Born in Lantz Ridge, Preston County, West Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Wesley Sanders
and Mary E. (Knotts) Sanders
Sister of
Maggie Sanders, George Washington Sanders, Thomas Ellsworth Sanders, Albert Melvin Sanders, Cassa Ellen (Sanders) Taylor, Cora Alice (Sanders) Nordeck, Walter Harvey Sanders, Charles O. Sanders, Silas Herman Sanders, Laura May (Sanders) Knotts and William Sheridan Sanders
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 20
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Apr 2016
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Biography
Caroline, affectionately called Lizzie, died during the period from 1894 to 1900. The exact date has not been determined. It’s likely her husband, Henry G. Shaffer, also died during this period. Their only son was raised by Lizzie’s sister, Cora (Sanders) Nordeck. The burial locations of Caroline and Henry have not been discovered. They may be buried in the John S. Sanders Farm Cemetery in graves marked with common field stones.
Sources
- Family Bible
- Birth Register, Preston County, West Virginia.
- Marriage Register, Preston County, West Virginia.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~6.25%
Steve Nordeck
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member SNordeck
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Jennifer Short :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A947795 [compare], Ancestry member jenndiggy
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~1.56%
Fred Funk :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Sherri Harrison :
23andMe, GEDmatch G049658 [compare]
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Rejected matches › Caroline Sanders (abt.1873-)
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