Brief Life History of Susan
When Susan Shaffer was born on 1 April 1806, in South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Moses Shaffer, was 21 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Swingle, was 19. She married Jacob Swingle about 1826, in Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lake Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 9 January 1892, in South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Susan Springer in household of Abel Enslin, "United States Census, 1880"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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