Sevilla Shaffer1

F, #70, b. 25 May 1857, d. 2 June 1923
Last Edited=9 Dec 2018
     Age at death, according to the cemetery listing, was 66 years, 7 days. Sevilla Shaffer was born on 25 May 1857.2 She was baptized on 12 July 1857, St. David's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Hebe, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA; Name listed as "Sivilla," while her parents are listed as "Daniel Scheffer and wf. Polly."2 She married Daniel Klinger Jr. circa 1877; In the 1900 Census, listed as married 23 years. Sevilla Shaffer died on 2 June 1923, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 66.3,4 She was buried on 5 June 1923, at Zion (Klinger's) Church Cemetery, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.4,5

Child of Sevilla Shaffer and Daniel Klinger Jr.

Citations

  1. [S9] Lois Green Schoffstall, A History of the Shaffer-Miller Schrawder Families (Privately Published, 1980), p. 34, (gives spelling of name as "Sybilla Shaffer"). Hereinafter cited as Shaffer-Miller-Schrawder Families.
  2. [S169] Glenn P. Schwalm and Phillip Rice, compiler, Church Records of St. David's Lutheran and Reformed Church (1829-1915) (Closson Press, Appollo, PA: Schuylkill Roots, 1995), p. 21. Hereinafter cited as St. David's Church (Hebe) Records.
  3. [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Zion (Klinger's) Church History (Erdman, PA: Zion (Klinger's) Church, 1987), part II, p. 297 (cemetery listing). Hereinafter cited as Klinger's Church History.
  4. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 69061; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  5. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29370362. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.