Joan and Keith's Family HistorySurnamesEmail JoanHenry SHIFFER and his DescendantsHenry SHIFFER
Henry's Notes:
1820 CENSUS, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA, page 292: Henry SHIFFER listed. 1850 CENSUS, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, PA: "Henry SHAFFER", 68 years, born PA, mason. Living with wife, Elizabeth, and son, Conrad. 1860 CENSUS, Plains, Luzerne, PA: 77 years, born PA, stone mason, $800, $150. Living with wife, Elizabeth, 2 children and 3 grandchildren. (Henry's son, Martin, and his family are living next door.) Baptismal records of Saint Peters Church, Plainfield, in The Forks of the Delaware by Reverend Henry Martyn Kieffer, D.D., Genealogiacal Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1973, page 358: Sponsors at Henry's baptism were Henry Houser and his wife, Margaret. Henry was confirmed 24 Apr 1802, at 19 years of age. Henry operated The Halfway House in Plains Twp, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania. Burial Records, Ancestry.com: Henry SHIFFER, No. 501; born 1783; died 1867. Buried June 30, 1867 in cemetery lot belonging to Martin SHIFFER. (Cemetery begins with "H", in Wilkes-Barre.) Family information from Dale Berger, Ancestry.com Henry married
Elizabeth 's Notes:
1850 CENSUS, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA: 62 years, born PA. Living with spouse, Henry SHAFFER and son. 1860 CENSUS, Plains, Luzerne, PA: 71 years, born PA, keeping house. Living with spouse, Henry SHIFFER, 2 children and 3 grandchildren. From Dale Berger: Elizabeth was christened at Dryland Union Church, Hecktown, Lower Nazareth Twp, Northampton Co, PA. The sponsors at Elizabeth's baptism were her parents. Her marriage to Henry SHIFFER appears in records of the First Reformed Church, Easton, PA. After the birth of their first two children, Henry and Elizabeth moved to what is now Plains Twp, Luzerne Co, PA, where Henry was the proprietor of Half Way HOUSE. Henry and Elizabeth had the following children:
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