The Hilpert family
Johanna Hilpert
February 14, 1875 – January 14, 1961
Johanna Hilpert, known as Hannah, was born on February 14, 1875, on the Hilpert family farm. Her father, David, was 47 and her mother, Magdalena, was 33.
- Parents
- David August Hilpert & Magdalena Hilpert
- Spouse
- Fred Schaefer
- Children
- Hilpert · Frederick
She married Fred Schaefer. They had two children, Hilpert and Frederick. Hannah died on January 14, 1961.
Hannah and Helen were sisters. Hannah married Fred Schaefer; Helen married Fred’s nephew, Herbert Clyde Schaefer.
Places in a Life
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Johanna Hilpert (Hannah)
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Profile says born on the Hilpert family farm; David’s public biography locates that farm north of Centralia. Town-area marker; farm location connected through the existing David biography. Marker precision: town area; farm sites are not pinpointed.
Source for this place
A caption places Hannah in El Paso during Pauline’s visit around 1900. It does not explicitly name Hannah’s home, so no residence is inferred from the visit.
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Otto’s sibling
Family connections
Otto · Reinhold Hilpert · Selma Anna Hilpert · Phillip Henrich Hilpert · Elizabeth Hedwig Hilpert · Pauline Magdalena Hilpert · Helena Christina Hilpert
Photographs and memories
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All related album pages (18)
- The Hilpert family outside their log house in 1892
- The Hilpert family, taken July 10, 1892
- About 1897: The Hilpert girls: Pauline, Helen, Hannah, Hattie and Selma.
- Johanna (Hannah) Hilpert, about 1895.
- Hannah Hilpert and Fred Schaefer, wedding portraits, 1897.
- Aunt Hannah holding her son in El Paso Texas. This may be her oldest son that died as a child or it could be Hilpert.
- Aunt Hannah holding her son in El Paso Texas. This maybe her oldest son that died as a small child or it could be Hilpert.
- Aunt Hannah (Hilpert) Schaefer holding her son in El Paso Texas. This maybe her oldest son that died as a small child or it could be Hilpert.
- In front of the Hilpert farm house in 1912. Back Row (Left to Right): Joe Shirer, Leonora Pitzer, Hattie Teeter, Hannah Schaefer, Pauline Reece, Lona Pitzer, Selma Pitzer Front row (Left to Right): Little Selma Teeter & Grandma Hilpert (Magdalena)
- About 1919 or 1920 Aunt Hannah Schaefer visits her mother in Centralia, WA. Shirley Hilpert is standing by her and she is holding Lona Thorlakson, Aunt Selma Pitzer’s granddaughter.
- Aug. 1926: Selma, Helena, Reinhold, Hannah, Otto, Pauline, Phillip, Hattie.
- Aug. 1926: Grandma, Aunt Pauline, Helen, Hattie & Hannah. (Hilpert sisters.
- Rec. Xmas 1929: Pauline Reece, Helen Schaefer, Selma Wagner, Hattie Teeter, Hannah Schaefer and Grandma Hilpert.
- 1930: Hilpert & Hannah Schaefer.
- 1930 Helen Schaefer, Hannah & Hilpert Schaefer.
- Sept. 1947: At Aunt Hatties place in Gig Harbor, WA. Hattie Teeter, Hannah Schaefer, Selma Wagner, Helen Schaefer.
- Dec. 7, 1949, Noon: Aunt Hannah Schaefer and Aunt Selma Wagner.
- 1952: Otto and his dog King, Aunt Selma, Lona Thorlakson Steele and Rusty Steele, Hattie Teeter, Bud Townsend and Aunt Hannah Schaefer.
Stories and captions drawn from Eileen Townsend’s family album.