Catherine Schaefer (1850 - 1920): Lindell-Herndon Genealogy

1850 - Aft 1920 (> 70 years)

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Name	Catherine Schaefer [2, 3]
Birth	Aug 1850	_______, _______, Wisconsin, United States [4, 5]
Gender	Female
Census	20 Jul 1860	Town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States [3]
Census	29 Jun 1870	Metomen, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States [6]
Census	11 Jun 1880	5th Ward, City of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States [5]
Census	12 Jun 1900	3rd Ward, Mayville City, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States [4]
Census	29 Apr 1910	Third Ward, City of Mayville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States [7]
Census	24 Jan 1920	Hubbard Township, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States [8]
Death	Aft Jan 1920	(unknown) [8]
Person ID	I1148	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
Last Modified	29 Jul 2017

Father	Joseph Schaefer, b. 26 May 1821, _______, _______, Kingdom of Prussia d. 28 Oct 1903, (unknown) (Age 82 years)
Mother	Maria Agnes Henschenmacher, b. 20 Jan 1824, Merken, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia d. 3 Mar 1914, (unknown) (Age 90 years)
Family ID	F3004	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Casper Hoffman, b. Jul 1848, _______, _______, Kingdom of Bavaria d. Aft Jan 1920, (unknown) (Age > 72 years)

Marriage 9 Jan 1872 Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States [2]

Notes

Casper’s younger brother, Andreas, and Catherine’s younger sister, Elizabeth, witnessed their marriage in 1872. [2]

Children

	1. Mary A Hoffman, b. Aug 1872, _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States d. ?, (unknown)
	2. Katherine A Hoffman, b. Feb 1874, Mayville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States d. 1929, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States (Age 54 years)
	3. Joseph Hoffman, b. Abt 1876, _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States d. ?, (unknown)
	4. Elisabeth Hoffman, b. 23 Mar 1877, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States d. ?, (unknown)
	5. John Hoffman, b. 14 Jan 1880, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States d. 14 Dec 1902, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States (Age 22 years)
	6. Rosa Hoffman, b. Feb 1886, _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States d. ?, (unknown)
	7. Nellie Hoffman, b. May 1887, _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States d. ?, (unknown)
	8. Henrietta Hoffman, b. 25 Nov 1889, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States d. ?, (unknown)
	9. Edward Hoffman, b. Sep 1891, _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States d. ?, (unknown)

Family ID F824 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 29 Jul 2017

Event Map

	Birth - Aug 1850 - _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States
	Marriage - 9 Jan 1872 - Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States
	Census - 11 Jun 1880 - 5th Ward, City of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States
	Census - 12 Jun 1900 - 3rd Ward, Mayville City, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States
	Census - 29 Apr 1910 - Third Ward, City of Mayville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States

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Notes

[US-1900-1k] notes that Catherine (Schaefer) Hoffman was the mother of 12 children of which 10 were still alive in 1900. Since only 5 are enumerated in 1880 and an additional 4 in 1900, there must be 3 children (1 living, 2 deceased in 1900) that are not accounted for in this database. [4, 5]
There is considerable confusion regarding this individual’s name. Bonnell family sources use the name “Anna Katherine Schaeffer”. However a first name of “Anna” is only supported by a single post marriage census record. In all pre-marriage census records, as well as in [WHS-1872a], a variant of “Catherine”, without Anna, is used. In the birth records of her children, she is sometimes listed as “Elsie” or “Mary”. [2, 3, 9, 10]
Catherine Schaefer was a domestic servant in the household of Almond and Augusta Osborn during the enumeration of the 1870 US Federal Census. [6]

Reference Herndon, William Robert. "Catherine Schaefer", Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. [Online]. Available: https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I1148&tree=LindellHerndon. [Accessed: 28-May-2025].

Sources

[S315] [Herndon-2024] Herndon, William Robert, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy, Washington, District of Columbia: By the author, 2024.
[S1487] [WHS-1872a] "Registration of Marriages: Caspar Hoffman and Catherine Schaefer," Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection: Marriage Records, Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society, Fond du Lac Volume 3, page 14, number 98.
[S568] [US-1860-1q] "Town of Lamartine, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin," Eighth Census of the United States, 1860,
Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication M653, roll 1408, sheet 670, page 102.
[S559] [US-1900-1k] "3rd Ward, Mayville City, Dodge County, Wisconsin," Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900,
Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T623, roll 1785, E.D. 101, sheet 18B.
[S70] [US-1880-1b] "5th Ward, City of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin," Tenth Census of the United States, 1880,
Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T9, roll 1425, E.D. 41, sheet 213D, page 32.
[S570] [US-1870-1t] "Metomen, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin," Ninth Census of the United States, 1870,
Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication M593, roll 1714, sheet 434B, page 32.
[S567] [US-1910-1g] "Third Ward, City of Mayville, Dodge County, Wisconsin," Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910,
Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T624, roll 1706, E.D. 25, sheet 16B.
[S632] [US-1920-1e] "Hubbard Township, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States," Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920,
Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T625, roll 1982, E.D. 45, sheet 8A.
[S178] [WHS-1880a] "Registration of Births: Unnamed Male," Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection: Birth Records, Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society, reel 65, page 208, number 1402.
[S1405] [WHS-1889a] "Registration of Births: Unnamed Female," Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection: Birth Records, Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society, reel 67, page 340, number 998.

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