Barbara (Schmidt) Schaefer (1821 - 1900)

Born 23 Feb 1821 in Weiler, Mayen, Rhineland, Prussia

Ancestors

Wife of Franz Schmitt — married 25 Oct 1838 in St Kastor Catholic Church, Weiler, Dist Mayen, Rhineland, Prussia

Wife of Johann Peter Schaefer — married 8 Jun 1845 in St Mary of Assumption Catholic Church, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1900 at age 79 in Volo, Lake County, Illinois

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Biography

Barbara (Schmidt) Schaefer migrated from Germany to United States of America.

Barbara was the daughter of Joseph Schmitt and Anna Pung

Barbara Schmitt (nee Schmitt) emigrated from Prussia (Germany) with her husband Franz and their daughter Anna Maria, age 1 year. They arrived at Port of New York on 24 July 1843 aboard the ship Marie. Franz drowned in the Nippersink Creek in Spring Grove on 25 January 1845, one month before the birth of his son Frank, born 28 February 1845 per bio in McHenry County history book ****** OR may have drowned in 'Mill Pond', in Spring Grove, per wife's obit in McHenry Plaindealer newspaper. Barbara later married Peter Schaefer

Find A Grave: Memorial #76987121 Barbara Schaefer

Sources

• St Kastor Catholic Church records, Weiler
• "Ahnentafels." McHenry County Illinois Connection Quarterly XVI (Oct.-Dec. 1998): 105. Print.
• Abstract from Book of Marriages and Births 1833-1853 St Mary of Assumption
• Obituary in the McHenry Plaindealer newspaper
• St John the Baptist Catholic Church records, Johnsburg
• The Immigrant Founders, Members and Associates of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, Johnsburg (est August 1841), McHenry County, Illinois. This booklet can be viewed upon request at the Johnsburg Public Library