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Olive Virginia SHAFFER

Olive Virginia SHAFFER

Female 1852 - 1919  (~ 67 years)

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  • Name Olive Virginia SHAFFER 
    Born Oct 1852  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1850, while age 26 in the 1880 Census would put it in about 1854. Age 19 in her March 1872 marriage record conforms to the 1852 date on her headstone.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Union District, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1872  Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  Union District, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Aurora, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 3 Dec 1919  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Maplewood (aka Kingwood) Cemetery, Kingwood, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I78381  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2018 

    Father James H. SHAFFER,   b. CA 1827, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Amelia WOTRING,   b. CA 1836, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F50565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John A. LANTZ,   b. Sep 1848, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1921  (Age ~ 72 years)  [6] 
    Married 4 Apr 1872  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Lulu A. LANTZ,   b. 8 Sep 1876, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1933, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     2. Earl LANTZ,   b. Feb 1880,   d. 3 Jul 1916, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years)
    +3. John Scott LANTZ,   b. 19 Sep 1883, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1967  (Age 83 years)
    +4. Winifred Mae LANTZ,   b. 2 Jun 1891, Aurora, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1951, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F33549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2306] Preston County Marriage Records, Kingwood, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11463329&Type=Marriage.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2579] A History of Preston County, West Virginia, Oren Frederic Morton & J. R. Cole, (1913/1914 (digitized by Google Books)), p. 735.

    4. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1599] Birth record of son.