Schaefer, Henry

1859 - 1950  (91 years)    Has 6 ancestors and 99 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Schaefer, Henry
  Born	18 Apr 1859	Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1224
  HENRY SCHAFER, a prosperous agriculturist and extensive land owner of Buchanan township, Outagamie county, whose magnificent farm of 224 acres is situated in section 30, was born in Calumet county, Wisconsin, April 18, 1859, and is a son of Henry and Margaret (Zimmerman) Schafer, natives of Germany who were married in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Later they settled in Calumet county, where Mrs. Schafer died about 1891, while her husband is living at the home of his daughter in Cleveland, Wisconsin, and is eighty-six years old. Henry Schafer was the oldest of a family of three children and remained at home until he was twenty-five years of age, at which time he began to work for himself and for the ten years following rented the homestead. He then settled on the property which he is now operating and has met with unusual success. He now has about 195 acres under the plow, all fenced with barbed and woven wire, carries on general farming and stock raising, markets dairy products, hogs and cattle and some hay and grain, cabbages and potatoes, and milks twenty-five Holstein, Jersey and Short Horn cows. He also keeps Poland-China and Chester White hogs and does quite a large business in poultry. He built his present residence in 1895, a. modern frame structure of fourteen rooms not including clothes presses, halls or pantries, and two years later erected a substantial barn 104x100x36 feet. He has numerous other buildings for the shelter of his large crops of grain, his fat and well-fed cattle and other stock and poultry, and his modern power farm machinery. In political matters he is a democrat, and his religious connection is with St. Joseph's Catholic church of Appleton. On November 7, 1886, Mr. Schafer was married to Miss Christina Miller, born June 3, 1865, the second of a family of six children born to George and Catherine Miller, natives of Germany. They were married in Wisconsin and settled in Buchanan township, and this was the family home until Mrs. Miller's death in 1894. Her husband, who still survives, is sixty-three years old. Mr. and Mrs. Schafer have been the parents of fourteen children, of whom two are deceased, the survivors being: Margaret, George, Henry, Catherine, Anna, Gertrude, Nicholas, Marcus, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth and Peter. (Note; Shafer should be Schaefer and Miller should be Mueller. The correct marriage date for Henry and Christina is 10/7/1884. The correct date of birth for Christine is 6/30/1867)
  	Schafer, Henry Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1940 Census	1940	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Henry Schaefer81 Christian Schaefer74 Margaret Schaefer53 Mary Schaefer37 Peter Schaefer32
  Died	23 Apr 1950	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	24 Apr 1950
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Page 10
  Buried	Aft 23 Apr 1950	St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I104389	1FamilyTree | VicH_andDianeBrochtrup
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Schaefer, Heinrich,   b. 8 Feb 1825, Braunweiler, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 15 Jun 1922, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 97 years)
  Mother	Zimmerman, Margaretha,   b. 27 Mar 1828, Sommerloch, Havre, Germany ,   d. 4 Mar 1890, Harrison, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F44048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mueller, Christina,   b. 30 Jun 1867, Darboy, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 18 Jan 1946, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1884	Darboy, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	1. Schaefer, Margaret,   b. 13 Sep 1886, Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 30 Jan 1972, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 85 years)   2. Schaefer, George,   b. 2 Mar 1888, Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 17 Mar 1973, Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 85 years) + 3. Schaefer, Henry,   b. 5 Oct 1889, Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1947, Chilton, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 58 years) + 4. Schaefer, Katherine,   b. 7 Oct 1891, Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1958, Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 66 years) + 5. Schaefer, Anna,   b. 19 May 1893, Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 17 Aug 1968, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 75 years)   6. Schaefer, Sister Gertrude,   b. 19 Feb 1895, Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 27 Dec 1984, Elm Grove, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 89 years) + 7. Schaefer, Nicholas J.,   b. 13 Sep 1896, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 1 Nov 1972, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 76 years) + 8. Schaefer, Mathias "Matt",   b. 9 May 1898, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 15 Jan 1966, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 67 years)   9. Schaefer, Mary,   b. 7 Feb 1900, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 18 Feb 1900, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 0 years) + 10. Schaefer, Joseph,   b. 24 Jul 1901, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 10 Sep 1966, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 65 years)   11. Schaefer, Mary,   b. 4 Mar 1903, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Bef 2003  (Age 99 years)   12. Schaefer, Elizabeth,   b. 28 Jun 1905, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 26 Aug 1936  (Age 31 years) + 13. Schaefer, Peter,   b. 30 Jul 1907, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 3 Apr 1971, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F34087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 18 Apr 1859 - Sherwood, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA Married - 7 Oct 1884 - Darboy, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA 1940 Census - 1940 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 23 Apr 1950 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - Aft 23 Apr 1950 - St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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