SHEARER

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.