George Mansfield Sheffer - Revision history

Liz: /* Photo Gallery */ Image Geo.M Sheffer age 17, with accompanying story

2021-03-11T01:46:37Z

‎Photo Gallery: Image Geo.M Sheffer age 17, with accompanying story

Liz: gravestone Hattie L. Sheffer, Georgeville Cem. Rockland Venango PA, photo by EBW; corrections (typos?) to birth/death dates in children chart

2015-04-23T14:55:29Z

gravestone Hattie L. Sheffer, Georgeville Cem. Rockland Venango PA, photo by EBW; corrections (typos?) to birth/death dates in children chart

Liz: /* Photo Gallery */ remove names from text box

2014-11-01T10:21:00Z

‎Photo Gallery: remove names from text box

Liz: /* Photo Gallery */ add names to family photo

2014-11-01T10:18:48Z

‎Photo Gallery: add names to family photo

Brady: obituary of George Mansfield Sheffer

2012-06-14T17:24:03Z

obituary of George Mansfield Sheffer

Liz: photo G. M. Sheffer & grandchildren ca 1922

2011-04-25T13:21:58Z

photo G. M. Sheffer & grandchildren ca 1922

Liz: photo Stella Sheffer

2011-04-25T10:05:53Z

photo Stella Sheffer

Liz: add link to Emlenton photos page

2011-04-24T09:38:43Z

add link to Emlenton photos page

Brady: /* Ancestry chart segment */ add dates for Sarah Sheffer

2011-04-08T20:02:47Z

‎Ancestry chart segment: add dates for Sarah Sheffer

Liz: middle name Barbara Anna Bescht ,"Ann" from Hazel Sheffer, "Anna" from 1860 census.

2009-07-19T15:58:22Z

middle name Barbara Anna Bescht ,"Ann" from Hazel Sheffer, "Anna" from 1860 census.

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 = Photo Gallery =
 [[Image:George M Sheffer Family portrait copy.jpg|140px|left|thumb|Family of G. M. Sheffer & Sarah Myers, ca. 1891.]]
 <br style="clear: left"/>Left to right: youngest son Wm. Otis Branfield Sheffer, father G. M. Sheffer, older daughter Bertha Florence Sheffer, (in front) Stella Sheffer, oldest son James Austin G. Sheffer,  mother Sarah Myers (Sheffer), and middle son Plummer N. Sheffer.  The youngest child, Otis Branfield, appears to be about age 5 or younger, so the year might be about 1892.  Daughter Bertha died in an explosion in June of that year.

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-| Hattie Lauretta Sheffer  || F || b. 14 Aug 1878 - d. 2 Sept 1878   ||   ||    ||died age 1 yr. <br>bur. Georgeville Cem.  || <sup class="reference">[12][13]</sup>
+| Hattie Lauretta Sheffer  || F || b. 14 Aug 1877 - d. 12 Sept 1878   ||   ||    ||died age 1 yr. <br>bur. Georgeville Cem.  || <sup class="reference">[12][13]</sup>
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 | Bertha Florence Sheffer  || F || b. 13 Feb 1879 - d. 4 June 1892;<br>bur. Georgeville Cem.   ||   ||    ||Died in explosion, New Kensington PA<br>where residing with her aunt & uncle, M/M L.S. Watson.   || <sup class="reference">[12][13]</sup>
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 [[Image:George M Sheffer Family portrait copy.jpg|140px|left|thumb|Family of G. M. Sheffer & Sarah Myers, ca. 1891.]]
 <br style="clear: left"/>Left to right: youngest son Wm. Otis Branfield Sheffer, father G. M. Sheffer, older daughter Bertha Florence Sheffer, (in front) Stella Sheffer, oldest son James Austin G. Sheffer,  mother Sarah Myers (Sheffer), and middle son Plummer N. Sheffer.  The youngest child, Otis Branfield, appears to be about age 5 or younger, so the year might be about 1892.  Daughter Bertha died in an explosion in June of that year.
   [[Image:Stella Sheffer home.jpg|120px|left|thumb|Stella Sheffer, at home of her parents]][[Image:Elmer, G. M. Sheffer, Ailene, Branny, Hazel, Arthur, Frederick upl.jpg|100px|left|thumb|G. M. Sheffer & grandchildren Elmer, Ailene, Branny, Hazel, Arthur, Fred, ca. 1922]]<br style="clear: left"/>

