Born in Pennsylvania, United States
Daughter of Henry Schaefer
and Leda (Glasser) Backes
Sister of
Hilda Schaefer, Leda (Schaefer) Goehring, Anna (Backes) Bour [half], Julius Backes [half], Walter Backes [half] and Russell R Backes [half]
Wife of
Howard Schell De Graff
— married
27 Sep 1902 [location unknown]
Mother of
Elenora L (DeGraff) Morrow
Died
at about age 81
in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jul 2016
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Biography
Eleanora was the daughter of Henry Schaefer and Leda Glasser.
Her parents divorced and her mother remarried John Backes.
She married the divorced Howard DeGraff in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA on 27 Sep 1902.[1]
Children:
- Eleanor, b.1904
- Ethel
The family was found in the 1920 USA Federal Census in Knoxville, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.[2] She was educated (could read and write) and the record states her father was born in New York. He is not on record though. The household was recorded as follows:
- Elanor De Graff Head F 38 Pennsylvania
- Eleanor De Graff Daughter F 16 Pennsylvania New York, Penn.
- Ethel De Graff Daughter F 9 Pennsylvania
- Leda Backas Mother F 59 Pennsylvania
- Walter Backas Brother M 20 Pennsylvania
- Russel Backas Brother M 17 Pennsylvania
Eleanor S. DeGraff passed away in 1961 and was interred in the South Side Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.[3]
Research Notes
Sources
- ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9L-87S : 5 August 2020), Howard S Degraff and Eleanora Schafer, 27 Sep 1902; citing Marriage, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFT6-FW3 : accessed 31 March 2019), Eleanor De Graff in household of Elanor De Graff, Knoxville, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 165, sheet 7B, line 81, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1513; FHL microfilm 1,821,513.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #116164864: accessed 31 March 2019), memorial page for Eleanor S. De Graff (1880–1961), citing South Side Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Darres Cook (contributor 47320427).
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