When Malissa Dane was born on 10 October 1860, in Rockport, Spencer, Indiana, United States, her father, John Alexander Dane, was 45 and her mother, Susannah Paseley, was 34. She married William Manford Shafer on 2 March 1888. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States in 1920 and Payette, Payette, Idaho, United States in 1930. She died on 6 April 1933, in Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States.
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Historical Boundaries - 1861: Baker, Oregon, United States; 1864: Union, Oregon, United States
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Dutch: variant of Daane .
Irish (Fermanagh): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Déaghain ‘descendant of the dean’, but also of English origin, a variant of Dean .
English: variant of Dann .
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