Source Citations for Elizabeth Shafer

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Source Citations

book-gateway-to-the-west-v2-1989: Gateway to The West, Vol. II, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed multiple dates); citing “Ruth Bowers and Anita Short (comp.), Gateway to the West, Volume 2, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989” [The source is a collection of Common Pleas Court records, will abstracts, cemetery inscriptions and similar records. All of these are transcribed; no images of the original records are included.]

book-history-of-noble-county-ohio-1887: History of Noble County, Ohio; Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Company, 1887; book image (PDF), Google Play (https://play.google.com: downloaded 20 Apr 2018), held by New York Public Library [The personal histories were collected from the identified individuals and their contemporaries. Other histories were collected from county records and other places, with the help of numerous county officials and others.]

census-us-1870-ps-oh-noble-seneca-12: 1870 U.S. Census, population schedule, Ohio, Noble County, Seneca Township, page 12 (form) or page 206B (stamp sequence, not visible on page); 1870 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 6 Nov 2006) ⟩ "Ohio ⟩ Noble ⟩ Senecaville" image 7; citing “Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1252 (of 1761), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.” [FHL microfilm 552751]

periodical-four-score-and-ten-1903: “Four Score and Ten,” human interest; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 16 Oct 2020) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ Missouri ⟩ Stanberry ⟩ The Stanberry Headlight ⟩ 1903 ⟩ 10 ⟩ 28” page 1; citing “The Stanberry Headlight (Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri), 28 Oct. 1903 (Wednesday), page 1, column 7”

Source Reference Details

Name Details

book-gateway-to-the-west-v2-1989:

Reference Detail: Pages 313-314, entry dated 3-11-1863 (images 325-326, accessed 28 Jul 2009)

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Elizabeth [Shafer]).

book-history-of-noble-county-ohio-1887:

Reference Detail: Page 477 (PDF page 552)

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Elizabeth [Shafer]).

census-us-1870-ps-oh-noble-seneca-12:

Reference Detail: Line 34, dwelling 91

Comment Detail: Source includes [married] name (Elizabeth Keller).

Birth Details

census-us-1870-ps-oh-noble-seneca-12:

Reference Detail: Line 34, dwelling 91

Comment Detail: Source includes age (61) and location (Virginia). Using his age and the official census date of 1 Jun 1870 gives a birth date range from 2 Jun 1808 to 1 Jun 1809.

Death Details

periodical-four-score-and-ten-1903:

Comment Detail: Source indicates only four of the 10 siblings were still living as of the writing of the story (William, John, Nelson, and James).

Father Details

book-gateway-to-the-west-v2-1989:

Reference Detail: Pages 313-314, entry dated 3-11-1863 (images 325-326, accessed 28 Jul 2009)

Comment Detail: Source identifies Elizabeth [Shafer] as a child of Conrad Shafer. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

book-history-of-noble-county-ohio-1887:

Reference Detail: Page 477 (PDF page 552)

Comment Detail: Source identifies Elizabeth [Shafer] as a child of Conrad Shafer. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

Marriage Details

book-gateway-to-the-west-v2-1989:

Reference Detail: Pages 314-315, entry dated 3-11-1863 (images 326-327, accessed 28 Jul 2009)

Comment Detail: Source identifies Elizabeth [Shafer] as the wife of Levi Keller.

Miscellaneous Facts Details “Attributes”

book-gateway-to-the-west-v2-1989:

Reference Detail: Pages 313-314, entry dated 3-11-1863 (images 325-326, accessed 28 Jul 2009)

Comment Detail: Source includes filing date (4-22-1862) and location (Noble Co. [, Ohio]).

census-us-1870-ps-oh-noble-seneca-12:

Reference Detail: Line 34, dwelling 91

Comment Detail: Source includes census date (1 Jun 1870) and location (Seneca Township, in the County of Noble, State of Ohio).

Research Notes Details

book-history-of-noble-county-ohio-1887:

Reference Detail: Page 477 (PDF page 552)

census-us-1870-ps-oh-noble-seneca-12:

Reference Detail: Line 34, dwelling 91