Johann Mathias "Mathias" Schaefer

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• Name: John Matthias Schaefer
• Name: Mathias Schafer
• Name: Matteus Schäfer
• Name: Matthew Schaefer
• Name: Matthias Schaefer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75285
• Birth: 29 Jan 1808, Falten Gaisas, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Reformed
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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Matthias born at Falkengesas, Erbach, Hesse; baptism (film 1346439;item 2, book 7) Beerfelden, Erbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Church books for Beerfelden, parish register baptisms; date of birth 29 Jan 1808 at 3:00 pm; mother Elizabetha Christina Seip; father Johann Wilhelm Schafer; grandfathers Samuel Schafer (master smith) and Johann Justus Seip (councilman); occupation of father master tailor; first child born to parents; record in book 7, p. 11, no. 18; named spelled Matthaeus. His parents were not married and did not marry. His mother does marry three times, but not to Schafer.

David Armstrong - Ancestry Public Member Tree 2020

Johann — Eva Maria Rebscher. Eva (daughter of George Nikolaus "Nicholas" Rebscher and Sophia) was born 12 Sep 1810, Beerfelden, Odenwaldkreis, Hessen, Germany; died 8 Mar 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Adam B. Schaefer was born 17 Feb 1831, , Hessen, Germany; died 5 Jul 1905, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Sophia Schaefer was born 9 Dec 1832, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 May 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Anna Catharin "Catherine" Schafer was born 12 Mar 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 5 Jun 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Wilhelm "William" Schaefer was born 18 Jun 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jan 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Ernestina Wilhelmina Shafer was born 15 Aug 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 May 1937, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Sebringville Cemetery, Sebringville, Perth Co., Ontario.
6. Heinrich Schaefer was born 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Nov 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Matheus Schafer was born 25 Jun 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Aug 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. George Schaefer was born 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
9. Daniel Schafer was born 5 Sep 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Nov 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Harrison Cemetery, May City, Osceola, Iowa, United States.
10. John Schafer was born 1853, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
11. Alexander Shafer was born 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
12. Ernest Schafer was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149001

Johann — Elisabetha Christina Seip. Elisabetha was born 14 May 1783, Falken-Gesäß, , Hessen, Germany; died 14 Jan 1839, Beerfelden, , Hessen, Germany. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabetha Christina Schaefer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232900