Brief Life History of Elmer Edwin
When Elmer Edwin Sheffer was born about 1863, in Indiana, United States, his father, Oliver Hazzard Perry Sheffer, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Crider, was 37. He married Olga Edith Grosskrentz on 21 December 1887, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in El Paso, Colorado, United States in 1885 and Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States for about 30 years. He died in July 1933, at the age of 71, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States.
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- Elmer E Sheffer in household of Olave H Sheffer, "Colorado State Census, 1885"
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- E Elmer Sheffer, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
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about 1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: El Paso, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: El Paso, Colorado, United States
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Schaefer .
Americanized form of German Scheffer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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