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Name: SHAFFER, Roy Ellsworth (Rev.)

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Birth Date: 14 May 1895 East Liverpool, Ohio

Death Date: 21 May 1965 Clairmont, Florida

First Date: 1923

Profession: Africa Inland Mission missionary in Kenya for 34 years

Area: Siyiapei, Loitokitok, Red 31 - Mr & Mrs R. Schaffer, AIM, Narok

Married: In Cook, Illinois 12 Aug 1920 Ruth Hale Thiers b. 28 Dec 1897 Marietta, Oklahoma, d. 30 Apr 1998 Clairmont, Florida

Children: Harry Daniel (14 Aug 1921 Chicago-28 Aug 2000 Lincoln, Nebraska); Ruth Marie (Johansen) (27 Jan 1923 Greenfields. Ohio-2020); Roy David (9 Feb 1925 Kijabe); Helen Elizabeth (28 Dec 1926 Kenya-28 Feb 1928 Kenya); Grace Evelyn (Pribbenow) (2 Aug 1928 Kijabe-5 Jan 2005 Pulaski, Arkansas); Esther Aileen (Wilcox) (5 Dec 1933 Kaimosi)

Book Reference: Tignor, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Grasshoppers

General Information:

Was originally a farm boy.
An energetic American couple destined to play a large role in the Masai Reserve. Ray was from E. Liverpool, Ohio and they were trained at the Moody Bible Institute.
Hut has Roy Schaffer 1925 AIM Narok
Red 25 has Roy E. Schaffer, Narok
 

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