This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schaefer, Kessler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SFB.2ACI/2452.329.646.3.1 Message Board Post: Strange- but I just saw this message for the first time. George Schaefer of Schenley Rd in Baltimore was my g-g-grandfather and his parents were Christian Schaefer (our family is adamant about that spelling even though the census usually spelled it wrong) and Dora Kessler from Switzerland. My great-uncle Jack Schaefer lives at 4641 Schenley road to this day in the very house that George built. George was a coach builder for the Pennsylvania railroad and died in this house in 1919. Christian died April20, 1874 and was born about 1823 in Germany (possibly Hesse-Kassel).The 1870 Census says Prussia. Dora was born in Switzerland about 1830. I'm trying to find the place. Christian was a baker who owned his own bakery/confectionary.