Second Generation

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Family of Wilhelm (William) SCHAEFFER (1) & Chrinine (Anna) DEIRING

2. George SCHAEFFER. Born abt 1862 in Nuremburg, (Nurnburg) Germany. George died in Iowa.

3. Anna Helena SCHAEFFER. Born on 1 Jul 1866 in Wurzburg, West Germany. Anna Helena died in Bradley, Clark, South Dakota on 28 Jul 1959; she was 93. Buried in Bradley, Clark, South Dakota.

In 1889 when Anna Helena was 22, she married Gerbardt (George) GROSS I, in Pebing, Nebraska.

They had the following children:

	6	i.	Henry (Hank) (1889-1957)
	7	ii.	William J. (1891-1965)
	8	iii.	Margarent (Ada) (1893-1919)
	9	iv.	John R. (1896-1975)
	10	v.	George (-1969)
	11	vi.	Herman E. (1901-)
	12	vii.	Helen M. (1910-1977)
	13	viii.	Anna (1906-1991)
	14	ix.	Katherine (Tena)

4. William (Wilhelm) SCHAEFFER. Born on 20 Jan 1869 in Nuremburg, (Nurnburg) Germany. William (Wilhelm) died in Bertha, Todd, Minnesota in 1954; he was 84. Buried in Peace Evangelical Cemetery, Bertha, Todd, Minnesota.

In 1888 when William (Wilhelm) was 18, he married Helen SPARS, in Monticello, Jones, Iowa. Born on 2 Feb 1870 in Germany. Helen died in Bertha, Todd, Minnesota in Oct 1950; she was 80.

They had the following children:

	15	i.	William J. (1890-1956)
	16	ii.	Mimmie (1892-1953)
	17	iii.	Alfred (Al) (1894-1946)
	18	iv.	Ellen (Ella) (1899-1991)
	19	v.	Elsie (1902-1919)
	20	vi.	Edward P. (1905-1981)
	21	vii.	Laura (1907-)
	22	viii.	Herbert (1910-1989)
	23	ix.	Charles

5. Herman Christopher SCHAEFFER Sr. Born on 23 Jun 1871 in Nuremburg, (Nurnburg) Germany. Herman Christopher died in Watertown, Codington, South Dakota on 20 Nov 1928; he was 57. Death Cause: Heart Attack.

In 1895 when Herman Christopher was 23, he first married Elmira Marie BURTON, in Debuque, Debuque, Iowa. Born on 27 Sep 1876. Elmira Marie died on 27 Jan 1908; she was 31.

They had the following children:

	24	i.	Leroy Eugene (1898-1971)
	25	ii.	Raymond (1900-1966)
	26	iii.	George Elmer (Earl Davis)
	27	iv.	Lawrence Christopher (1903-1953)
	28	v.	Herman Boyd (Shorty) (1906-1981)

On 5 May 1908 when Herman Christopher was 36, he second married Lena Marie OTTON, in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa. Born on 9 Nov 1889 in Germany. Lena Marie died on 22 Jun 1918; she was 28.

They had the following children:

	29	i.	Lester (Bud) (1911-1968)
	30	ii.	Emma (1914-)
	31	iii.	Elmira Marie (1908-1982)

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