Henry was born in 1847. He is the son of Michael Schaffer and Rebecca Bohner.
1850 --- U. S. Federal Census, Lower Mahonoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania -- Dwelling Number: 180 - Family Number: 180 - Line: 40 - Page: 370 - Microfilm Roll: 804. ----- Michael Shaffer 28 (head) -- Rebecca 23 (wife) -- Henry H. (son) - Polly 2 (daughter) - Louisa 4/12 (daughter) -- Henry Spots 10 (living in the household) --- Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Lower Mahanoy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_804; Page: 176B; Image: 358. --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. --- Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1860 --- U. S. Federal Census, Lower Mahonoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania -- Dwelling Number: 98 - Line: 14 - Page: 313 - Microfilm Roll: 1149 ------ Michael Shaffer 37 (head- farmer) Pennsylvania - Rebecca 35 (wife) Pennsylvania - Henry 16 (son) Pennsylvania - Levi 8 (son) Pennsylvania - Lydia Ann 6 (daughter) Pennsylvania - Michael 5 (son) Pennsylvania - Rebecca E. 3 (daughter) Pennsylvania - Sarah E. 1 (daughter) Pennsylvania --- Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Lower Mahanoy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1149; Page: 313; Family History Library Film: 805149. --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. --- Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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