?
The IT guys on the big iron hated the Personal Computer because it gave users freedom and power; now they've conned you into being back under their control.
Table of Contents
Go to Table of Contents
 
Privacy Policy ______
Every-Name Index
Go to Every-Name Index