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 = Photo Gallery =
-[[Image:George M Sheffer Family portrait copy.jpg|140px|left|thumb|Family of G. M. Sheffer & Sarah Myers, ca. 1891. L to R: Wm. Otis, G.M. Sheffer, Bertha, (front) Stella, J. Austin, Sarah Myers, Plummer]]
+[[Image:George M Sheffer Family portrait copy.jpg|140px|left|thumb|Family of G. M. Sheffer & Sarah Myers, ca. 1891.]]
 <br style="clear: left"/>Left to right: youngest son Wm. Otis Branfield Sheffer, father G. M. Sheffer, older daughter Bertha Florence Sheffer, (in front) Stella Sheffer, oldest son James Austin G. Sheffer,  mother Sarah Myers (Sheffer), and middle son Plummer N. Sheffer.  The youngest child, Otis Branfield, appears to be about age 5 or younger, so the year might be about 1892.  Daughter Bertha died in an explosion in June of that year.
   [[Image:Stella Sheffer home.jpg|120px|left|thumb|Stella Sheffer, at home of her parents]][[Image:Elmer, G. M. Sheffer, Ailene, Branny, Hazel, Arthur, Frederick upl.jpg|100px|left|thumb|G. M. Sheffer & grandchildren Elmer, Ailene, Branny, Hazel, Arthur, Fred, ca. 1922]]<br style="clear: left"/>

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 = Photo Gallery =
-[[Image:George M Sheffer Family portrait copy.jpg|140px|left|thumb|Family of G. M. Sheffer & Sarah Myers, ca. 1891]]
+[[Image:George M Sheffer Family portrait copy.jpg|140px|left|thumb|Family of G. M. Sheffer & Sarah Myers, ca. 1891. L to R: Wm. Otis, G.M. Sheffer, Bertha, (front) Stella, J. Austin, Sarah Myers, Plummer]]
 <br style="clear: left"/>Left to right: youngest son Wm. Otis Branfield Sheffer, father G. M. Sheffer, older daughter Bertha Florence Sheffer, (in front) Stella Sheffer, oldest son James Austin G. Sheffer,  mother Sarah Myers (Sheffer), and middle son Plummer N. Sheffer.  The youngest child, Otis Branfield, appears to be about age 5 or younger, so the year might be about 1892.  Daughter Bertha died in an explosion in June of that year.
   [[Image:Stella Sheffer home.jpg|120px|left|thumb|Stella Sheffer, at home of her parents]][[Image:Elmer, G. M. Sheffer, Ailene, Branny, Hazel, Arthur, Frederick upl.jpg|100px|left|thumb|G. M. Sheffer & grandchildren Elmer, Ailene, Branny, Hazel, Arthur, Fred, ca. 1922]]<br style="clear: left"/>
 = Sources =
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 *[[Rail-Joint]], patented 29 June 1909, "relating to railroad construction and improvement of the general construction of rail joints, ...render(ing) it unnecessary to drill or punch the ends of rails for the reception of bolts..."
 *[[Current Motor]], patented 17 Oct 1916, "a device mounted on a float (which) may be raised or lowered...to provide for variations in water conditions....for operating the said motor in a direction to propel the boat or scow..."
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+<br>([[Emlenton, Pennsylvania]])
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 !  || Date || Location || Notes || Sources

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    |  (1880-1960)            |                                  (1824-1890)
    |                         +-- Sarah Myers
-   |                             (????-???? )
+   |                             (1853-1910 )
+   |
    +-- [[Anna Catherine "Annie" Kline]]

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                                                             +-- [[Jacob Best Sheffer]]--+                       +-- Catherine Dorothea Trope (Sipe)
                                                             |   (1814-1900)         |
-                             +-- ''George Mansfield Sheffer'' --+                       +-- Barbara Bescht/Best
+                             +-- ''George Mansfield Sheffer'' --+                       +-- Barbara Anna Bescht/Best
                              |   (1847-1937 )               |
    +--[[James Austin Sheffer]] --+                              +-- Sarah Linn