1. | SHAFER, Jacob William was born on 4 Nov 1860 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY (son of SHAFER, William Eugene and VOGT, Christianna); died on 2 Feb 1942 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
Born in log cabin on what is now Lafayette Avenue in the city of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. He was a dairy farmer for 4 decades on Witmer Road and was school trustee, Town welfare officer and helped build the old gorge scenic railroad. He was one of the first wholesale dairy farmers to supply milk to the City of Niagara Falls.
Niagara Gazette
JACOB SHAFER DIES
Retired Farmer Was Lifelong Town of Niagara Resident.
Jacob W. Shafer, 81-year-old retired farmer and lifelong resident of the Town of Niagara, died this morning in the family homestead in the Witmer road, where he had resided for the last 54 years. Born in the Town of Niagara on Nov. 4, 1860, Mr. Shafer attended the old Cleveland avenue school at Suspension Bridge and graduated from the Northwestern Business college at Mapleville, Ill., in 1881. He was married on April 3, 1888, to Kathleen Laur, who died five years ago. He is survived by four sons and a daughter, William J., Roy W., Lawrence R. and J. Carl Shafer, and a daughter, Mrs, Arthur Wittcopp, all of Niagara Falls, and a sister, Mrs. R. J. Brandt, of Lockport. The funeral will be held from the Redanz funeral home at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, with services at the Zion Lutheran church at 2 p.m., Burial will be in Riverdale cemetery.
Jacob married LAUR, Katharine on 3 Apr 1888 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Katharine (daughter of LAUR, Vitus and RUSS, Catharina) was born in Jul 1869 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 May 1936 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- SHAFER, William Jacob was born on 8 Apr 1889 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 20 Oct 1948 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY.
- SHAFER was born in May 1890 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died before 1900 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
- SHAFER, Vitus Arthur was born on 2 Aug 1891 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 28 Dec 1891 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY.
- SHAFER, Roy Wilfred was born on 11 Jan 1896 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 24 May 1981 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Far Left.
- SHAFER, Lorenz Ruben was born on 1 Sep 1900 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Dec 1968 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY.
- SHAFER, Johannes Karl was born on 15 Aug 1903 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 17 Jan 1971 in Middleport, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Hartland Cemetery, Gasport, NY.
- SHAFER, Mildred Katharina was born on 24 May 1908 in Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Oct 1997 in Clinton, Oneida County, NY; was buried in Resthaven Memorial, North Tonawanda, NY.
- SHAFER, Ruth Christianna was born on 23 Sep 1910 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 18 Jun 1935 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY.
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