Henry F. B. Schaefer

1797 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Henry F. B. Schaefer
  Born	1797	, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	labourer
  Residence	1852	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 071, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-30523
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I30523	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Steinbach,   b. 1802, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Margaret Schaefer,   b. 1833, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F8023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry lived besides a Valentine Schafer a weaver, the right age to be a brother. _________________________ Henry F. B. Schaefer was an immigrant from Hesse Darmshtadt, Germany. The 1851 Census describes him as a laborer, 54 years old, wife Elizabeth 49, and daughter Margaret 19, both born in Germany. They were living in a one and half storey round log house. In 1852 one acre of land was acquired from the George Heppner estate (Reist property) An additional seven acres were purchased from Moses Bauman, an heir of Jacob (Yoch) Sehneider - Dec. 1, 1853. The Schaefer family lived here for thirteen years until it was sold to Michael Garth on Nov.22, 1865, who sold almost immediately on Dec. 8, 1865 to Conrad Gremm. Women's Insititute, Tweedsmuir History - Rosendale Vol. 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 93.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1797 - , Germany Occupation - labourer - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1852 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 071, Waterloo County, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth