Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
Genealogy of the Lindell, Herndon, Bonnell, and Fairbanks families.

Catherine Schaefer[1]

Female 1850 - Aft 1920  (> 70 years)


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

    Father Joseph Schaefer,   b. 26 May 1821, _______, _______, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1903, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Maria Agnes Henschenmacher,   b. 20 Jan 1824, Merken, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1914, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F3004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Casper Hoffman,   b. Jul 1848, _______, _______, Kingdom of Bavaria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Jan 1920, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jan 1872  Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Katherine A Hoffman,   b. Feb 1874, Mayville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1929, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     3. Joseph Hoffman,   b. Abt 1876, _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elisabeth Hoffman,   b. 23 Mar 1877, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. John Hoffman,   b. 14 Jan 1880, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1902, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     6. Rosa Hoffman,   b. Feb 1886, _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Nellie Hoffman,   b. May 1887, _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Henrietta Hoffman,   b. 25 Nov 1889, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Edward Hoffman,   b. Sep 1891, _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ?, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Aug 1850 - _______, _______, Wisconsin, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Jan 1872 - Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 11 Jun 1880 - 5th Ward, City of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 12 Jun 1900 - 3rd Ward, Mayville City, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 29 Apr 1910 - Third Ward, City of Mayville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • 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: 11-May-2026].

  • Sources 
    1. [S315] [Herndon-2025] Herndon, William Robert, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: By the author, 2025.

    2. [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.

    3. [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.

    4. [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.

    5. [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.

    6. [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.

    7. [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.

    8. [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.

    9. [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.

    10. [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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