SHAFNER, James Edwin

1830 - 1901  (70 years)

• Name	SHAFNER, James Edwin
  Birth	22 Jul 1830	Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census	1901	Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  	Living with son Leroy who is a bank clerk.
  Death	20 Apr 1901	Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Person ID	I16118	Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire
  Last Modified	24 May 2022

  
  

  Father	SHAFNER, James Edwin,   b. 1793   d. 3 Feb 1874, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Mother	CROSCUP, Esther,   b. 28 Sep 1794, Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 21 Apr 1884, Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1815	Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Family ID	F5180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	CHURCH, Mary Mehitable,   b. 18 Dec 1838, Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 8 Aug 1871, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	24 Sep 1857	Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Children	1. SHAFNER, William Clark,   b. 18 Aug 1858, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 3 Mar 1935, Karsdale, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 76 years)   2. SHAFNER, Anna Lockhart,   b. 1863, Lower Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   3. SHAFNER, Lawrence Delap,   b. 16 Oct 1863, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 5 Oct 1920, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 56 years)   4. SHAFNER, Henrietta Mehitable,   b. 6 Jan 1866, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 5 Oct 1944, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F5181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	MCCORMICK, Hannah Jane,   b. 1851   d. 19 Feb 1900, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1872	Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Children	1. SHAFNER, Charles L.,   b. 1875, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 18 May 1954, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 79 years)   2. SHAFNER, James Leroy,   b. 11 Sep 1881, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 12 Dec 1949, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F5182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In 1874 James Shafner bought the house at 5363 Granville Rd, Granville Ferry from Alfred Troop who built the house in 1854. James' first wife Mary Mehitable Church would have been Alfred Troop's 2nd cousin. An article from the Halifax Herald dated August 4th,, 1893: Village Debentures $12,000. Loan for the Village of Granville Ferry The undersigned will receive Sealed Tenders up to and including the 25th day of August for the Loan of $12,000 to the Village of Granville Ferry, such Loan being authorized by the Act of the Legislature of Nova Scotia for 1893, entitled an Act to enable the inhabitants of Granville Ferry to supply themselves with water for domestic, fire and other purposes. Debentures payable in twenty years from date thereof and to be in sums of $500 or multiples thereof, interest payable half-yearly. Such Debentures shall be a charge upon all the real and personal property of or situated in the disrict of Granville Ferry. Tenders to state rate of interest for debentures at par, delivered at Bank of Nova Scotia, Annapolis, dated 5th of September, 1893. The Commissioners do no bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender. JAMES E. SHAFNER, Sec-Treasurer. Dated Granville Ferry, July 26th 1893.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1847] Source #1847.