Shaff, Martin V.
(1865-1942)



Birth: August 28, 1865
Death: December 12, 1942, Placer County, CA
Parents: John & Electa D. Shaff
Spouse: Mamie M., married 1894
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Individual Number: 1960


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1887-1892 Unknown Photographer; Retoucher / Colorist / Artist Columbus, Franklin County, OH
1890s M. V. Shaff Studio owner Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN 160 Main St.
1890s M. V. Shaff Studio owner Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN 186 Main St.
1891 M. V. Shaff Studio owner Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN 162 Main St.
1895 M. V. Shaff Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN
1899 Unknown Photographer Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA


















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OriginalNotes: 1880 Census, Barry Co., Baltimore, Michigan
Martin V. Shaff, age 15, b. MI, works on farm, son
listed with John and Electa D. Shaff

1900 Census, Los Angeles CA
Martin V. Shaff, age 36, b. Aug. 1864, MI, photographer, m. 6 yrs.
Mamie M. Shaff, wife, age 38, 0/0 children

http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=11006972
Ask Art: The American Artists Bluebook
Born in Michigan on Aug. 28, 1865. By 1928 Shaff had moved to Los Angeles and was active in the Eagle Rock art colony. He died in Placer County, CA on Dec. 12, 1942. Exh: Eagle Rock Artists, 1930. 
Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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City: Columbus
State: OH
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County: Franklin
Country: USA
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KnownDates: 1887-1892
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OriginalSource: ancestry.com (NOTE: exact year is not given online)
Columbus, Ohio Directories, 1887-92 
about M V Shaff 
Name: M V Shaff 
Location 2: 217 E. Town  
Occupation: retoucher  
State: Ohio

Columbus, Ohio Directories, 1887-92 
about Martin V Shaff 
Name: Martin V Shaff 
Location 2: rooms 217 E. Town  
Occupation: photographer  
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NameFirst: Shaff ~M. V.
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Address1: 160 Main St.
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City: Lafayette
State: IN
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NameFirst: Shaff ~M. V.
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Address1: 162 Main St.
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ancestry.com, Lafayette City Directory, 1891
M. V. Shaff, photographer, 162 Main, Mascotte Block, Location 2: 78 S. 4th
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OriginalSource: The Blue Book for Amateur Photographers American Edition, 1895, p. 241, M. V. Shaff
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City: Los Angeles
State: CA
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OriginalSource: 1900 Census, Los Angeles, CA
Martin V. Shaff, photographer, b. Michigan
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