Rebecca Shaffer

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Shaffer was born on 19 February 1813, in Ohio, United States, her father, James Shaffer, was 24 and her mother, Margaret Brooks, was 23. She married John Franklin Berfield in 1831, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 13 April 1893, in Wharton Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Grove Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Franklin Berfield
1800–1874
Rebecca Shaffer
1813–1893
Marriage: 1831
Josiah Berfield
1831–1917
Margaret Berfield
1832–1913
Stephen Berfield
1833–1865
James Shaffer Berfield
1834–1862
John Franklin Berfield Jr
1835–1874
Anna Elizabeth Berfield
1837–1918
Benjamin Franklin Berfield
1839–1924
Sarah Jane Berfield
1840–1910
Henry Berfield
1842–1928
Mary Berfield
1843–1923
George Washington Berfield
1844–1923
Francis Marion Berfield
1846–1927
William M. Berfield
1848–1928
Jacob Berfield
1849–1927
Bigler Berfield
1850–1906
Charles Westley Berfield
1853–1925
Rebecca Berfield
1854–1866
Valentine Berfield
1856–1857

Sources (19)

  • Rebecca Berfield in household of John Berfield, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Rebecca Shaffer Berfield, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Rebecca in entry for Charles Wesley Berfield and Vina Nelson, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Schäffer (see Schaffer 2), Schaffer 1, or Schäfer (see Schaefer ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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