Ellen G (Alice) Shafer
Ellen G, known as Alice, was born in April 1880 in
Rock Island,Illinois.
1 Alice's father was
Peter H Shafer and her mother was
Annie E (Anna) Middleham. Her maternal grandparents were
William H Middleham and
Lucy Jane Marshall. She had five brothers and four sisters, named
William J,
Henry F,
Robert S,
George W,
Emerson C,
Nealie, Nellie,
Marie A,
Myrtle M and
Ethel L. She was the fourth oldest of the ten children.