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[edit] NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Harriet Brey is not in my direct ancestry. She is 1 step removed in the following ways: Daughter of Michael Brey and Maria [unknown] Sister of Elizabeth Brey

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	July 1815	Lehigh County, PA		[1][3][5]
Marriage			To Samuel Shaner	[2][3]
Death	after 1900			[5]
Burial

Immediate family of interest

    Generation 5       Generation 6
 
+-- Samuel Shaner
|   (????-????)    
|                  +-- Michael Brey
|                  |   (1773-1859)
+-- Harriet Brey --+
    (1816-????)    |
                   +-- Maria [unknown]
                       (????-????)

Sources:

Children

Children with [Maria Unknown]:

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Henry B. Shaner	M	~1835				[2][3][4]
William H. Shaner	M	~1837				[2]
Samuel B. Shaner	M	~1842				[2]
Thomas J. Shaner	M	~1845				[2]
Jeremiah Addison Shaner	M	~1847				[2][3]
Charles B. Shaner	M	Mar 1850	presume Clarion Co, PA			[2][3]
James F. Shaner	M	~1854	presume Clarion Co, PA			[3][4]
Anna Amanda Shaner)	F	Apr. 1856	presume Clarion Co, PA	Alexander V. Orr, m. 1882

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Lehigh Co., PA	birth		[1]
Richland Twp, Clarion Co, Pa	by 1870-1880		[2]
Salem Twp, Clarion Co, Pa	by 1870-1880		[3][4]

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1820 United States Federal Census, Macungie Twp, Lehigh Co, PA, page 2. Family of Michael Brey: 1 male 16-25, 1 male >44, 2 females <10, 3 females 10-15, 2 females 16-25, 1 female >44; 2 persons engaged in agriculture. Note: this census indicates presence of 8 children. Besides the son age 16-25, the 2 daughters age 16-25 would include Hattie, the 3 daughters age 10-15 would include Elizabeth, the 2 daughters age under 10 would include Harriet. There are 4 daughters whose names are not known to us.
2	1850 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 1. Census dated 29 July 1850. Samuel Shaner, 43, blacksmith, $ 500 real property; Herrietta, 34; Henry B., 15, blacksmith; William H., 13; Samuel B., 8; Thomas J., 5; Jeremiah A., 3; Charles B., 4 months. All b. PA. Jeremiah Slaner (age 29) and family are in next residence.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 22. Census dated 26 Aug 1870. Lines 22-27:Samuel Shaner, 61, blacksmith, $1800 real, $400 personal property; Harriett, 55, keeping house, can not write; Charles, 19, farm hand; James, 16, farm hand, in school; Anna, 14, in school; Addison, 23, laborer. All b. PA.
4	1880 United States Federal Census, District 81, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, Pa, page 6. Census dated 4 June 1880. Lines 33-39: James F. Shaner, 26, farmer; Elena M., 20, mother, housework; Franklin C., 2, son, at home; Sanfort, 1, son, at home; Amanda F. Shaner, 23, sister, housework; Elizabeth, 1, dau., at home; Hariet Shaner, 64, mother, old widow. All and parents b. PA. Elizabeth is apparently the dau. of Amanda F. Shaner The family of Henry B. Shaner is on lines 15-20.
5	1900 United States federal Census, District 27, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 18. Census dated 20 June 1900. Lines 53-63: Alexander V. Orr, 56, b. July 1843, m. 16 years, farmer, rents farm; Ammie M., wife, 44, b. April 1856, m. 18 years, 8 children born, 8 living; Charles D., son, 22, b. Sept 1877, farm labor; Emilia A., dau., 16, b. Aug 1883, attd school; Harriet M., dau., 14, b. Aug, 1886, attd school; Frances H., dau, 13, Mar, 887, attd school; Alexander V., son, 9, b. Nov. 1890(?), attd school; William H., son, 6, b Oct.(?) 1893; Florence A. dau., 3, b. July 1896; Sidney F, son, 1, b. June 1899; Harriet Shaner, mother-in-law, 84, b. July, 1815, widow, 9 children born, 7(?) living.

Source notes

• The family of Samuel Shaner and Harriet Brey could not be located in the 1860 census using the Ancestry.com search index.
• The copy in Ancestry.com for the 1900 census was dim in some places.

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