Re: Shaffner family in North Carolina
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Shaffner family in North Carolina
2/17/02
The Shaffners in North Carolina are also the same as the Shofners or Shaeffner.Michael Shoffner or Schaeffner was born 26 JUN 1721 near Frankfurt, Germany. He married Margaretha Fogleman (also spelled Vogleman) in 1751.She was Dutch from Holland.They are buried in Alamance, Orange Co., NC.I believe it is in St. Paul's Lutheran Church cemetery.Anyway, Michael and Margaretha had 10 children:Eva,Polly,George A.,Peter,Magdalena,Michael,John,Martin,and Sally.Because of Dutch tradition, children were always named for grandparents so that is the way you can track your ancestors.I believe Henry is a descendant.Contact me and I will do a search for you since I know I have seen some Henry Shofners.If he stayed there in NC he didn't change the spelling of his name.
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Re: Shaffner family in North Carolina
Bob Baird 2/27/03