Person:Magdalena Shaffer (1)

Watchers
  • HJohn SharpAbt 1763 - 1827
  • WMagdalena ShafferAbt 1772 - 1838
m. Abt 1795
  1. Catherine Sharp1797 - Abt 1860
  2. Margaret Sharp1800 -
  3. Elizabeth Jane SharpAbt 1802 -
  4. John A SharpAbt 1805 -
  5. Mary Ann Sharp1807 - 1887
  6. Robert Philip SharpAbt 1812 -
Facts and Events
Name Magdalena Shaffer
Alt Name[1] Lena Chofer
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1772 Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
Marriage Abt 1795 New York City, New York, United Statesto John Sharp
Death? 7 Aug 1838 New York City, New York, United States
Burial? German Reformed Cemetery, New York City, New York, United StatesForsyth St.
Alt Burial? Jan 1847 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United Statesreinterred

Research Notes

  • The remains in the German Reformed churchyard were removed to Green-Wood cemetery in Jan 1847 (per Carolee Inskeep, The GraveYard Shift, p 73).
References
  1. Olmsted, Henry King (1824-1896), and George Kemp Ward (1848-1937). Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmstead and Covering a Period of Nearly Three Centuries, 1632-1912. (New York: A. T. DeLaMare, 1912)
    423.

    ... Mary Ann Sharp; b. Aug. 10, 1807; d. Mar. 21, 1887; dau. of John and Lena (Chofer) Sharp, of New York City. ...
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    [cos1776 note: Lena Chofer = Magdelena Schaffer]