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Schafer, Johann Heinrich
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FIRST: Johann
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MID: Heinrich
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| BORN: 6 Jul 1838
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DIED: 24 Nov 1894
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| BIRTH PLACE: Russia
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| DEATH PLACE: Turner, Marion Co., Oregon
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MARRIAGE - to Katharina Margaretha Reimgen, 26 Nov 1861
PERSONAL TIMELINE (Information provided by Jack Schafer)
Johann Heinrich Schafer 1838-1894:
1838 July 6 Johann Heinrich Schäfer is born, possibly in Gorodok, Belowesch Colonies, Chernigov Province, Russia. Parents’ names are not known, they died when Johann Heinrich was young. Family history indicates JH Schäfer was raised by relatives and apprenticed as a craftsman/wagon maker. Source: Henry J Schafer family records.
1861 November 26 Johann Heinrich Schäfer (21) marries Katharina Margaretha Reimgen (16) in Simferopol, Crimea, Russia. Margaretha is the oldest daughter of George Konrad Reimgen (Reimche) and Johanna Justina Baumbach. Source: Neusatz Marriage Records, 186x, published by the Odessa Digital Library 20 Jan 1997.
1862 Oct 15 Friedrich Schäfer (child #1) born Neusatz Parish, Crimea, Russia. Father is listed as Johann Heinrich Schafer. Noted as a settler to Temesch from Gorodok. Source: Neusatz Birth Records, 186x, published by the Odessa Digital Library 20 Jan 1997.
1864 March 13 Katharina Schäfer (child #2) born Neusatz Parish, Crimea, Russia. Father is noted as Johann Heinrich Schafer. Source: Neusatz Birth Records, 186x, published by the Odessa Digital Library 20 Jan 1997.
1866 August 23 Maria Schäfer (child #3) born Neusatz Parish, Crimea, Russia. Father is listed as Heinrich Schäfer. Source: Neusatz Birth Records, 186x, published by the Odessa Digital Library, 20 Jan 1997. Henry J. Schafer family records indicate this child died in Russia.
1867 September 26 John H. Schäfer (child #4), born in Russia. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
1868 Infant born and died at birth (child #5), Russia. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
1869 December 13 Conrad Schäfer (child #6), born in Russia. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records. 1873 April 12 Elizabeth Schäfer (child #7), born in Russia. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
1875 February 27 Maria (child #8), born in Russia. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
1876 May 31 Heinrich Schafer and family immigrate to the United States via Hamburg, Germany and Havre, France to New York harbor aboard SS Gellert. Parents of Margaretha (George Konrad Reimgen “Reimche” and Johanna Justina Baumbach) also immigrated on the same ship. Source: Hamburg Ship Passenger List, Jack Schafer & Arlo Schafer research. It is additionally noted the umlaut over the ä is dropped from usage in the Schafer surname.
1876 June 20 Agreement to purchase 92.04 acres from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company in Section 1, East Branch Township, Marion County, Hillsboro KS. Source: Arlo Schafer research.
1877 December 10, George Schafer (child #9), born in Kansas. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records. 1879 June 9 Louisa Schafer (child #10), born in Kansas. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
1880 May 13 Hillsboro KS, Deed of Record for 92.04 acres of land from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company for $552.24 cash. The rail line owned by the seller is adjacent to the purchased land. Source: Arlo Schafer research.
1881 George Schafer (child #9 dies of Diphtheria). Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
1881 Louisa Schafer (child #10 dies of Diphtheria). Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
1881 Heinrich Schafer is baptized into the Mennonite Brethren Church, Hillsboro, Kansas. Source: Zionsbote obituary written by John Schafer, Jack Schafer research.
1881 April 11 Henry J. Schafer (child #11) is born on the family farm near Hillsboro, Marion County, KS. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
1881 April 20 Deed Record, sale of 92.04 acres, Marion County, Kansas for $1200 to Ferdinand Engel. Grant deed is subject to a mortgage in the amount of $550 to F.W. Davidson, dated March 1, 1880, term of 5 years at the rate of 12% per year. Source: Arlo Schafer research.
1882 November 28 Mary Schafer (child #12), born near Wittenberg, Dakota Territory. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
1883 February 10 Heinrich Schafer buys 160 acres for $200 in the SE quarter of Sec 20 Hutchinson County, Wittenberg Township 99N/58W. Source: Arlo Schafer research.
