Schafer, William James

1868 - 1946  (77 years)

• Name	Schafer, William James  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 Mar 1868	St Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jan 1946	Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA   [2]
  Age	77 years
  Burial	Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I6065	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Schafer, Johann Nicholas,   b. 4 Sep 1836, Dreis, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. 18 Oct 1904, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hoffman, Margaret Anna,   b. 29 Sep 1845, Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio, USA d. 16 Mar 1932, Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	3 May 1864	St Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
  Siblings	1 sister
  1. Schafer, William James,   b. 8 Mar 1868, St Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA d. 29 Jan 1946, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA  (Age 77 years) ▻ Wieler, Elizabeth,  m. 1896   2. Schaefer, Susanna,   b. 12 May 1874, Rockville, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA d. 27 Jan 1968, Paynesville, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 93 years) ▻ Mies, Peter,  m. 17 Feb 1895
  Family ID	F2831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wieler, Elizabeth,   b. 15 May 1871, St Augusta, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA d. 25 Nov 1951, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1896	Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
  Family ID	F2668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Mar 1868 - St Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA Marriage - 1896 - Stearns County, Minnesota, USA Death - 29 Jan 1946 - Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA Burial - - Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). [S2] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).