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Personal data Lela E. Shaffer 


Household of Lela E. Shaffer

She is married to Ethol Alton First.

They got married on August 12, 1924 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, she was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Janette E. First  1927-2009 


Notes about Lela E. Shaffer

Lela E. Shaffer

Sources: Author: Johnson, Marilynn; Title: "Lela E Shaffer First," (Publication location: Portland, MI, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: v Sept MMXIII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116576798/lela-e-first

"Photo [woman at tel. switchboard] added by Marilynn Johnson
Picture of [stone shared with Ethol A. First] Added by Laurel Luscher Manning
Picture of [newspaper clipping about daughter's accident] Added by Marilynn Johnson

Lela E Shaffer First Birth 27 Aug 1902 Death 1961 (aged 58 - 59) Burial Portland Cemetery Portland, Ionia County, Michigan, USA Plot Section C1 73 10 Memorial ID 116576798

Lela was the daughter of Julia and Cyrus Shaffer. She marrried Ethol First on August 12, 1924.
She was the mother of Janette E. First Sutherland and Lucille First Walters.

Portland Review; Feb. 9, 1950:
The old Sowles Hotel, home of Mrs. Lela First, on Broad Street (the west side continuation of Bridge Street) has been sold to Frank Davenport, who lives in the next home south, facing on Market Street. It is probable Mr. Davenport will transform the First place into a plumbing shop (later home of Snitgen Plumbing & Heating). Mrs. First is one of the Michigan Bell operators being transferred when dial goes into effect here, and she will go to Ionia. The First property was years ago the Sowles Hotel, one of the oldest buildings in town. It stands just west of the Nazarene Church, and within a block northwest of the site of the Aunt Polly Clark home, which Fred Jarvis tore down last summer, after it had stood for well over a century.

Burial Oct 2, 1961.

Parents
Photo [stone shared with Julia Shaffer] Cyrus Shaffer 1853 - 1935
Photo [stone shared with Cyrus Shaffer] Julia Ann Reinsmith Shaffer 1860 - 1943

Spouse
Photo [stone shared with Lela E. First] Ethol Alton First 1904 - 1948

Siblings

Photo [her stone] Dora E Shaffer Holton 1878 - 1900
Photo [her death certificate] Gertrude Bell Shaffer Guy 1881 - 1918
Photo [stone shared with John A. Guy] Addie M Shaffer Guy 1883 - 1972
Photo [her portion of stone shared with Edward B Cheal & William R Cheal] Verna Shaffer Cheal 1885 - 1966
Photo [her portion of stone shared with Roy W Litchfield] Loretta J Shaffer Litchfield 1888 - 1979
Photo [stone shared with May F. Shaffer] Claud James Shaffer 1891 - 1965
Photo [stone shared with Ellizabeth Shaffer] Elmer Cyrus Shaffer 1894 - 1988

Children

Photo [stone shared with Robert C. Walter] Lucille E. First Walter 1925 - 2010
Janette E. Sutherland 1927 - 2009

Created by: Marilynn Johnson Added: 5 Sep 2013 Find a Grave Memorial 116576798"

Author: Hill, Elizabeth; Johnson, Matthew Scott; Title: "Lela E. Shaffer," (Publication location: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: FamilySearch, Publication date: iii Oct MMXXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GW55-BZH

"... Lela E. Shaffer Last Changed: September 23, 2020 by Elizabeth Hill Sex Female Last Changed: August 24, 2020 by Matthew Scott Johnson Birth 27 August 1902 Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan, United States Death 1961
...
Alternate Name Birth Name Leila Shaffer
Residence 1910 Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan, United States
Residence 1930 Danby, Ionia, Michigan, United States Census
...
Residence 1940 Portland, Portland Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States
...
Spouses and Children

Ethol Alton First 1904 - 1948
Marriage: 12 August 1924
Lela E. Shaffer 1902 - 1961

Children of Lela E. Shaffer and Ethol Alton First (2)

[1] Lucile E First 1925 - 2010
[2] Janette First 1927 - 2009

Parents and Siblings

Cyrus Shaffer 1853 - 1935
Marriage: 4 July 1877 Vermontville, Eaton, Michigan, United States
Julia Ann Reinsmith 1860 - 1943

Children of Julia Ann Reinsmith and Cyrus Shaffer (9)

[1] Dora A. Shaffer 1878 - 1900
[2] Gertrude Bell Shaffer 1881 - 1918
[3] Addie M. Shaffer 1883 - 1972
[4] Verna Shaffer 1885 - 1966
[5] Julia Shaffer 1888 - Deceased
[6] Luretta Shaffer 1888 - 1979
[7] Claud J. Shaffer 1891 - 1965
[8] Elmer Cyrus Shaffer 1894 - 1988
[9] Lela E. Shaffer 1902 - 1961"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Lela E. Shaffer

Lela E. Shaffer
1902-< 1961

1924

Ethol Alton First
1904-1948

Janette E. First
1927-2009

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Historical events

Birthday August 27, 1902

  • The temperature on August 27, 1902 was between 10.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
    • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
    • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
    • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
    • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

Day of marriage August 12, 1924

  • The temperature on August 12, 1924 was between 11.8 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
    • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
    • May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
    • September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
    • October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
    • November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

Day of burial October 2, 1961

  • The temperature on October 2, 1961 was between 11.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
    • February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
    • April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
    • July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
    • September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
    • September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


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