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Tim Shaffer

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Levi Shaffer is my current brick wall. My research question for the past few months has been Who were the parents of Levi Shaffer? Sub-questions include 1) What was Levi's full name?, 2) Where was Levi born? 3) When did Levi come to Michigan? I have seen a reference somewhere (may have been on this site) that Levi ran away from an apprenticeship when he was young. I have been unable to find the newpaper article/ad that includes that information. Would love to get that from anyone. I would like to trace the Shaffers back to their arrival from the Palatinate in Germany.
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Timothy Howard Shaffer is the second child of Maurice Edwin Shaffer and Dorothyea LaVinna Carney Shaffer. Born on June 3, 1954, Tim lived in Muskegon until he was 19, when he joined the United States Air Force, serving in Texas, Mississippi, Alaska and Italy. Upon receiving his honorable discharge, he enrolled in Muskegon Community College, transferred to Hope College as a junior, and attended the University of Michigan Law School, graduating in 1985. He practiced law for a short period of time, but ultimately became a freelance writer. He has a son, Stephen Carney Shaffer, born in 1988, from his first marriage and an adopted daughter, Carey Michaela Mei Shaffer, from his second marriage. He lived in Birmingham, Alabama, with his wife, Susan, four dogs, four cats, and a mother-in-law.

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Shaffer-3157 Gordon Shaffer
Tim,

The Shaffers for the most part seem to have immigrated during the Palatine Migration in 1710. There is a great read you might have already seen titled The Palatines of New York State published by The Palatine Society of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of New York and New England, Inc. This is available online in PDF form without cost and has a very good narrative of how we came thru England to the US and mentions how some of us spread across to different states. Last name was spelled Schaffer everywhere I can find and somehow morphed into Shaffer along the way. My daughter used churches and graveyards in Rhinebeck, New York to trace back to Jost Schaffer who emmigrated in 1710, I would go back as far as you can and then switch to searching the church and burial records in Rhinebeck to see if you can find your connection. Wishing you the best of luck cousin ;)

posted by Gordon Shaffer
Sinclair-5532 Larry Sinclair
How do we add Tim as a manager or replace me as manager for his relative that I manage?
posted by Larry Sinclair
Vaskie-1 John Vaskie
Hi Tim,

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posted by John Vaskie
Rackley-330 Jenny (Rackley) Sullivan
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