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Schafer, Frederick J. Buffalo, eldest son of Frederick and Gertrude (Riebling) Schafer, natives of Germany,
was born in Attica, N. Y., March 29, 1859. Frederick Schafer, the father, came to America about 1853 and first
settled in Buffalo, but soon removed to Attica, where he followed the business of carpenter and contractor for
many years, and where he and his wife still reside. They reared two sons and two daughters. Frederick J. Schafer
was educated in the public schools of Attica, came to Buffalo in 1876 and learned the merchant tailor's trade,
which he followed as a journeyman until the fall of 1878, when he engaged in the business for himself. His first
establishment was in the old Arcade building; in 1891 he moved to his present location at 18 Court street, where
he has one of the best merchant tailoring stores in the city. Mr. Schafer is a practical tailor and has been very
successful, having built up a large and prosperous trade through dealings which have been honorable and businesslike.
He is well known and popular, and a member of Queen City Council No. 259, Royal Arcanum. January 3, 1883, he married
Elizabeth. daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Bommer of Buffalo, and they have six sons: William F., Edward J., Frederick
J., jr., Franklin F., Milton B. and Harold A.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Trumen C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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