#127 Almira Jane "Ellen" Shockey◊ ( Edward Shockey◊ • Levi Shockey◊ • Christian Shockey◊ • Johann Christoph Schäcke◊ )
Other names for Ellen: Ellen Jane Deffler◊, Elmira Shockey◊.
Ellen was born 13 Nov 1848 in Pennsylvania. She died 11 May 1919 in Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania from broncho pneumonia. She was buried 14 May 1919 in Newmans Creek Cemetery, North Lawrence, Stark Co., Ohio.
She is in the group picture «here».
She is living with her parents on the 1850 Federal Census in Elk Lick, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania.
She is living with her grandparents on the 1860 Federal Census in Wellersburg, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania.
On the 1870 Federal Census, 1880 Federal Census, 1900 Federal Census and 1910 Federal Census she appears with J.B.
∞ Ellen married #126 John Blaine "J.B." Deffler◊. He is the son of John & Barbara (Freund) Deffler. He is an ancestor in the Deffler Line.
Marriage notes |
They married Abt 1870. |
J.B. was born 31 Mar 1843 in Glencoe, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He died 18 Sep 1929 in Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania from senile arteriosclerosis and hyperpiesis. He was buried 21 Sep 1929 in Newmans Creek Cemetery, North Lawrence, Stark Co., Ohio.
A family story has it that John was born in Germany and came to the United States as a boy with his maternal grandparents after the death of his parents. His son, Charles, lists his father's birth place as Germany on the 1920 Census. However, Florence Deffler (granddaughter-in-law), who knew him, said the story wasn't correct and that he was born in this country. The census records...other than 1920...bear this out, showing J.B. as born in Pennsylvania and the son of the John Deffler who came to the United States from Germany.
He's living with his parents in Southampton, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania on the 1850 Federal Census. The town of Northampton is split off from Southampton in 1851 and we find him with his parents on the 1860 Federal Census, working as a farm laborer, and the 1870 Federal Census with Ellen, working as a house carpenter.
In 1879 John apparently turned his hand to sales. He and a partner took out the following advertisement in The Somerset Herald.
By the 1880 Federal Census they are living next door to his parents in Northampton and he is listed as a farmer, again.
An 1876 land ownership map shows various parcels owned by J.B. and his father.
The 1900 Federal Census has them living on Pine St. in Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania with the two younger children. J.B. is again a carpenter.
In the intervening years, J.B. took to inventing. He patented an "Apparatus for Elevating Bags, Barrel, &c." The application was filed 2 Dec 1891 and awarded on 10 May 1892 as U.S. Patent #474,653. The introduction begins:
Be it known that I, John B. Deffler, a citizen of the United States, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful improvements in Apparatus for Elevating Bags, Barrels, and other Articles, of which the following is a specimen.This invention has for its object to provide a novel apparatus capable of use for various purposes — such, for instance, as loading or unloaded vehicles, elevating bags, barrels, boxes, or other articles to the shoulders of persons, transporting loads from place to place, and sustaining bags while they are being filled...
It's interesting to note that J.B.'s patent was referenced as prior art over 100 years later in a patent application for a "Method and apparatus for hoisting a vehicular clutch."
On the 1910 Federal Census we find J.B. and Ellen in North Lawrence, Stark Co., Ohio. A city directory from 1915 lists him as a cabinet maker.
In 1920 Federal Census he is living with his daughter, Anna Drumm, on Locust St. in Johnstown. Here we see his name spelled Doeffler.
The News-Herald of Franklin, Pennsylvania noted on 19 Sep 1929:
JOHNSTOWN—John B. Deffler, 86, died of paralysis at Memorial hospital yesterday.
Children of this relationship:
| #131 | M | i | Charles Edward Deffler◊ | (14 Jul 1870–26 Aug 1935) |
| #128 | F | ii | Anna Barbara "Annie" Deffler | (7 May 1876–7 Sep 1958) |
| #133 | M | iii | John William "William" Deffler | (23 Jun 1883–6 Jun 1962) |
1850 U.S. Census, Elk Lick, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Note that Southampton, Pennsylvania is listed in Ancestry.com under Northampton, Pennsylvania although the actual images show correctly. Roll: M432_828; Page: 289B; Image: 573
1850 U.S. Census, Southampton Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Note that Southampton, Pennsylvania is listed in Ancestry.com under Northampton, Pennsylvania although the actual images show correctly. Roll: M432_828; Page: 216B; Image: 430
1860 U.S. Census, Northampton Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Roll: M653_1183; Page: 339; Image: 347; Family History Library Film: 805183
1860 U.S. Census, Wellersburg, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.. Roll: M653_1183; Page: 676; Image: 684; Family History Library Film: 805183
1870 U.S. Census, Northampton Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Roll: M593_1452; Page: 405B; Image: 392; Family History Library Film: 552951
1880 U.S. Census, Northampton Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Roll: 1195; Family History Film: 1255195; Page: 391A; Enumeration District: 017; Image: 0387
1900 U.S. Census, Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Roll: 1389; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0131; FHL microfilm: 1241389
1910 U.S. Census, Lawrence Twp., Stark Co., Ohio, Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Roll: T624_1232; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0194; FHL microfilm: 1375245
1920 U.S. Census, Johnstown Ward 2, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Roll: T625_1546; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 170; Image: 699
Ellen Jane Deffler death certificate, file no. 53025, registered no. 537 (13 May 1919), Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Ellen Jane Shockey Deffler, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #110821016.
John B. Deffler death certificate, file no. 90591, registered no. 863 (19 Sep 1929), Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
John B. Deffler, death notice, Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pennsylvania (19 Sep 1929), p. 12, col. 3.
John B. Deffler, death notice, The News-Herald, Franklin, Pennsylvania (19 Sep 1929), p. 11, col. 5.
John Blaine "J.B." Deffler, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #110821017.
Personal recollection of Florence (Powers) Deffler, as related to Tad Deffler.
The Farm Journal Rural Directory of Stark County Ohio, Publisher: Wilmer Atkinson Company; Publication Year: 1915, Ancestry.com. Ohio and Florida, City Directories, 1902-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year Range: 1915; Page #: 64
U.S. Patent #474,653, United States Patent and Trademark Office, uspto.gov.
U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Collection Number: G&M_22; Roll Number: 22
Untitled, The Somerset Herald, Somerset, Pennsylvania (19 Nov 1879), p. 3, col. 4.
Line Generation: 5
Relationship: Great-Great-Grandmother