1884 March 2, George W. Schafer (child #13), born near Wittenberg, Dakota Territory Source: Henry Schafer Family Records.
1885 December 11, Carrie V. Schafer (child #14), born near Wittenberg, Dakota Territory. Source: Henry J Schafer Family Records.
1888 Sept 19 Heinrich Schafer applies for US Citizenship. Source: South Dakota land document and Arlo Schafer research.
1888 July 24 Peter Schafer (child #15), born near Wittenberg, South Dakota, Peter dies shortly after birth. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
1889 August 8 Heinrich Schafer homesteads a 160 acre parcel adjacent to his purchased 160 acres, NE Section 20, Wittenberg Township, 99N/58W South Dakota. Source: Arlo Schafer research .
1889 November 2 South Dakota and North Dakota, formerly Dakota Territory become the 39th and 40th states admitted to the United States.
1893 Farm in South Dakota is sold and the family moves to Turner, Marion County, Oregon (south east of Salem). The move to Oregon was made to improve the health of Heinrich Schafer. Heinrich Schafer bought a portion of Section 13 SE and Section 18 SW totaling 160 acres on Peoples Butte. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records and Marion County Probate Records research from Arlo Schafer.
1893 While on board the train from South Dakota to Oregon, the infant daughter of Conrad Schafer and his wife died. The families feared removal from the train had they revealed the infant’s death. They kept the death quiet and reached their destination at Turner Oregon. The infant, Pauline Schafer *1892, is buried in the Cloverdale Cemetery. Source: Arlo Schafer
1894 November 24 Heinrich Schafer dies at his farm home near Turner, Marion County, Oregon. He is buried at the Cloverdale Cemetery a few miles south west or Turner near Cloverdale School. His grave marker is next to the marker for his granddaughter Pauline Schafer. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records, Obituary by John Schafer, published in Zionsbote, and Jack Schafer research. 1895 Farm in Oregon is sold to pay a $1000 mortgage. The Schafer Family rents a farm from a widower, Mattie Morris near Turner. Source: Henry J. Schafer Family Records.
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OBITUARY:
Obituary provided by Jack Schafer:
Heinrich Schafer
July 6, 1838 to November 24, 1894
Dear Zionsbote: because you are a faithful messenger, at the request of my dear brother in Oregon, I am sending you a sad message (Trauerbotschaft).
It has pleased the dear Lord to call our Father, Heinrich Schafer, home, especially since he has been sickly for 23 years and had become increasingly weaker, and longed to go home. At the last he had to spend 5 weeks in bed.
He gave himself completely into the will of God, and he never complained because his longing was only that the Lord would so relieve him. He approached death with joy!
He would often say to his loved ones as they cried in his presence, “don’t cry, because I am going where there is no more sickness.”
The last afternoon he couldn’t get enough air, and he believed that the Lord was here to get him, and he was happy, but it improved and after he could speak again, he said” I was so happy that I could go along, but now I am still here!”
Thus he waited for the Lord to come and take him. Seven o’clock in the evening he fell into a peaceful sleep so that it was almost impossible to notice that he had died.
Our Father leaves behind a deeply sorrowful widow with 9 children. He became a father to 13, 4 of which went on before him; grandfather of 16 children, 7 of whom went before him into eternity. Five of the 9 children are married. Mother still has 4 children at home.
The funeral message was given y a Baptist Minister by the name of Fechter on Revelation 14:13 in the home of the deceased, and at the grave CC Kliewer spoke. There was no English message.
My Father attained the age of 56 years, 3 moths, and 26 days. He was a believer for 17 years. He was born in Russia, emigrated to America, settled in Kansas where he lived 5 years and where he became a Christian and was received into the Brotherhood by Brother Eckert.
From Kansas he moved to Dakota and was a member of the congregations there and from there he moved to Oregon where he died on November 24, 1894.
J.H. Schafer
Zionsbote was a periodical published from 1884-1964 by the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches.
Jack Schafer Research
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INSCRIPTION:
Heinrich Schafer
1838 - 1894
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SOURCES:
Hunsaker
Saucy Survey and Photographs
Jack Schafer (personal timeline and portrait photograph)
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