Garland Wayne Shaffer (1928 - 2000)

Born 12 Jun 1928 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA

Ancestors

Died 1 Feb 2000 at age 71 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

When Garland Wayne Shaffer was born on June 12, 1928, in Wichita, Kansas, his father, Millard, was 35 and his mother, Ethel, was 35. He married Earlene F. Harris on June 26, 1948. He died on February 1, 2000, in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pottawatomie, Oklahoma.

Name

Garland Wayne Shaffer ^[1]

Birth

12 June 1928 • Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA ^[1]

Marriage

1. 26 June 1948 • Garland married Earlene F. Harris in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA
2. Garland married Bonnie

Residence

1930 • Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA ^[1]

Elmer Relationship

There is a direct ancestral relationship. Garland Shaffer is the great, great, great, great, great, great, great grand son of Edward Elmer.

We can't call this relationship DNA-Confirmed, Confident, or Uncertain because one or more parent-child relationships in the connection are unmarked or non-biological.

Relationship Trail

1. Garland is the son of Ethel L. (Bright) Shaffer [unknown confidence]
2. Ethel is the daughter of Almira (Elmer) Bright [unknown confidence]
3. Almira is the daughter of Edcil Elmer [unknown confidence]
4. Edcil is the son of Cleon Elmer [unknown confidence]
5. Cleon is the son of Gad Elmer [unknown confidence]
6. Gad is the son of Samuel Elmer DNA confirmed
7. Samuel is the son of Hezekiah Elmer DNA confirmed
8. Hezekiah lll is the son of Edward Elmer Jr. [confident]
9. Edward is the son of Edward Elmer DNA confirmed

This trail tells us that Edward is the seventh great grandfather of Garland.

Death

1 February 2000 • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA

Burial

Dale Cemetery • Dale, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA

Sources

• 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma; Roll: 1931; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0036; Image: 420.0; FHL microfilm: 2341665.

Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

Home in 1930: Wolf, Seminole, Oklahoma. Family Number, 245. Home Owned or Rented: Owned. Radio Set: No. Lives on Farm: No.

Willard Shaffer; Age, 37; Birth Year, abt 1893; Gender, Male; Race, White; Birthplace, Kansas; Marital Status, Married; Relation to Head of House, Head; Age at First Marriage, 22; Attended School, No; Able to Read and Write, Yes; Father's Birthplace, Indiana; Mother's Birthplace, Ohio; Able to Speak English, Yes; Occupation, Roustabout; Industry, Oil Fields; Class of Worker, Wage or salary worker.

Ethel L Shaffer; Age, 36; Birth Year, abt 1894; Gender, Female; Race, White; Birthplace, Kansas; Marital Status, Married; Relation to Head of House, Wife; Age at First Marriage, 22; Attended School, No; Able to Read and Write, Yes; Father's Birthplace, Indiana; Mother's Birthplace, Indiana; Able to Speak English, Yes.

Lela M Shaffer; Age, 12; Birth Year, abt 1918; Gender, Female; Race, White; Birthplace, Colorado; Marital Status, Single; Relation to Head of House, Daughter; Attended School, Yes; Able to Read and Write, Yes; Father's Birthplace, Kansas; Mother's Birthplace, Kansas; Able to Speak English, Yes.

Elbert B Shaffer; Age, 9; Birth Year, abt 1921; Gender, Male; Race, White; Birthplace, Kansas; Marital Status, Single; Relation to Head of House, Son; Attended School, Yes; Father's Birthplace, Kansas; Mother's Birthplace, Kansas.

Garland W Shaffer; Age, 1&10/12; Birth Year, abt 1928; Gender, Male; Race, White; Birthplace, Kansas; Marital Status, Single; Relation to Head of House, Son; Attended School, No; Father's Birthplace, Kansas; Mother's Birthplace, Kansas.

Note

This bio is just started and is begging for a closer family member to take over and add all the rest of the sources, facts and memories.

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 1930 US Census