Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
Spouses
Birth16 Oct 1851, PA, USA240
Death4 Aug 1898
FatherThomas CASSEDY (1813-1875)
MotherSusan A. MUCHLER (1825-)
Marriage14 Mar 1871
ChildrenMignon (Minnie) Cassedy (1872-1942)
Charles D. (1876-)
Rubena (Ruby) (1880-)
Ida Hope (1883->1930)
Notes for George Robert SHAEFFER
1869: elected treasurer of newly formed Washington Camp, No. 112 of Patriotic Sons of America.
1880 census: age 32 in Canon City, CO with wife Susie, dau. Minnie, Ruby and son, Charles120
1900 census: 501 River St., Canon City, CO, age 52, widower, Real Estate with children Minnie, Charles D., Ruby E., Ida H. 121
George Shaffer was born in Pennsylvania October 14, 1847. His school facilities were very limited. When fifteen years of age, he went to learn the jeweler's trade. In 1866, he went to Missouri, and clerked in a warehouse, and was also Captain of a steamer on the Osage River when he was only nineteen years of age. In 1868, he returned to Shenandoah, Penn., and went into the jewelry business with a capital of only $200. Here he remained, doing a successful business till 1879, when he emigrated to Colorado and established the same business in Canon City, under the firm name of Shaffer & Cassedy. 241 In1880, the Fremont County Record reported the partners "have opened a magnificent stock ofwatches, clocks, jewelry, specialties, etc.," on Main Street. The building was located at 424 Main St.
1880 census: age 32 in Canon City, CO with wife Susie, dau. Minnie, Ruby and son, Charles120
1900 census: 501 River St., Canon City, CO, age 52, widower, Real Estate with children Minnie, Charles D., Ruby E., Ida H. 121
George Shaffer was born in Pennsylvania October 14, 1847. His school facilities were very limited. When fifteen years of age, he went to learn the jeweler's trade. In 1866, he went to Missouri, and clerked in a warehouse, and was also Captain of a steamer on the Osage River when he was only nineteen years of age. In 1868, he returned to Shenandoah, Penn., and went into the jewelry business with a capital of only $200. Here he remained, doing a successful business till 1879, when he emigrated to Colorado and established the same business in Canon City, under the firm name of Shaffer & Cassedy. 241 In1880, the Fremont County Record reported the partners "have opened a magnificent stock ofwatches, clocks, jewelry, specialties, etc.," on Main Street. The building was located at 424 Main St.