Barbara A. Dittmer (Barbara Wilm, Katharina Schaefer, Stephen, Lorenz, Jakob, Georg) was born 06 Oct 1828 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria)-Source: Ed Dittmer. She died 24 Nov 1913 in Bauer, Marion County, IA. She was buried in Bauer, Marion County, Iowa. She married Sebastian Schaefer 10 May 1853 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, son of Bartholomaus Schaefer and Barbara Sieber. He was born 14 Feb 1823 in Nüdlingen, Bavaria, Germany and died 05 Feb 1867 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany.

Barbara and her children came to America aboard the ship "City of Limerick" which sailed from Antwerp and arrived in New York on July 27, 1869.

Her husband, Sebastian Schaefer was buried in Reiterswiesen, Germany after falling from a loft.

Children of Sebastian Schaefer and Barbara Dittmer are:
--Margaretha Barbara Schaefer, born 11 May 1854 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany; died 02 Jun 1854 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany.
Burial: Unknown location in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany.
--Joseph Sebastian Schaefer, born 17 May 1855 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany; died 28 Feb 1947 in Bauer, Marion County, IA.
--Veronica Anna Maria Schaefer, born 27 Jun 1856 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany; died Unknown.
--Margaretha Schaefer, born 04 Nov 1857 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany; died 14 Feb 1920 in Ashton, Sherman County, NE.
--John Schaefer, born 31 Mar 1861 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany; died 27 Sep 1951 in Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa.
--Katharine Schaefer, born 19 Feb 1864 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany; died 19 May 1864 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany.
--Michael Schaefer, born 12 Apr 1867 in Reiterswiesen, Bavaria, Germany; died on 20 Mar 1940 in Nebraska. Burial: next to his mother in St. Joseph's Cemetery/Bauer Cemetery, Bauer, Marion County, IA.