Fifth Generation

46. Friedrich Heinrich Ernst "Fred" SCHAEFER Sr. was born on 22 September 1888 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^52,54,120 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶ He was confirmed on 27 March 1904 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁰ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Fred appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁸ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁶ His occupation was "Farmer, Dairy Farm." Fred died on 18 September 1972 at the age of 83 in Norwalk, Monroe County, WI.^35,52

Friedrich Heinrich Ernst "Fred" SCHAEFER Sr. and Margaretha Anna "Maggie" NAUMANN were married on 16 February 1916 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{35,52,121,122,123,124} at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Margaretha Anna "Maggie" NAUMANN, daughter of Johannes Wilhelm NAUMANN and Bertha Anna SCHULTZ, was born on 7 December 1895 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.^{17,27,48,123,125,126} She was baptized on 3 May 1896 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁵ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶ Maggie appeared in the census in 1910 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁸ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁶ Maggie died on 9 March 1937 at the age of 41.^17,123,126 She was buried on 13 March 1937 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^17,51,126 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Friedrich Heinrich Ernst "Fred" SCHAEFER Sr. and Margaretha Anna "Maggie" NAUMANN had the following children:

+82	i.	Friedrich Ernst Wilhelm "Fred" SCHAEFER Jr..
+83	ii.	Elisabeth Emma "Betty" SCHAEFER.
+84	iii.	Wilhelmine Bertha "Minnie" SCHAEFER.
+85	iv.	Frieda Lena Margaretha SCHAEFER.
86	v.	Alwin SCHAEFER died before 1930.^66,78 He was not listed with the family in the 1930 Census, so it assumed that he died before then.
+87	vi.	Louisa Helene "Helen" SCHAEFER.
+88	vii.	Eudora Marie "Dorie" SCHAEFER.
89	viii.	Bertha Laura SCHAEFER was born on 4 October 1929 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^54,127 She was baptized on 17 November 1929 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁶ Bertha appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ She was living in the household of her uncle Louie Schaefer. She appeared in the census in 1950 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹² She was living with her Cousin, William Schaefer and his wife Elnora.