Katharina and Michael Schaefer, son of Johann Schaefer and Anna Margaretha Schomisch, were married on 29 May 1873 at St Valerius Catholic Church in Wanderath, Prussia (Germany). Katharina's uncle, John Pitzen (Anna Maria Schumacher), had emigrated from Prussia (Germany) and settled at Pistakee Bay, McHenry County, Illinois, in 1847-48, and her brother John Pitzen (Maria Kehr) had emigrated from Prussia (Germany) in 1879, and also settled at Pistakee Bay. Katharina and Michael emigrated from Prussia (Germany) with their four children, Anna, Katharina, Mathias and John, and arrived at the Port of Castle Garden in New York on 1 May 1882, aboard the ship Kronprinz Friederick Wilhelm, and they came directly to Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois, located a few miles west of Pistakee Bay. Their next three children, Mary, Peter and Josephine, were born in Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois. Katharina and Michael Schaefer are my maternal great-great grandparents, through their daughter Katharina [Catherine], my great-grandmother ~
Katharina and Michael Schaefer, son of Johann Schaefer and Anna Margaretha Schomisch, were married on 29 May 1873 at St Valerius Catholic Church in Wanderath, Prussia (Germany). Katharina's uncle, John Pitzen (Anna Maria Schumacher), had emigrated from Prussia (Germany) and settled at Pistakee Bay, McHenry County, Illinois, in 1847-48, and her brother John Pitzen (Maria Kehr) had emigrated from Prussia (Germany) in 1879, and also settled at Pistakee Bay. Katharina and Michael emigrated from Prussia (Germany) with their four children, Anna, Katharina, Mathias and John, and arrived at the Port of Castle Garden in New York on 1 May 1882, aboard the ship Kronprinz Friederick Wilhelm, and they came directly to Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois, located a few miles west of Pistakee Bay. Their next three children, Mary, Peter and Josephine, were born in Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois. Katharina and Michael Schaefer are my maternal great-great grandparents, through their daughter Katharina [Catherine], my great-grandmother ~
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