Henry Albert Shafer (1887 - 1944)

Born 25 Apr 1887 in Centreville, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cora Mae (Sewards) Shafer — married 5 Jul 1908 in Union, Cass, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1944 at age 57 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

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Biography

The son of Peter Shafer and Estella Bates, Harry was born in Centerville in 1887.^[1] He married Cora May Sewards (1891-1967), the daughter of Ben Sewards and Mary Mae "Mamie" Standard, in Union Township on July 5, 1908.^[2] Their children included:

1. Esther May (1909-2005)
2. Beatrice (1909-)
3. Olive G. (1912-)
4. Rebecca L. (1914-)
5. Margaret G. (1918-)

Henry was a farmer, and he first worked as a farm laborer in Brady Township, in Kalamazoo County;^[3] by 1920, Harry had acquired government in Casco Township, Michigan, in Allegan County, and they operated a fruit farm there.^[4] In 1930, they were farming their own land in Porter Township, in Cass County.^[5][6]

Harry passed away in Kalamazoo at the age of 97^[7] and was buried in Constantine Township on April 18, 1944.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BJ-DQ2 : accessed 14 September 2020), Henry Shafer in household of Peter Shafer, Nottawa township Centerville village, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 121, sheet 6A, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,742.
2. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCNM-Y6T : 17 January 2020), Henry A. Shafer, 1908.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5K-D6L : accessed 14 September 2020), Henry Shafer, Brady, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 13B, family 345, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 654; FHL microfilm 1,374,667.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZS9-BX4 : accessed 14 September 2020), Henry A Shafer, Casco, Allegan, Michigan, United States; citing ED 6, sheet 6A, line 33, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 753; FHL microfilm 1,820,753.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5K-D6L : accessed 14 September 2020), Henry Shafer, Brady, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 13B, family 345, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 654; FHL microfilm 1,374,667.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K422-347 : 16 May 2020), Henry Shafer, Porter Township, Cass, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-20, sheet 7A, line 6, family 144, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1738.
7. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF36-R3Y : 13 March 2018), Henry Shafer, 15 Aug 1944; citing Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,805.
8. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHN-HDD : 16 January 2020), Henry Shafer, 1944.