Dorothy Lucindia Welker was born on 6 January 1918 in Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Harold E Welker and Ida Beulah Kerstetter.
Dorothy Lucindia Welker married David Wilson Shaffer.
Dorothy Lucindia Welker died 1 May 1992 in Davidsonville, Anne Arundel, Maryland and was buried at Maryland Veterans Cemetery-Crownsville, Crownsville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHZK-7SD Citation "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHZK-7SD : accessed 1 December 2022), Dorothy Horn in household of Harold Wilker, Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 65, sheet 11A, line 35, family 232, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2091; FHL microfilm 2,341,825.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ7J-4BT Citation "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ7J-4BT : 7 January 2021), Dorothy Shaffer in household of David Shaffer, Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-84, sheet 11B, line 46, family 214, 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 3598.
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J237-Q6L Citation "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J237-Q6L : 8 January 2021), Dorothy L Shaffer, 01 May 1992; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FYS-GMKS Citation "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FYS-GMKS : 15 June 2022), Dorothy L Welker Shaffer, ; Burial, Crownsville, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States of America, Maryland Veterans Cemetery-Crownsville; citing record ID 202730709, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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