Tagged With: Schlafley
Stories from Keith Schaar
Thanks everyone for all the posts on the Goshen Website. Some of my earliest memories are going to visit Mom and Dad Schaar (Lawrence and Kate) as my mother called them. She was Catherine Hansen, who around 1929, became a foster child of Lawrence and Kate. My mother attended Goshen School in the 1930’s. She … Continue reading
Schlafley Family
Victor Mauritius (Moritz) Schlafley was born in 1808, in Canton, Berne, Switzerland. He married Mary Elizabeth Yaggi, in 1830 and their children were Mary, Rose, Emma and John, who died as a child. The family decided to come to America with their sea voyage lasting 63 days. From New York Harbor, they went overland to … Continue reading