Rosie Shaffner

Rosie was born on November 7th, 1874.¹   Rosie's father was John J. Schaffner and her mother was Harriet Jane Minich.  Her paternal grandparents were Andrew Schaffner and Phoebe Hoffman. She had seven brothers and eight sisters, named Harry George, Jacob O., Edgar, Charles, Nettie P., Marion Gilbert, Ralph, Annie Elizabeth, Katharine Nolen, Emma E., Helen, Nora, Alice, Harriet and Bertha.  She was the fourth oldest of the sixteen children.¹