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The Shearer Family
Parents of Elizabeth Shearer Strausbaugh
George Shearer was born about 1806 in Wurtemberg, Germany, and died about 1885 in Jackson, Cambria Co., PA; Margaret Stifford was born about 1805 in PA, and died about 1885 in PA.[1]
They had five daughters:
i. Elizabeth Shearer (1830-1923) m. Peter Strausbaugh ii. Magdalene Strausbaugh b. about 1836 iii. Margaret Strausbaugh b. about 1838 iv. Emaline Strausbaugh b. about 1839 v. Rebecca Strausbaugh b. about 1842
The family is found in the Cambria County, PA census as follows:
1850: George Shearer, 50, occupation miller Margaret 47 Elizabeth 22 Magdalene 14 Margaret 12 Emaline 11 Rebecca 8
1860, p. 323: George Shearer, 58, farmer Margaret 55 Magdalene 23 Margaret 22 Emma 19 Rebecca 14
1870 p. 292: George Shearer 76, farmer, b. Prussia Margaret 66, PA Magdaline 31 b. PA Elizabeth Sifford 90, b. PA. {This is probably Margaret's mother)
1880 Jackson twp, p. 285C: George Shearer 78 b. Wurtemberg, occ. Miller, both parents b. Wurtemberg; wife Margaret 73 b. PA, both parents b. PA; dtr Magdelene 40 b. PA. |
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[1] LDS Ancestry Record submitted by Betty Beard.
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