Margaret Jane Adams^[1]

1857 - 1943  (85 years)

• Name	Margaret Jane Adams
  Born	17 Oct 1857	Harvey, Marion, Iowa   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 Feb 1943	Camarillo, Ventura, California, United States   [2]
  Buried	4 Feb 1943	Ventura, Ventura, California, United States
  Person ID	I380	Mouchet-Roberts genealogy
  Last Modified	15 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Josiah Adams,   b. 5 Jun 1807, Delaware ,   d. 27 Mar 1898, Pella, Marion, Iowa, United States  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Celia Graham,   b. 17 Oct 1813, Ohio ,   d. 10 Apr 1900, Pella, Marion, Iowa, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Married	7 Mar 1833  [3]
  Family ID	F9990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Byron Alson Shaffer,   b. 24 Jul 1854, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States ,   d. 27 Oct 1937, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California  (Age 83 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1903	Pella, Marion, Iowa, United States   [4, 5]
  		Byron Shaffer and Maggie Adams marriage
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F9984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Byron Shaffer and Children This picture was identified by Louise Shaffer Mouchet as having been taken about 1924 or 1925 at Will Shaffer's home in Van Nuys, CA. From left: Lacy. Maggie, Pansy, Ralph, Byron, Mabel, Maggie (Adams) Shaffer, William Shaffer.
  		Birthday! Byron Shaffer with wife Margaret Jane Adams
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Margaret Jane Adams death certificate

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret had evidently not married until 1904. According to family stories she was a mail-order bride. She was cremated by the state and buried in a common grave at Ivy Lawn Cemetery in Ventura.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12259] 1930 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz; 44-1; 11A; Maggie Shaffer; downloaded; 7 June 2015. [S12145] Ventura County death certificate, death certificate; 27 September 2004; Margaret Jane Adams. [S12272] The Pella Blade, Brieflets and Personals; 16 June 1891; 57th Anniversary of Josiah and Celia Adams celebrated a few days earlier.; downloaded; 12 December 2016. [S12155] Iowa marriage index. [S12273] Marriages, Iowa, 1880-1937, downloaded; 15 December 2016; Marriage of Byron A Shaffer and Maggie J Adams, image 212, certificate #1158.