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Helen Carter Johnston

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Name Helen Carter Johnston Born 21 Aug 1853 Warrensberg, Missouri Gender Female Died 16 Nov 1941 Taft, Kern, California [1]
- California birth index says she died in Taft. Los Angeles County birth index says she died in the city of Los Angeles.
Buried IOOF Mem. Pk. Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Person ID I715 Mouchet-Roberts genealogy Last Modified 30 Aug 2020
Father George William Johnston Mother Sarah Knight Family ID F11450 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elmer Elsworth Shaffer, b. 28 May 1861, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
Married 3 Jan 1889 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States [2]
E E Shaffer marriage to Helen Johnston Children 1. Lucile M Shaffer, b. Abt 1892, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 Family ID F11417 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Lee Russell shoots Maggie Shaffer
"Aunt Helen" is Helen Carter Johnston Shaffer, wife of E.E. Shaffer
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Notes - Birth, death and parent data comes from the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home records transcribed by the Taft Genealogical Society and displayed on Rootsweb.
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Sources - [S12170] California Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQ9-DSN; 23 December 2015; Death of Helen Carter Shaffer; 16 November 1941.
- [S12173] California, County Marriages, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DX-9P1 also https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ZF-614; 17 June 2015; Elmer E Shaffer and Helen C Johnston; 3 January 1889; Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,033,138.
- [S12170] California Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQ9-DSN; 23 December 2015; Death of Helen Carter Shaffer; 16 November 1941.