Left to Right: 1) Clarence Lee Shafer, daughter Delphia, and wife Mabel E. (Peterson) c. 1929; 2) Delphia Shafer, high school graduation photo, c. 1933; 3) Delphia Shafer, probable nursing school graduation photo, c. 1935.
Clarence Ray Shafer (1891 - 1968) and Mabel E. Peterson Wilson (1893 - 1982)
Clarence Ray Shafer was born 05 Feb 1891 in Garrison, Benton County, Iowa, USA. He was the son of Elmer Elsworth Shafer and Anna Mabel Backer. He died Apr 1968 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA.
Mabel E. Peterson was born 14 Apr 1893 in Taylor Twp., Benton County, Iowa, USA. She was the daughter of Edward Peterson (Jan 1855, Norway - ?, Taylor Twp., Benton County, Iowa, USA) and Martha Olson (Jan 1856, Norway - ?, Taylor Twp., Benton County, Iowa, USA). She died Sep 1982 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA.
They married Abt. 1915 in Benton County, Iowa, USA. They had one daughter:
Delphia E. Shafer (13 Apr 1916, Benton County, Iowa, USA - Dec 1987, Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA)
Notes for Clarence Ray Shafer:
DOB/DOM: Helene M. Vaubel, 1990
Living in LaPorte City in 1939
Up til 1910, living with father.
1920 census, Police Jury Ward 4, St Charles, Louisiana: Shafer, Ray head 28 IA OH USA farmer; Mabel wife 27 IA NORWAY NORWAY; Delphia dau 4 9/12 IA.
1925 Iowa census, Benton Co.: Shafer, Ray 34 IA father= Shafer Elmer OH 62 mother= Baker, Anna US - ; Mabel wife 32 IA father= Peterson, Edward Norway - mother = Olson, Martha Norway 65; Delphia daughter, 8.
1930 census, Cedar, Benton, IA: Shafer (indexed as Shafor), Ray head 39 M when 24 IA IA IA farmer; Mabel E. wife 37 M when 22; IA NORWAY NORWAY; Delpha E. dau 13 S IA.
Social Security Death Index Name: Ray Shafer SSN: 479-26-8975 Last Residence: 50702 Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States of America Born: 5 Feb 1891 Died: Apr 1968 State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)
Notes for Mabel E. Peterson:
1925 IA state census, Benton Co.: Shafer (indexed as Shofer), Mabel wife (to Ray Shafer) 32 b. IA; fa: Peterson, Edward Norway not living; mo: Olson, Martha Norway 65 they were married in IA.
Social Security Death Index Name: Mabel Shafer SSN: 480-60-8541Last Residence: 50702 Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States of America Born: 14 Apr 1893 Died: Sep 1982 State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (1963)
Photographs
Left to Right: 1) Clarence Lee Shafer, daughter Delphia, and
wife Mabel E. (Peterson) c. 1929; 2) Delphia Shafer, high school graduation
photo, c. 1933; 3) Delphia Shafer, probable nursing school graduation photo, c.
1935.
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