Bertram Joseph Schafnit

George F. Schafnit
(Abt 1837-)

Barbara Will
(Abt 1842-)

Joseph W. Crees
(1839-1919)

Lucette Jane Linn
(1849-1929)

G. Frederick Schafnit
(1867-1937)

Varena Crees
(1877-1964)

Bertram Joseph Schafnit
(1901-1969)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Wilma May Schmidt

Ronald Keith Schafnit+

Bertram Joseph Schafnit ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰

Born: 24 April 1901, Cedar County, IA ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰
Marriage (1): Wilma May Schmidt on 25 December 1922 in Atalissa, IA ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Died: 3 April 1969, Atalissa, IA at age 67 ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰
Buried: 5 April 1969, Wilton, IA ⁸ ¹⁰

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Goshen Township, Muscatine, IA on April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 103, Family 8
Goshen Township, Muscatine County, Iowa
Joseph B. Schafnit..Son..8..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Goshen Township, Muscatine, IA on January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 114, Family 154
Goshen Township, Muscatine County, Iowa
Bertram J. Schafint..Son..18..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Moscow, IA on April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 10, Family 65, Roll 670
Moscow, Muscatine County, Iowa
Bertram Shafnit..Head..28..IA

(Living with wife and son.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Moscow, IA on April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 70-10, Family 71, Roll 1186
Moscow, Muscatine County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
Home owned, $800
Bertram Schafnit..Head..38..IA..12th grade..Farmer

(Living with wife, son, niece, and nephew.)
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• His obituary was published in the Muscatine Journal on 4 April 1969 in Muscatine, IA.

¹⁰ Dr. V. W. Swayze, Muscatine County Medical Examiner announced today that the death of Bert Joseph Schafnit, 67, of Atalissa was due to drowning following a one-car accident on Highway 6, Thursday morning. Schafnit's car plunged off the highway into a water filled ditch.

Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church, Atalissa. The Rev. H. D. Rasmussen will officiate.

Mr. Schafnit was born April 24, 1901 in Cedar county to Fred and Verena Crees Schafnit.

His marriage to Wilma Schmidt took place Dec. 25, 1922 in Atalissa. He was a farmer and a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Atalissa.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Ronald Schafnit, Davenport; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Schafnit, Muscatine and Mrs. George Morrison, Atalissa; nine grandchildren; and a nephew and niece, John Garvin of Atalissa and Mrs. Joyce Oepping of Cedar Rapids, raised by the Schafnits.

Visitation will begin this evening at the Gill Memorial Home, Wilton.

(Source: Muscatine Journal, 4 Apr 1969, Page 3)
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• He was buried on 5 April 1969 in the Oakdale Cemetery in Wilton, IA.

Plot: Sect 12 N Lot 12
Find A Grave Memorial #100403326
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Bertram married Wilma May Schmidt, daughter of Louis Adam Schmidt and Laura Kathryn Frengel, on 25 December 1922 in Atalissa, IA.² ³ ⁴ ⁸ (Wilma May Schmidt was born on 15 January 1902 in , Rock Island County, IL,³ ⁴ ⁸ ¹¹ ¹² died on 15 October 1979 in Davenport, IA ⁸ ¹¹ ¹² and was buried after 15 October 1979 in Wilton, IA ⁸ ¹².)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Moscow, IA on April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 10, Family 65, Roll 670
Moscow, Muscatine County, Iowa
Head..Bertram Shafnit..28..IA
Wife..Welma Shafnit..28..IL
Son..Ronald Shafnit..4..IA
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Moscow, IA on April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 70-10, Family 71, Roll 1186
Moscow, Muscatine County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
Home owned, $800
Head..Bertram Schafnit..38..IA..12th grade..Farmer
Wife..Wilma Schafnit..38..IL..12th grade
Son..Ronald Schafnit..14..IA..8th grade
Niece..Joyce Garvin..10..IA..4th grade
Nephew..John Garvin..7..IA..2nd grade
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1 Yvonne Linn, Fulton, Missouri [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian Lightfoot, e-mail, Several messages exchanged during January and February of 2002; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA; E-mail messages regarding the Linn and Darner families. Yvonne is the great granddaughter of Andrew D. Linn

2 "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1805551 : accessed 23 Jan 2014), Name: Joseph Bertram Schafuit; Spouse's Name: Wilma Mae Schmidt; Event Date: 25 Dec 1922; Event Place: Atalissa, Muscatine, Iowa.

3 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Moscow, Muscatine County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 0010, sheet 4A, family 65, Bertram Joseph Schafnit and Wilma May Schmidt; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 670.

4 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Moscow, Muscatine County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 70-10, sheet 3B, household 71, Bertram Joseph Schafnit and Wilma May Schmidt; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1186.

5 "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1821206 : accessed 23 Jan 2014), Name: Bertram J Schafrit; Event Date: 24 Apr 1901; Event Place:, Cedar, Iowa.

6 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Goshen Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 1B, family 8, Fred Schafnit and Varena Crees; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

7 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Goshen Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 114, sheet 7A, family 154, Fred Schafnit and Varena Crees; index and images (accessed 23 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

8 Yvonne Linn, Fulton, Missouri [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian Lightfoot, e-mail, Several messages exchanged during January and February of 2002; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA.

9 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 23 Jan 2014), Name: Bertram Schafnit; Event Date: April 1969.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 23 Jan 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100403326.

11 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 23 Jan 2014), Name: Wilma Schafnit; Event Date: October 1979.

12 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 23 Jan 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=113095867.

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Bertram Joseph Schafnit ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