Elizabeth B. Sholder1,2,3

F, (April 1833 - 14 June 1916)
Relationship
5th great-granddaughter of Martin Scholderer
Charts
Martin Scholderer descendants (Remmingsheim, Württemberg)
     Elizabeth B. Sholder was born in April 1833 at Centre County, Pennsylvania.4,5 She was the daughter of Christian August Scholderer and Anna Margareta Lutscher.1 Elizabeth B. Sholder married Thomas Mahaffey, son of William Mahaffey and Susan Bowers, in 1854.6,1,3,5 Elizabeth B. Sholder died on 14 June 1916 at age 83 years and 2 months. She was buried on 16 June 1916 in the Mound Cemetery, located in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
     Elizabeth B. Sholder was probably included as a free white female, between the age of 5 and under 10 years, in Christian August Scholderer's household, enumerated 1 June 1840 in the Sixth Census for the United States of America, Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.7

Elizabeth B. Sholder was listed as living in the household of Christian August Scholderer in the Seventh Census for the United States of America, enumerated on 19 September 1850 Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, age 17 born in Pennsylvania.8

She was enumerated on 28 July 1860 as a resident in the household of Thomas Mahaffey in the Eighth Census for the United States of America, in the State of Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, Old Lycoming Township as "Eliz W. Mehaffey" age 27 being born in Pennsylvania.9 Elizabeth B. Sholder and Thomas Mahaffey appeared on the census of 10 June 1880 at Hughesville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth B. Sholder and Thomas Mahaffey appeared on the census of 2 July 1900 at New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth B. Sholder and Thomas Mahaffey appeared on the census of 3 May 1910 at Lycoming Street, Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth B. Sholder appears in family photograph on 24 August 1912 Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. This was taken as a part of a family reunion in which this photograph appeared in the Sunday Grit on 1 September 1912. She appears in family portrait on 24 August 1912.

Children of Elizabeth B. Sholder and Thomas Mahaffey

Last Edited=11 Jan 2013

Citations

  1. [S14] John F Meginness, History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (Baltimore, Maryland: prepared by Lycoming Historical Society; Gateway Press, Inc., 1990 reprint of 1892 original), p. 1135.
  2. [S639] Thos Mehaffey household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, New Berry post office, page 616 stamped, page 150 written, dwelling 990, lines 4 through 7. Digital image of the microfilm publication series: M653; roll: 1137 from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images online; Ann Arbor, Michigan: ProQuest Information and Learning Company) http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, subscription database, accessed 11 March 2006. The entry on line 5 shows her name as Eliz W. Mehaffey.
  3. [S29] Estelle Kinports Davis and Mary E. Mahaffey Carst, Mahaffey Descendants 1600-1914, Sketch of Reunions, Historical Records and Biographical Genealogy of Mahaffey Descendants (Harrisburg, Penna.: Central Printing and Publishing House, 1914), p. 18.
  4. [S639] Thos Mehaffey household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, page 616 stamped, page 150 written, dwelling 990, lines 4 through 7. Online http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, accessed 11 March 2006. The entry on line 5 shows the age of Eliz W. Mehaffey as 27 being born in Pennsylvania, making her year of birth circa 1833.
  5. [S29] Estelle Kinports Davis and Mary E. Mahaffey Carst, Mahaffey Descendants 1600-1914, p. 31.
  6. [S639] Thos Mehaffey household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, page 616 stamped, page 150 written, dwelling 990, lines 4 through 7. Online http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, accessed 11 March 2006.
  7. [S525] C. A. Shoulder household, 1840 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Lycoming Township, page 91, line 2. Digital image of the microfilm publication series: M704; roll: 473 from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images online; Ann Arbor, Michigan: ProQuest Information and Learning Company) http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, subscription database, accessed 23 October 2004. This entry shows 2 males under 5 years; 1 male, 5 and under 10 years; 1 male, 30 and 40 years; 1 male, 60 and under 70 years and 1 female, 5 and under 10 years; 1 female, 30 and under 40 years; 1 female, 60 and under 70 years. Of these, there are 4 listed in the household that are employed in manufactures and trade.
  8. [S526] Christian Sholder household, 1850 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Lycoming Township, page 270 stamped, page 535 written, dwelling 1204, lines 19 through 30. Digital image of the microfilm publication series: M432; roll: 795 from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images online; Ann Arbor, Michigan: ProQuest Information and Learning Company) http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, subscription database, accessed 23 October 2004. This entry shows Christian Sholder age 43, Margaret Sholder age 42, Elizabeth Sholder age 17, Christian Sholder age 15, Samuel Sholder age 13, Emanuel Sholder age 11, Charlotte Sholder age 9, Benjamin Sholder age 6, Daniel Sholder age 4, John Sholder age 1, Christina M. Sholder age 76, Catharina B. Lutcher age 80.
  9. [S639] Thos Mehaffey household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, page 616 stamped, page 150 written, dwelling 990, lines 4 through 7. Online http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, accessed 11 March 2006. This entry shows Thos Mehaffey age 27, Eliz W Mehaffey age 27, Emeline Mehaffey age 4, Edward Mehaffey age 2.