Michele Brownfield wrote: > > My Shaefer/Schafer family settled in WI around 1847. Two brothers > Johan-Christoph Schaefer [my ancestor] and his brother Matthais Schafer the > father of Joseph Schafer the first head of the Wisconsin Historical Soceity > or something like that.The family comes from Graach, Rheinland DEU. The > family still lives at the winery and vineyard. > The American family settled around Iowa and Grant County inthe south west > part of the state. > Family names; > John C and Anna Margaret Meyer Schaefer; > Anna Maria-died young in Germany > Joannes -Died in Germany > Rose Schaefer married Micheal Seifert > Catherine Schaefer married Peter Bolchen > John Schaefer mar. Anna GoBrash > Thomas Schaefer mar. Josephine Kumra > Peter John Schaefer mar. Mary J. Stadele > Anton Schaefer mar. Anna ?, mar.2nd Josephine Yaskick > ========== > Peter John Scaefer and Mary Stadele > Theodore Schaefer mar. Baarbara Mytle Blakely > Mary Ann Schaefer-never married > Edward Schaefer mar. Tessie Tunmire > Oscar Schaefer mar. Anna Kurie > Amilia Schaefer mar Andrew Siefert > Fred Valintine Scahefer mar. Ella Rux > Frank Schaefer drowned young > Leo schaefer mar unknown he became a college professor in PA I think > Herman J. Schaefer mar. Caroline Dostart > I hope someone is working on some of these families. > Shelly > > At 09:52 AM 4/26/98 -0700, Jsnyder wrote: > >Umaske1 wrote: > >> > >> Is anyone working on Shafers in Wisconsin? > >> > >> Niki > > > >I'm working on the "Schafers" in Wisconsin and Michigan. Any possible > >connections? > > > >Jean > > > > > Shelly Brownfield > [email protected] Have been reading several postings to this list in the last few days--unfortunaly, I haven't found any that match my branch of the Schafers. I am posting what little I know: Anton Schafer, presumably born in Prussia about 1844. Immigrated to American prior to 1865. Married a Margaret /?/ who was born in Perrysburg, OH July 12, 1845. They had four children, all born in Michigan: Maria, born in 1868 Anna, born in 1869 Charles Anthony (Tony), born in 1875 "Rudy", born in 1878. Anna married a John Blankhart and settled in Dumont, MN. My last record of Anton was on the MI 1870 Detroit census. I have found no later record of him and have not been able to locate either a death or marriage record. "Tony" (my grandfather) married an Annie Schmitz and they had one child, Anna. His wife died shortly after giving birth. He then married Emma Kemp of Sparta, WI.and they had four children: Sylvester, Elvera Thresa, Elizabeth and Jerome Charles (my father), all born in Gardena, ND. The family moved to Sparta, WI in the early '20's and Tony and Emma both died and are buried there. Anton is the one I really want to find. I would be grateful for any possible leads or suggestions. Jean I have no information on Maria or Rudy.