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Johannes Schafer
(1717-1785)
Anna Gertraud Stahring
(1717-1767)
Frederick Shaeffer (U.E.L.)
(1760-1818)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Katarina Ecker

Frederick Shaeffer (U.E.L.) 1 2 3

  • Born: 14 Aug 1760, Schoharie, Albany (Schoharie), New York, (United States)
  • Marriage (1): Katarina Ecker on 11 Oct 1786 in Williamsburgh, Lunenburg District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Quebec (Ontario), (Canada)
  • Died: 26 Apr 1818, Osnabruck (South Stormont), Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada at age 57
  • Buried: Memorial Hill Cemetery, Lunenburg, Osnabruck Twp, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada 4

   Other names for Frederick were Frederick Schaeffer, Frederick Shaver (U.E.L.) and Fredrick Shaver.

  Research Notes:

His surname is spelled "Shaeffer" in a transcription of his tombstone at http://www3.bell.net/gaylesen/cemeteries1.html.

From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bill_r&id=I23762:
The alternate spelling of the name Shaver is Schaeffer. Frederick and Katarina had nine ckildren Peter, Hannah (Anna), Sarah, Mary Elizabeth (Marilia), Catherine, Margaret, Eva, Nickolas, and John Frederick. Their homestead was lot 6, 4 concession Osnabruck, Ontario. Frederick served with Butler's Rangers. Will of Frederick Shaver, dated 24 March 1818

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=9c9b4800-19dd-4d23-9560-505fcb3df1bc&tid=8345250&pid=-963362537

Frederick Shaver, United Empire Loyalist
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=800a5675-a799-4af7-ba4c-e98fdc5fe7c5&tid=8345250&pid=-963362537

Tombstone for Frederick Shaver / Shaeffer and family
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=5f973157-f736-4fa5-9416-0201a6c65508&tid=8345250&pid=-963362537

  Noted events in his life were:

• Served: as a Private in Butler's Rangers during the Revolutionary War, 1778-1784.

• Owned: Lot 6 of Concession 4, Abt 1784, Osnabruck Twp, Lunenburg District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Quebec (Ontario), Canada. 3

• Will, 24 Mar 1818.


Frederick married Katarina Ecker, daughter of Peter Ecker and Maria Elizabeth Rickert, on 11 Oct 1786 in Williamsburgh, Lunenburg District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Quebec (Ontario), (Canada). (Katarina Ecker was born on 13 Mar 1761 in Schoharie, Albany (Schoharie), New York, (United States) and died on 15 Feb 1820 in Osnabruck (South Stormont), Stormont, Eastern District (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada.)


Sources


1 <i>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi</i>. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3047155&id=I582498305 (Rosemary Benson).

2 <i>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi</i>. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dmuir1&id=I7108.

3 <i>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi</i>. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bill_r&id=I23762.

4 Website:, http://www3.bell.net/gaylesen/cemeteries1.html Transcriptions of gravestones at Memorial HIll Cemetery. Cit. Date: 2000.


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