According to descendant records, Georg Peter Happel, born 1837 in Grimm, was married to Katharina Elisabeth Schäfer.
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The Katharina Elisabeth of this profile was determined to be the wife of Georg Peter Happel based on her birth year, which was the closest to that of her husband Peter Happel over all others with the same name in Grimm. Her age in the 1897 census was 57, giving her a birth year of about 1840, confirming that she is the correct match.
Wife of Child #2 Katharina Margaretha Happel, age 25
Grandchild #8 Katharina Margaretha Happel, age 6 months
Child #3 Konrad Happel, age 24, in the military
Wife of Child #3 Christina Happel, age 23
Grandchild #9 Elisabeth Happel, age 2
Child #4 Philipp Happel, age 21
Child #5 Friedrich Happel, age 18
Sources
↑Cotton Street Times, 3 Generations in America, The Schuppe Family Album 1912-2016, compiled information by Carol Johnson and Steve Pennings, information is from documents and family papers in the possession of Schuppe descendants and allied family members. Published 2016, copy in the personal files of Julie Mangano, Round Rock, Texas.
↑1857 Census of Grimm in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 5 November 1857; Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; Published by Dynasty Publishing, Beaverton, OR, USA; Published 2005; page 76, family #205, Maria Katharina Schäfer family.
↑1897 Grimm (Lesnoi Karamysh), Russia Census List, Translated by Richard Rye, Compiled and Edited by John Groh, Contributor Henry Schmick; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published 2017; page 113, family #217.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisabeth 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 Elisabeth: