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Author: 42cats
Surnames: Shirts, Shafer, Cain, Phelps, Kimball
Classification: queries
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I'm looking for information on John Cain and Cora Shirts Shafer Cain who lived in
Fremont, Nebraska, from about 1920 until their deaths (John in 1960 and Cora in 1952).
Cora Shirts was born in Iowa (in 1874 per Census, and in 1881 per her headstone in
Memorial Cemetery, Fremont.) We believe she was born closer to 1874, as she had her first
child in about 1891. Cora married Thomas I. Shafer in about 1891. They had the following
children: Fred Shafer (born about 1891), Lennia Irene Shafer (born 1892 in Nebraska and
died 1966 in Omaha -- married to Arley Ira Kimball), Gertrude Shafer (born about 1899, may
have married a man named Phelps when she was young, but we don't know what happened to
her later), Helen Shafer (born about 1902 -- we don't know what happened to her), and
Irvin Shafer (born 1906, and was living in Rutheron, NM, with Thomas Shafer in 1940
Census). Cora and Thomas Shafer divorced, and Cora married John Cain. If you know
anything about any of these folks!
, could you please contact me? I have been researching for over 20 years and would love
to know more. It has been slow going. Please help if you can!
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