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Margaretha "Gretha" Catharina Schmidt Schaefer 1540–1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Death Date: 27 Nov 1594

Death Location: Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Father: George\Joerg Betz

Mother: Anna Schmidt

Spouse(s): Hans Scheffers

Children(s): Michael Schafer

Margaretha "Gretha" Catharina Schmidt Schaefer was born in 1540 in Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, the child of George Joerg Betz And Anna Schmidt. Margaretha "Gretha" Catharina Schmidt Schaefer married Hans Scheffers, and had children including Michael Schafer. Margaretha "Gretha" Catharina Schmidt Schaefer passed away in 1594 in Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

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Biography

  • Margaretha "Gretha" Catharina Schmidt Schaefer was born in 1540 in Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, the child of George Joerg Betz And Anna Schmidt.
  • Margaretha "Gretha" Catharina Schmidt Schaefer married Hans Scheffers, and had children including Michael Schafer.
  • Margaretha "Gretha" Catharina Schmidt Schaefer passed away in 1594 in Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

George\Joerg Betz
1532–1607
Birth Location: Unteraichen, Esslingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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Anna Schmidt
1500–1551
Birth Location: Sindelfingen, Boblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Hans Scheffers
1538–1625
Birth Location: Sindelfingen, Boblingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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Children(s)

Michael Schafer
1573–1643
Birth Location: Sindelfingen, Boblingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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Margaretha Schaefer's Ancestors

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Margaretha Schaefer
1540–1594
Birth Place: Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Parents
George\Joerg Betz
1532–1607
Unteraichen, Esslingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Anna Schmidt
1500–1551
Sindelfingen, Boblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Grandparents
Conrad Betz
1480–1570
Unteraichen, Esslingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Margaretha Stebler
1500–1578
Oberaichen, Esslingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Martin STEBLER
1480–1560
Anna (Lorentz)
1480–1560
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha Schaefer's Descendants

1.
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Margaretha ("Gretha" Catharina Schmidt) Schaefer (1540–27 Nov 1594) m. Hans Scheffers (1538–09 Jul 1625)
  1. 1. Michael Schafer 1573–1643 m. Magdalena Haug 1573–1609
    1. 1. Georgius Scheffer 1603–1700 m. Anna (Maria Driefmeijer Wanner (Wacker)) Schaeffer 1601–1691
      1. 1. Hans (Jacob) Schäffer 1640–1711 m. Anna (Margaretha) Karg 1645–1698
        1. 1. Nicholaus Schaeffer 1676–1724 m. Margaretha Wenner 1680–1730

Margaretha Schaefer's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Margaretha "Gretha" Catharina Schmidt Schaefer in Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
1594
27 Nov 1594
Age 54
Death of Margaretha "Gretha" Catharina Schmidt Schaefer in Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1594
    Event Place: Kornwestheim, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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