Johann George Keim Pfeifer was the son of Georg
Michael Pfeifer & Johanna Elisabetha Keim. He was born May 27, 1815 in
Buschelbach, Bavaria, Germany and baptised May 28, 1815 in Immeldorf, Bavaria,
Germany. His parents were not married at the time of his birth. They married in
1821, and Georg Michael Pfeifer declared in church records in 1828 that he was
the father of Johann George. I have not found Johann George Pfeifer on a ship
record at this time.
The parents of Mary Marguerite Haag were John
Peter Haag & Eva Barbara Vollmond. She was born September 16, 1830 in
Hinterhoff, Bavaria, Germany, and immigrated with her family to America in 1841
on the ship Pauline.
THE FAMILY OF GEORGE MICHAEL PFEIFER & MARY MARGUERITE HAAG
 |  | Johann George Keim Pfeifer & Mary Marguerite Haag | Johann George Keim Pfeifer &
Mary Marguerite Haag were married on June 15, 1851 in Kendall Co., IL and
they had 6 children. Shortly after marriage they moved south some 40 miles
to Grundy Co., IL, part of a group of Bavarian emigrants from Oswego, Kendall
Co., IL that was headed by Mary's father Peter Haag. George & Mary are listed
with their family on the 1860 & 1870 censuses of Goodfarm Twp., Grundy Co.,
IL. George Pfeifer died March 8, 1878 in Grundy Co., IL. In 1880 Mary is
still in Goodfarm Twp, IL with her youngest children Amelia & William, and
she is listed as widowed. She is listed on the 1900 & 1910 censuses of Dwight,
Livingston Co., IL, as mother-in-law (widowed) in the household of Nelson &
Margaret (Pfeifer) Mickelson. On both censuses Mary is listed as having 6 births
wtih 5 surviving children. On the 1900 it lists that she was age 69, and that
she had immigrated from Germany in 1841 and had been in the US for 58 years. On
the 1910 its says that she immigrated in 1842. On the 1900 her son-in-law Nelson
Mickelson is listed as a Photographer; he probably took the portrait of Mary at
left. Mary Haag Pfeifer died on July 4, 1913, in Dwight Twp, Livingston Co.,
IL. George & Mary are both buried in the Goodfarm Cemetery, Grundy Co.,
IL. |
The children of George Pfeifer & Mary Haag:
 | Mary Pfeifer | Mary Pfeifer was born on August 19, 1852 in
Goodfarm Twp, Grundy Co., IL. She is listed with her parents on the 1860 &
1870 censuses of Goodfarm Twp., Grundy Co., IL. Mary married John Henry Gantzert
on February 24, 1874 in Grundy Co., IL and they had 5 children born between
1875-1891. Henry & Mary are on the 1880, 1900 & 1910 censuses of Goodfarm
Twp., Grundy Co., IL. Henry died on September 28, 1918 and Mary moved to nearby
Dwight, Livingston Co., IL. She is listed as widowed on the 1920 & 1930 censuses
of Dwight, Livingston Co., IL. Mary is listed as a surviving sister in the obit
of her brother Fred in Feb 1940. Mary died on October 12, 1944, probably in
Dwight, Livingston Co., IL. She is buried in the Goodfarm Cemetery, Grundy
Co., IL. Photos of John Henry Gantzert & Mary Pfeifer Notes for Mary Pfeifer Gantzert |
 | Frederick Pfeifer | Frederick Pfeifer was born on March 28,
1855 in Goodfarm Twp, Grundy Co., IL. He is listed with his parents on the
1860 & 1870 censuses of Goodfarm Twp., Grundy Co., IL. Frederick married
Margaret Magdalena Schrotberger on October 17, 1876 in Grundy Co., IL, and
they had two sons. Frederick & Margaret are on the 1880 & 1900 censuses
of Goodfarm Twp., Grundy Co., IL. Their younger son George married and had two
sons, but George and the boys were living with his parents in 1920, and Frederick
& Margaret were raising the two grandsons in 1930. Irma Pfeifer Mankamyer,
granddaughter of Frederick & Margaret, told me that Margaret was shot and
killed by one of her grandsons. Margaret Schrotberger Pfeifer died November
30, 1938. Frederick Pfeifer died February 21, 1940. Both died in Grundy Co. ,IL.
