Johannes P Shåfer also known as Johann Schaefer was born in Alendorf Germany in 1791. He was the son of Baltasar Shåfer (b. Jan 4, 1763, d. Apr 3, 1807) and Anna Margareta Gehner or Jenner (b. Oct 22, 1761, d. Mar 23, 1824) who were both born and died in Alendorf in the Eifel region of Germany. His grandparents were WIlhelm and Maria Agatha (May) Shåfer and Michael and Agnes (Mies) Gehner.
Alendorf, Waldorf & Dollendorf are now part of the city of Blankenheim, county of Euskirchen, state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Wesfphalia). Region is generally known as the Eifel Region.
Johann married Maria Katherine Lux on 23 Jan 1825 in Dollendorf, Rheinland, Prussia. (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JH9C-CQB)
They had 7 children: John Peter, Angela, Anna Luzia, Anna Barbara (who died age 3), Suzanne, Mathias, and Barbara.
The family departed Germany from Antwerp, Belgium aboard the ship Named "Antartic". Schaefer Passengers on the list: Johann 56, Maria 46, Peter 25, Angela 23, Lena 21, Susanna 11, Mathias 7 and Barbara 5. They arrived in New York on Sept 3, 1852.
"Johann and his wife and children came with a large group of settlers and arrived to Swan Lake, Nicollet County, Minnesota in 1857 from Kenosha County, Wisconsin, where they had settled when they arrived from Germany in the 1850's."
Information from 1. FamilySearch.org, 2. the "Orange Book" which is also known as "The Schaefers and Their Descendants" and 3. transcriber from the Eifel Region, Andreas Leuther.
Alendorf, Waldorf & Dollendorf are now part of the city of Blankenheim, county of Euskirchen, state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Wesfphalia). Region is generally known as the Eifel Region.
Johann married Maria Katherine Lux on 23 Jan 1825 in Dollendorf, Rheinland, Prussia. (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JH9C-CQB)
They had 7 children: John Peter, Angela, Anna Luzia, Anna Barbara (who died age 3), Suzanne, Mathias, and Barbara.
The family departed Germany from Antwerp, Belgium aboard the ship Named "Antartic". Schaefer Passengers on the list: Johann 56, Maria 46, Peter 25, Angela 23, Lena 21, Susanna 11, Mathias 7 and Barbara 5. They arrived in New York on Sept 3, 1852.
"Johann and his wife and children came with a large group of settlers and arrived to Swan Lake, Nicollet County, Minnesota in 1857 from Kenosha County, Wisconsin, where they had settled when they arrived from Germany in the 1850's."
Information from 1. FamilySearch.org, 2. the "Orange Book" which is also known as "The Schaefers and Their Descendants" and 3. transcriber from the Eifel Region, Andreas Leuther.
Johannes P Shåfer also known as Johann Schaefer was born in Alendorf Germany in 1791. He was the son of Baltasar Shåfer (b. Jan 4, 1763, d. Apr 3, 1807) and Anna Margareta Gehner or Jenner (b. Oct 22, 1761, d. Mar 23, 1824) who were both born and died in Alendorf in the Eifel region of Germany. His grandparents were WIlhelm and Maria Agatha (May) Shåfer and Michael and Agnes (Mies) Gehner.
Alendorf, Waldorf & Dollendorf are now part of the city of Blankenheim, county of Euskirchen, state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Wesfphalia). Region is generally known as the Eifel Region.
Johann married Maria Katherine Lux on 23 Jan 1825 in Dollendorf, Rheinland, Prussia. (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JH9C-CQB)
They had 7 children: John Peter, Angela, Anna Luzia, Anna Barbara (who died age 3), Suzanne, Mathias, and Barbara.
The family departed Germany from Antwerp, Belgium aboard the ship Named "Antartic". Schaefer Passengers on the list: Johann 56, Maria 46, Peter 25, Angela 23, Lena 21, Susanna 11, Mathias 7 and Barbara 5. They arrived in New York on Sept 3, 1852.
"Johann and his wife and children came with a large group of settlers and arrived to Swan Lake, Nicollet County, Minnesota in 1857 from Kenosha County, Wisconsin, where they had settled when they arrived from Germany in the 1850's."
Information from 1. FamilySearch.org, 2. the "Orange Book" which is also known as "The Schaefers and Their Descendants" and 3. transcriber from the Eifel Region, Andreas Leuther.
Alendorf, Waldorf & Dollendorf are now part of the city of Blankenheim, county of Euskirchen, state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Wesfphalia). Region is generally known as the Eifel Region.
Johann married Maria Katherine Lux on 23 Jan 1825 in Dollendorf, Rheinland, Prussia. (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JH9C-CQB)
They had 7 children: John Peter, Angela, Anna Luzia, Anna Barbara (who died age 3), Suzanne, Mathias, and Barbara.
The family departed Germany from Antwerp, Belgium aboard the ship Named "Antartic". Schaefer Passengers on the list: Johann 56, Maria 46, Peter 25, Angela 23, Lena 21, Susanna 11, Mathias 7 and Barbara 5. They arrived in New York on Sept 3, 1852.
"Johann and his wife and children came with a large group of settlers and arrived to Swan Lake, Nicollet County, Minnesota in 1857 from Kenosha County, Wisconsin, where they had settled when they arrived from Germany in the 1850's."
Information from 1. FamilySearch.org, 2. the "Orange Book" which is also known as "The Schaefers and Their Descendants" and 3. transcriber from the Eifel Region, Andreas Leuther.
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