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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Evert, Jeanne E. |
| Title, Monographic | The Schaeffer Family History |
| Place of Publication | Cottage Grove, WI |
| Publisher | [the author] |
| Date of Publication | 2004 |
| Extent of Work | [89] pp., ill. (some col.) |
| Abstract | Contains the Schaeffer, Trost, Schumacher, and Scheil family stories. The Schaeffer family came from Bohemia and settled in Milwaukee. The Trost family came from Austria and settled in Milwaukee. The Schumacher family originated in the villages of Hinterweiler and Kirchweiler in Kreis Daun of the Rhineland-Eifel area and settled in what is now Outagamie County in Wisconsin. Frances (or Franciska) Scheil and her brother Adam came to America in 1872 from Zweisel, Bavaria. Includes many maps, historical sketches of the Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria, and photocopies of christening, citizenship, death, and land documents. |
| Notes | Donated by Jeanne E. Evert, Cottage Grove, WI, 2005 |
| Call Number | FH Schaeffer |
| MKI Terms | Family history/ Genealogy/ Schaeffer/ Trost/ Schumacher/ Scheil/ German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County/ Milwaukee (Wis.)/ Rhineland-Palatinate |