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Margaret Jane Adams
1857 - 1943

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• Birth	17 Oct 1857	Harvey, Marion, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 Feb 1943	Camarillo, Ventura, California
  Buried	4 Feb 1943	Ivy Lawn Cemetery, Ventura, Ventura, California
  Person ID	I380	Ancestors of Sarah Mouchet
  Last Modified	09 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Josiah Adams,   b. 5 Jun 1807, Delaware ,   d. 27 Mar 1898, Pella, Marion, Iowa
  Mother	Celia Graham,   b. 17 Oct 1813, Ohio ,   d. 9 Apr 1900, Pella, Marion, Iowa
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Byron Alson Shaffer,   b. 24 Jul 1853, Illinois ,   d. 27 Oct 1937, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
  Married	13 Oct 1903	Pella, Marion, Iowa
  Family ID	F152	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Byron and Margaret Shaffer Wedding picture, taken in 1904
  		Byron Shaffer family: Lacy, Maggie, Pansy, Ralph, Byron, Mable, Maggie (Byron's second wife), and William Taken at William's new house in Van Nuys, about 1925.

  
  

  Documents		Byron and Maggie Shaffer in the 1926 Polk directory for Santa Cruz
  		Byron Shaffer and Margaret Adams marriage certificate
  		Death certificate of Margaret Jane Adams
  		Marriage notice of Byron A. Shaffer and Margaret J. Adams From the Pella Cronicle, Pella, Iowa on Thursday, October 22, 1903

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret had evidently not married until 1904. According to family stories she was a mail-order bride. She was cremated by the state and buried in a common grave at Ivy Lawn Cemetery in Ventura.