SHAFER, Jacob William
1860 - 1942 (81 years)-
Name SHAFER, Jacob William Nickname Jet Birth 4 Nov 1860 Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Male Death 2 Feb 1942 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY Burial Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY Person ID I8963 Laur from Germany Last Modified 6 Aug 2020
Father SHAFER, William Eugene, b. Dec 1836, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY d. 1918, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 81 years) Mother VOGT, Christianna, b. Feb 1837, PA d. 1906, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 68 years) Marriage Abt 1859 Jefferson County, NY Family ID F4032 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family LAUR, Katharine, b. Jul 1869, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 18 May 1936, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 66 years) Marriage 3 Apr 1888 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY Children 1. SHAFER, William Jacob, b. 8 Apr 1889, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 20 Oct 1948, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 59 years)2. SHAFER, b. May 1890, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. Bef 1900, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 9 years)3. SHAFER, Vitus Arthur, b. 2 Aug 1891, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 28 Dec 1891, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 0 years)4. SHAFER, Roy Wilfred, b. 11 Jan 1896, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 24 May 1981, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 85 years)5. SHAFER, Lorenz Ruben, b. 1 Sep 1900, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 14 Dec 1968, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 68 years)6. SHAFER, Johannes Karl, b. 15 Aug 1903, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 17 Jan 1971, Middleport, Niagara County, NY (Age 67 years)7. SHAFER, Mildred Katharina, b. 24 May 1908, Niagara County, NY d. 14 Oct 1997, Clinton, Oneida County, NY (Age 89 years)8. SHAFER, Ruth Christianna, b. 23 Sep 1910, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 18 Jun 1935, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 24 years)Family ID F3983 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
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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.
- 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.