Michael Schäfer
Michael SCHäFER, 1844-1909
Tanner in Milwaukee
Viola Hartig's grandmother's second husband

Children:
       Son Michael SCHAFFER, ca 1880-

 Wife Louise Christine Maria GLEI Rohloff Schäfer, 1849-

Time Line

9 April 1844 - Born in Germany

About 1880, age 35 - Son Michael SCHAFFER born in Pennsylvania

1881, age 36 - Immigrated

As of sometime before 1887 until 1909 - Resided at 1237 N Pierce, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. (Pre-1929 numbering system.)
Louise Glei and Michael Schäfer

27 August 1892, age 48 - Married Louise Christine Maria GLEI, age 42, at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church there

5 September 1894, age 50 - Stepson Hermann Johann Friedrich ROLOFF, age 21, married Bertha BORN, age 18, at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsi

1 June 1900, age 56 - Recorded in the Federal census at Milwaukee

28 July 1900, age 56 - Stepdaughter Alma Dorothea Christina ROHLOFF, age 17, married Charles W "Carl" HARTIG, age 24, at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church there

18 December 1909, age 65 - Died there of Krebs (cancer) He was survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.

22 December 1909 - Buried there. The service was held at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church.