Klida Valera Correll

Brief Life History of Klida Valera

When Klida Valera Correll was born on 16 February 1876, in Rush Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Allen Christian Correll, was 29 and her mother, Caroline Neifert, was 30. She married Samuel Schafer on 26 June 1895, in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 12 November 1965, in Hazleton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Barnesville, Ryan Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Schafer
1872–1940
Klida Valera Correll
1876–1965
Marriage: 26 June 1895
Josiah Allen Shafer
1896–1967
Esther H. Shafer
1897–1945
Edward P Schafer
1899–1901
Mary L Shafer
1901–1991
Alonzo Lester Shafer
1903–1944
Wilbert C Shafer
1905–1985
Sarah Kathryn Shafer
1907–1995
Samuel Clair Shafer
1910–1971
Leonard Clyde Shafer
1915–1996
Russel Woodrow Shafer
1918–1918
Ronald Wilson Shafer
1918–2004

Sources (19)

  • Clyde V Schaeffer in household of Samuel Schaeffer, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Klida Correll, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Klida V Shafer, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and North Yorkshire): habitational name from one or more lost or unidentified places such as Corewell in Holford (Somerset).

Irish: perhaps a variant of Kirrell, an Anglicized form of Ó Coirill (probably ‘descendant of Cairell’, an unexplained personal name).

Americanized form of German Korell .

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

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