Valentine Schaefer^[1]

1799 - 1868  (69 years)

• Name	Valentine Schaefer
  Born	1799	, Germany   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Valentin Schiefer
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	weaver
  Eby ID Number	00110-6711.66
  Died	11 Apr 1868  [3, 4]
  Buried	Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I12129	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Barbara Fischer,   b. 11 Apr 1810, , Germany ,   d. 9 Aug 1888  (Age 78 years)
  Children	1. John Schaefer,   b. 28 Mar 1842, , , Germany ,   d. 23 Sep 1923  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F2338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PART LOT #71 G.C.T. - owner 1968 - Wilma (Meyer) Swartzentruber. Henry Snider and wife Elizabeth, o f Bloomingdale, deeded to Valentine Schafer, an immigrant from Baden-Baden, Germany, March 1, 1852, three acres of land on the east side of Woolwich Road (County road #13) and 2 acres on the west side, for 62 Pounds, 10 shillin gs. The 1851-52 Census shows Valentine Schafer as 53 years of age, his wife Barbara 40, and son John 10, living in a round log 1 - storey house. They were of the Lutheran faith . By occupation he was a weaver. Valentine Schafer died April 11, 1868. In his 'will he devised his real estate and personal property to his wife Barbara during her lifetime and after her decease to his son John Schafer. His widow continued to live here until 1874, when on Jan. 17th she consented to depart with her life interest or estate in the lands so devised to her, at which time son John made ample provision for her support. The property was sold to Isaac H. Moyer. Mrs. Valentine Schafer born April 11, 1810 died Aug. 9th, 1888. She is buried along with her husband in the Mennonite cemetery at Bloomingdale.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register, Page 34, return 307: by Joseph Hagey, A minister of the Mennonist Society. John SCHAFER, 25, Germany, Waterloo, s/o Teltz? & Barbara, married Elizabeth HALLMAN, 2-, Waterloo, same, d/o John SHANTZ & Susanna, witn: Delman SHANTZ & Henry WAHL, both of Waterloo, 6 Oct 1867 [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 93. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link. Valentin Schaffer/ Geboren 1800/ Gest. 21 April 1868/ [German verse] [Stone eroded, June 2009] [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 54.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1799 - , Germany Occupation - weaver - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth