Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1900 U.S. Census Record for H. Shaftner Household in San Francisco, Calif.

This week's Tuesday treasure is the 1900 United States Census record for the Herman Schaffner family enumerated in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California:


The "H. Schaftner" household entry:



The extracted information for this household, residing at 1014 Castro Street, is:

*  H. Shaftner - head, white, male, born Nov 1851, age 48, married, for 25 years, born New York, parents born Germany/Germany, Grand Secretary, can speak English, can read and write, owns home with a mortgage. 
*  Mary Shaftner - wife, white, female, born Nov 1854, age 45, married, for 25 years, 3 children born, 3 living, born Massachusetts, parents born Canada/Ireland, can speak English, can read and write
*  Paul Shaftner - son, white, male, born Aug 1878, age 21, single, born California, parents born New York/Ireland, stenographer, can speak English, can read and write
*  Herman Shaftner - son, white, male, born June 1881, age 18, single, born California, parents born New York/Ireland, stenographer, can speak English, can read and write

*  Fredie Shaftner - son, white, male, born Mar 1888, age 12, single, born California, parents born New York/Ireland, at school, can speak English, can read and write

The source citation for this record is:

1900 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, San Francisco County, California, San Francisco city; ED 132, Sheet 13B, Lines 57-61, H. Shaftner household; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 103.

The head of household in this family is Herman Schaffner, not "Shaftner."  Herman and Mary Ann (Paul) Schaffner are my wife's great-grandparents, through their eldest son, Paul Schaffner (1878-1934), who married Edna McKnew in 1906.


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