Frederick is buried in Round Grove Cemetery, Dwight, Livingston Co., IL |
 | Leonard Pfeifer | Leonard Pfeifer was born on February 28, 1854 in Goodfarm Twp, Grundy Co., Illinois. He died when he was age 5 months and 22 days. Leonard Pfeifer died on August 19, 1854 in Goodfarm Twp, Grundy Co., Illinois |
 | Margaret Pfeifer | Margaret Eva Pfeifer was born
on November 1, 1858 in Grundy or Livingston Co., IL. She is listed with her
parents on the 1860 (age 3) & 1870 (age 12) censuses of Goodfarm Twp., Grundy
Co., IL. Margaret was married to Henry Smith about 1875 and they had two
children, born in 1876 & 1878 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. She is listed as Margaret
Smith, head of household, on the 1880 census of Dwight, Livingston Co., IL. Margaret
remarried Nelson Mickelson on January 11, 1885 in Grundy Co. IL and they
had 4 children. The family is listed on the 1900, 1910 & 1920 censuses of
Dwight Twp., Livingston Co., IL. In 1900 Nelson's occupation was Photographer.
Nelson died on May 9, 1924. On the 1930 census Margaret is listed twice: she is
listed in Union, Livingston Co., IL in the household of Walter & Esther (Mickelson)
Houck, and also in Cicero, Cook, Illinois in the household of Frank & Ella
(Mickelson) Vlasik. She is listed as a surviving sister of Fred Pfeifer in Feb.
1940. She is listed as Margaret Mickelson of Cicero, IL in the 1944 obit of her
sister Mary Pfeifer Gantzert. In November 1947 she celebrated her 90th birthday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Esther Houck. Margaret Pfeifer Smith Mickelson
on November 24, 1952 in Dwight, Livingston Co., IL. Margaret is buried in
Oak Lawn Cemetery, Livingston, Illinois. Photos & Records for Margaret Pfeifer Smith Mickelson Notes for Margaret Pfeifer Smith Mickelson |
 | Amelia Pfeifer | Amelia Pfeifer was born in April
12, 1860 in Dwight, Livingston Co., IL. She is listed with her parents on
the 1860 & 1870 censuses of Goodfarm Twp., Grundy Co., IL, and with her widowed
mother on the 1880 census of the same town. Amelia married George Unz on
February 21, 1883 in Mazon Twp., Grundy Co., IL and they had 4 children, 2 of
whom died before the age of 4. George & Amelia are on the 1900 census of Mazon,
Grundy Co., IL with son Reuben & daughter Huldah. George is listed as being
a Hardware merchant. George & Amelia are living next door to son Reuben &
his wife Alice in Sunburst, Toole Co., MT on the 1930 census. Amelia Pfeifer
Unz died April 13, 1936 in Sunburst, Toole Co., MT. George Unz died in 1945
in Sunburst, MT. Photos of Amelia Pfeifer Unz Notes for Amelia Pfeifer Unz |
 | William L. Pfeifer | William Leonard Pfeifer was born on March
21, 1869 in IL. He is listed with his parents in 1870 & his widowed mother
in 1880 in Goodfarm Twp., Grundy Co., IL. William married Sophia Burkhart
on September 05, 1894 in Grundy Co., IL and they had six children. William and
Sophia are listed with their family on the 1900, 1910, 1920 & 1930 censuses
of Goodfarm Twp., Grundy Co., IL. William & his family are listed on a 1917
Directory of Farmers in Grundy & Kendall Counties as having a mailing address
in Dwight, which is in Livingston Co., IL, but Dwight is very close to Goodfarm
Twp even though they are in different counties.William Leonard Pfeifer died
on April 25, 1941 in Grundy Co., IL. Sophia died on September 7, 1945.
William Leonard & Sophia are both buried in the Goodfarm Cemetery, Goodfarm,
Grundy, Illinois. Photo William Pfeifer & Sophia Burkhart Another pose, same day, William & Sophia Notes for William L. Pfeifer |
