Katharina Hafner

Immigration, at GermanImmigrants1860s.com: Cath. Gamer 12 / F Germany - Chicago Orpheus 07-12-1861.

GAMER, KATHRINA married 18 Jun 1876 in COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS a groom named CHARLES HAFNER (SortedByName Social Security death records).

Catherine Gamer Hafner died 1925 in Chicago (FindAGrave)

Katharina Gamer and Charles Hafner in the 1880 US Census for Chicago:

• Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
• Charles F Hafner Self M 35 Germany
• Cathrine Hafner Wife F 30 Germany
• Alice Hafner Daughter F 3 Illinois

Katharina Gamer and Charles Hafner in the 1900 US Census for Hyde Park, Chicago Township, at 5717 State Street:

• Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
• Chas F Hafner Head M 55; June 1845. Germany. Imm. 1874. Married 23 years. Paint Dealer.
• Catherina Hafner Wife F 51; Nov. 1849. Germany. Imm. 1861.
• {Alice Hafner b. 1877, would be 23. She was married Aug. 19, 1899 to Frederick C Burnham, b. 1873; Illinois Cook County Marriages}
• Emma C Hafner Daughter F 20. July 1880. Illinois. Emma married Joseph Maher, b 1880, on Nov. 23, 1912 in Chicago. Their son Robert Hafner Maher was born Nov. 19, 1913 in Chicago. They remained in Chicago through the 1940 census; no other children's names ever listed in censuses. Robert H. Maher took a Bachelor's degree in Chemisty in 1944 in Chicago.
• Clara Hafner Daughter F 17. March 1883. Illinois
• Charles A. Hafner Son M 14. Jan. 1886. Illinois. Born January 29, 1886 in Chicago, he married Elise Sagert (b. 1889) on June 18, 1915 in Chicago. In the 1930 census (and in 1940), the couple lived with her mother, Emma Sagert, in Chicago. When Charles registered for the World War II draft in Chicago, his occupation was "Live Stock Commission." Charles died March 10, 1959 in Chicago.
• Raymond Hafner Son M 10. Jan. 1890. Illinois. Albert R. Hafner, 23 Jan. 1890, in Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers
• Ralph Hafner Son M 6. Aug. 1894. Illinois: Ralph Gamer Hafner, 7 Aug 1894, in Chicago (Illinois Cook Co. Birth Certificates.

Katharina Gamer and Charles Hafner in the 1920 US Census for Chicago:

• Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
• Charles F Hafner Head M 74 Baden Germany
• Katie Hafner Wife F 70 Baden Germany
• Clara A Hafner Daughter F 36 Illinois
• Raymond A Hafner Son M 29 Illinois
• Ralph G Hafner Son M 25 Illinois. Ralph G. Hafner had been living in Pierce Co. (Tacoma), Washington when he registered for the WW I draft in October 1917. He stated he had "just returned from Canada," was single and unemployed. He appears in the 1930 Census for Chicago, living with his wife Avis Rauch, daughter Barbara (b. 1926) and his in-laws. When he registered for the World War II draft in 1942, he stated he was living on Longwood Drive in Chicago, married to Avis Rauch, and working for his father-in-law, Frederick Rauch.