Elizabeth Schafer (1856 - 1936)

Born 20 Feb 1856 in Dallas, Clinton, MI, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Schmitt — married 9 May 1876 in Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1856, the daughter of John and Anna Maria (Pung) Schafer^[1]. She married John Schmitt in 1876^[2] and died in 1936^[3]. She is buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Westphalia, Michigan.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Michigan Death Records, record 003415
2. ↑ Michigan Marriage Records, record 1833
3. ↑ Michigan Death Records, record 003415
4. ↑ Dewitt District Library, no page numbers; Schmitt, Elizabeth
5. ↑ Find a Grave memorial 218981909

• Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 12; Film Description: 1875 Mackinac-1876 Genesee.
• Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records.
• Dewitt District Library Books and Research. Saint Mary's Cemetery, Westphalia. 1999 reading by Diane Schafer. https://www.dewittlibrary.org/booksresearch/cemetery/other/stmarys.pdf (accessed 24 Nov 2020).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 November 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Schafer Schmitt (20 Feb 1856–2 Apr 1936), Find a Grave Memorial no. 218981909, citing Saint Marys Cemetery, Westphalia, Clinton County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Jana Ulrich (contributor 48082455) .

DNA

Matches between descendants of John Schafer (through his daughter, Elizabeth) and his sister, Maria Anna Ulrich:

Paternal relationship is suggested by AncestryDNA test matches between James Ulrich, 2nd great grandson of Maria Anna Ulrich and the following 3 matches to descendants of Elizabeth Schafer Schmitt, the daughter of John Schafer. Their MRCAs are their 3rd /3rd / 4th great grandparents Theordore Schafer and Katherina Thelan.

• 4C, f5 great grandchild of Elizabeth Schafer Schmitt. Predicted relationship at AncestryDNA: 4th-6th cousin (4th cousin within the 15% tier of reported relationships. Note that f5 and James Ulrich are at least double cousins through another family line) based on sharing 39 cm across 5 segments.
• 4C, AS great grandchild of Elizabeth Schafer Schmitt. Predicted relationship at AncestryDNA: 4th-6th cousin (4th cousin within the 20% tier of reported relationships.) based on sharing 23 cm across 2 segments.
• 4C1R, BP, 2nd great grandchild of Elizabeth Schafer Schmitt. Predicted relationship at AncestryDNA: 5th-8th cousin (4th cousin, once removed within the 17% tier of reported relationships.) based on sharing 8 cm across 2 segments.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Duane May for creating WikiTree profile Schafer-351 through the import of mayhoo.ged on Jul 6, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Duane and others.