Born about in Onalaska, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Paul Gear
and Margaret Almarinda (Kern) Gear
Sister of
Myrtle May (Gear) Bonsack, William Arthur Gear, Ethel Adella (Gear) Johnson and Ruby Belle (Gear) Gerletti
Wife of
William Henry Schafer
— married
5 Oct 1904 in Onalaska, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Margaret Alma (Schafer) Cronk, Harry Paul Schafer, Maude Luestella (Schafer) Lambert, Mae Luella (Schafer) Wooden, William Jesse Schafer, Howard Vern Schafer and Roy Bernard Schafer
Died about
at about age 72
in Onalaska, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Oct 2020
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Biography
Jessie Maud Gear was born about 1883 in Onalaska, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, daughter of Thomas Paul Gear (1841–1931) and Margaret Almarinda Kern (1850–1929).
Jessie (20) married William Henry Schafer (28) (born on March 13, 1876 in Hamilton, Iron, Wisconsin, USA; son of Heinrich Schaefer and Marie Margaret (Meier) Schaefer) on October 5, 1904 in Onalaska. Their children were:
- Margaret Alma Schafer (1905–1990)
- Harry Paul Schafer (1907–1992)
- Maude Luestella Schafer (1910–1987)
- Mae Luella Schafer (1911–1991)
- William Jesse Schafer (1916–1972)
- Howard Vern Schafer (1919–1985)
- Roy Bernard Schafer (1921–1995)
Jessie died about 1955 in Onalaska, aged about 71. She was buried in Onalaska City Cemetery, Onalaska, Wisconsin.
Sources
- 1940 Federal Census, Onalaska, La Crosse, Wisconsin
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jessie:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
James Kenyon 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T988941 [compare], FTDNA kit #114135
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Marilyn Kenyon :
23andMe, GEDmatch T443813 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member marilynkenyon97
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T443813 [compare], FTDNA kit #193048
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Bonnie Jackson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lauren Kenyon :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Donald Means :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WT2666825 [compare], Ancestry member daleandjackienew
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