For the purpose of compiling this branch of my Hamel family tree, I am seeking contact with living descendants of John Adam Schaffer, “Sr.” (1844-1898) and Mary Anna Hamel (1840-1931) who married in 1868 in Yazoo County but spent their married life in Vicksburg. Their children (with year of birth) were: John Adam, Jr., (abt. 1869); Ella (1871); George (abt. 1874); Bertha Annie (1876); Edmund (1879); and Margaret (1882). The latter never married.
John, Jr., though married, had no children. Ella married Frank Schmidt and had children: Lorena, b. 1893; Frank, b. 1896; and Lucille, b.1899. The latter died before the 1910 census. George apparently had only one child, Sylvia, b. 1904. Bertha married John White and had children: John D. and Bertha C. who were 19 and 17 years of age, resp., at the time of the 1920 census. Edmund married Nettie (a step-daughter of Pasquale Manzione) whose maiden name I’ve not ascertained. They had two children: Vivian M., age 24, and Edmund, Jr., age 11, according to the 1930 census of Warren County.
Lorena Schmidt married Joseph Bonelli and had children: Joseph, Jr., and Robert, ages 12 and 10, according to the 1930 census of Warren County.
Sylvia Schaffer married (1) Sam Garst and (2) Robert Holmes. I have no other information about Sylvia.
If you have any information about any of these people I would be most appreciative if you would contact me at joeyazoo@bellsouth.net.