Minerva Catherine (Shaffer) Housewerth (1847-1918)

Minerva Catherine Housewerth formerly Shaffer

Born 17 Dec 1847 in Chapman Twp., Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Daughter of John Herrold Shaffer and Hannah (Carvell) Shaffer

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 7 Aug 1918 at age 70 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan

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1 Biography
2 Census Records
3 Michigan Deaths
4 Sources

Biography

Born 17 December 1847, Chapman Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Daughter of Hannah Carvell and John Herrold Shaffer.
Married Jacob Housewerth
Died 7 August 1918, Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan
Buried in Portage Prairie Cemetery, Buchanan, Berrien, County, Michigan

Census Records

1870 United States Census, Michigan, United States

Jacob Hauswert, age 27, born in Pennsylvania

Minerva Hauswert, age 22, born in Pennsylvania

Minnie Hauswert, age 2, born in Michigan

1910 United States Census, Niles, Berrien Michigan

Jacob Housewerth, Head, M, age 66, Pennsylvania

Manerva Housewerth, birth 1848, Pennsylvania, age 62, Married, born in Pennsylvania as were her parents

Emma Housewerth, D-I-L, age 23

Michigan Deaths

Minerva C. Houseworth

Female

08 Jul 1918

Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan

Age 70

Born 1848

Pennsylvania

Housekeeper

White

Widowed

Parents, John Schafer, Hannah Carvell

Sources

FamilySearch.com; Evangelical Messenger Obituary Index, Allen County Public Library, Genealogy Centery, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
"Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHC8-YV9 : 9 December 2014), Minerva C. Houseworth, 08 Jul 1918; citing Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,954,721.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHZ-ZBL : 17 October 2014), Minerva Hauswert in household of Jacob Hauswert, Michigan, United States; citing p. 23, family 184, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,162.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLPN-KTC : 29 October 2015), Manerva Housewerth in household of Jacob Housewerth, Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,651.
Find A Grave, Portage Prairie Cemetery, Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, Minerva C. Housewerth

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Minerva 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 Minerva: