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Martin Schaefer

German: Schäfer
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ketsch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, BW, Germany
Death: September 02, 1929 (79)
Le Mars, IA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Elias Aloys Schaefer and Katharina Eva Schaefer
Husband of Katherine Schaefer
Father of Jacob Schafer; Christine Schafer; Rosaline B Schafer; Olive Schafer and Josephine Schafer
Brother of Susanna Schaefer; Karl Emil Schaefer; Susanna Elisabetha Schaefer; Louis Schaefer and Andreas Schaefer

Occupation: Banker
Managed by: Matthew Craig Martin
Last Updated:

About Martin Schaefer

Officer? in Franco-Prussian war.

Immigration June 15, 1878.

President and Owner: The Le Mars City Water & Light Co. in Le Mars, IA.

Emigrated to Springfield, IL. or Rock Island.

"Deutschland, Baden, Erzbistum Freiburg, katholische Kirchenbücher, 1678-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7M3B-8GZM : 16 January 2019), Martin Schäfer, 3 Sep 1850; citing Baptism, Ketsch, Schwetzingen, Baden, Deutschland, , Erzbischöfliches Archiv Freiburg (Archbishop's Archives), Germany.

"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDS-M4VH : 5 November 2017), Martin Schaffer and Catherine Schnaph, 03 Oct 1879, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,871,431.

"Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DH27-7JT2 : 9 September 2021), Martin Schafer, 2 Sep 1929; citing Death, Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, United States, page , offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,412,142

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Martin Schaefer's Timeline

1850
September 2, 1850
Ketsch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, BW, Germany
September 3, 1850
Ketsch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, BW, Germany
1890
April 15, 1890
Le Mars, IA, United States
1929
September 2, 1929
Age 79
Le Mars, IA, United States
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