When Gertrude ( Pauly ) Schafer was born in December 1856 in Wisconsin, USA, her father, John, was 42, and her mother, Anna, was 37. She had four brothers. She worked as a dressmaker and never married, but followed her family members from Wisconsin to Iowa to Washington, where she died on 29 July 1952 in Spokane, Washington, USA, at the age of 95, and was buried there.
Died
29 JUL 1952.
Spokane, Spokane, Washington.
Sources
1940 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;
1870 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003.Original data - United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedu;
1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.;
Source: S6 Ancestry.com 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.;
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