Margaret
Dorothy
Shaffer
Born in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jacob Miller Shaffer
and Barbara Elizabeth (Shelley) Shaffer
Sister of
Isaac Shaffer, Sarah Elizabeth (Shaffer) Hickman, Martin Luther Shaffer, Mary Matilda (Shaffer) Clemmer, Adam Oliver Shaffer, Anderson Francis Schaffer and Rebecca Emaline (Shaffer) Clemmer
Wife of
William Henry Henry Davis
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Charles Rush Davis
Died
at age 64
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Aug 2016
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Biography
Margaret was born in 1850. She passed away in 1915.
Research Notes
From Find A Grave: Daughter of Rev. Jacob Shaffer, the long time Lutheran Minister at St. Paul, wife of William Henry Davis; buried in the older St. Paul section
Margaret Dorothy was born in 1850. She passed away in 1915.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDV-9CT : 17 October 2014), Margaret D Shaffer in household of Jacob Shaffer, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 2, family 10, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,049.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49520739/margarett_dorothy-davis: accessed March 10, 2024), memorial page for Margarett Dorothy Shaffer Davis (21 Sep 1850–16 Jul 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #49520739, citing Old Saint Paul Cemetery, Lakeside, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Tommie Moser Nichols (contributor 47108891).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Margaret:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Julie Cress 
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
Eric Weddington :
23andMe, GEDmatch AX8517885 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PP1935990 [compare], Ancestry member eric_weddington
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B955151
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~1.56%
Michael Burch :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Kenneth Isbell :
23andMe
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~0.78%
D Norwood :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member stardust29_99
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Glenn Fibiger :
AncestryDNA
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Rob Brownsword
Shaffer-3872 and Shaffer-2210 appear to represent the same person because: same person
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by Rob Brownsword
Rejected matches › Margaret Shaffer (1849-1936) › Margaret Eve (Shaffer) Jessop (1851-1886) › Margaret Hariett Shaver (1855-1857) › Margaret Anna (Platt) Shaffer (1849-1921) › Margaret C Shaver (1849-1892) › Margaret (Wetzer) Schaeffer (bef.1850-1901)
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