William Alexander Shaffer

1881 - 1968  (87 years)

• Name	William Alexander Shaffer
  Born	5 Feb 1881	Adams County, Nebraska, United States   [1, 2, 3]
  	Note: he has a delayed birth certificate in Oregon that lists his birthplace as Adams County, Nebraska, but family records show Hubbell in Thayer County
  		William Alexander Shaffer birth From the Vinton Eagle
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Aug 1968	Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, United States   [4, 5]
  Buried	Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, United States   [6]
  Person ID	I173	Mouchet-Roberts genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Byron Alson Shaffer,   b. 24 Jul 1854, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States ,   d. 27 Oct 1937, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Margaret Hunter,   b. 4 Dec 1855, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 10 Feb 1894, Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 38 years)
  Married	2 Sep 1879	Juniata, Adams, Nebraska   [7]
  		Marrige Certificate of Byron and Rebecca Shaffer
  Family ID	F1834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Dorothea Vesey,   b. 30 Nov 1888, Warren, Ohio, United States ,   d. 25 Sep 1968, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1911	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States   [8]
  		Marriage of William A Shaffer and Mabel D Vesey
  Children	1. William Shaffer   2. Ruth Elaine Shaffer
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F3410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Byron Shaffer and children According to Louise Shaffer and Bertha Young, this photo was taken after Byron's wife died and he mailed it to Margaret Jane Adams who he later married: Shaffers from left: William, Mabel, Pansy, Byron, Ralph, Lacy, Magaret R.
  		Byron Shaffer and family on the farm From left: Lacy, Pansy, Mabel, Maggie, William, Aunt Alice?, Byron, Ralph

  
  

• Sources

  [S12084] WW II Draft Reg, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975; Military State: Oregon; NAI: 563991; ARC Title: Fourth Registration Draft Cards, ca. 1942 - ca. 1942; Creator: Selective Service System. Oregon State Headquarters. (ca. 1940 - 1947); Record Group Number: 147. [S12240] The Vinton Eagle online, Announcements; 2 March 1881; Birth of William Alexander Shaffer; 23 October 2016; "Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Shaffer, formerly of Vinton, now of Juniata, Neb., have a crowing boy. (Possibly meant "growing".). [S12351] Benton County Oregon Delayed Birth Certificates on Ancestry.com, birth certificate; 20022; 7 July 1947; William Alexander Shaffer, born 5 February 1881. [S12304] Find-A-Grave, 29 November 2014; William A Shaffer headstone. Evergreen Cemetery, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon. [S12237] Oregon Death Index (Ancestry), #11509; 9 June 2016; death of William A Shaffer; 17 August 1968. [S12304] Find-A-Grave, https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28116347; viewed; 29 November 2014; Mabel D/William A Shaffer headstone. Evergreen Cemetery, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon. [S12140] Nebraska, Adams County marriage record, Marriage affidavit, license and certificate; 3 September 1879; Byron A Shaffer and Rebecca M Hunter. [S12173] California, County Marriages, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893H-H9KB-H; 8 November 2015; William Alexander Shaffer and Mabel Dorothea Vesey; 31 December 1911; Los Angeles County Recorder, FHL microfilm 1,033,228.