Amos SHAFFER & Caroline GOODLING

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Amos SHAFFER
Caroline GOODLING

Husband: Amos SHAFFER / SHAFER
Birth: 5 May 1821, Perry Twp., Union [now Snyder] Co., PA
Occupation: farmer
Father: J. Jacob SHAFFER
Mother: Christiana TROUP

Marriage:

Wife: Caroline GOODLING
Birth: 1824/5, PA
Occupation: homemaker

Children — born in Perry Twp., Union [now Snyder] Co., PA:

1. Levi SHAFFER, b. 1847/8
2. Barbara SHAFFER, b. 1860/1
3. John SHAFFER, b. 1864/5

Adopted Child:

. Emaline GOODLING-SHAFFER, b. 1852/3, PA

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #28 of 32): Perry Twp., Union [now Snyder] Co., PA, Roll M432_831, p. 112B, 186/186, enumerated 20 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Ames Shafer 27 M Black Smith 300 Penna

Caroline Shaffer 26 F "

Levi Shafer 3 M "

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 27): Mount Pleasant Mills P.O., Perry Twp., Snyder Co., PA, Roll M653_1182, p. 544, PN 160, enumerated 10 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1158 1203 Amos Shaffer 39 M Farmer 1600 300 Pennsylvania

Caroline " 35 F "

Levi " 12 M "

1204 Jacob Shaffer 73 M Shoemaker "

Christian " 67 F "

Emaline Goodling 7 F "

Jacob & Christian are Amos's parents.

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #14 of 26): Mt. Pleasant Mills, Perry Twp., Snyder Co., PA, Roll M593_1451, p. 146B, PN 14, 107/107, enumerated 1 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Shaffer Amos 49 M W Farmer 2000 500 Pa

   "    Caroline 46 F W Keeping house Pa

   "    Levi 23 M W Laborer Pa

   "    Barbara 9 F W Pa

   "    John 5 M W Pa

   "    Catharine 79 F W Pa

   "    Emaline 18 F W Pa

Did the enumerator err? Or do we have here Christiana's other given name? They appear to have adopted Emaline GOODLING.

5. Email from Bill Rudy.

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