Shepherd to Graef: A Line of Descent

This chart traces five generations of my family, from my great-great-grandparents James and Rebecca Ann (Coghlan) Shepherd, through Ida (Shepherd) Rickey, Lorin Rickey and my mother Grezelda Jean (Rickey) Graef, down to me. James, Rebecca, Ida and William Rickey are all buried at Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg, Iowa.

Sources for each date are listed in the notes at the bottom of the chart.

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Irons Rickey Families Genealogy Pedigree Chart

Irons Rickey Families Genealogy Pedigree Chart courtesy of GRAEF-ANCESTRY

Emma - Jacob Graef Family Picture

Albert, Alfred, Jacob Clara, Gertrude, Emma Graef This is an awesome picture.. That man is definitely a Graef,, the chin, eyes, ears all match the family profile So he has to be Jacob Graef and the woman must be Emma Skrable (his first wife) The baby is Gertrude Graef .. then the girl center back might be Clara Graef born Nov 8, 1889.. Emma and Jacob have two other daughters Margaret and Pauline and two sons.. Alfred and Albert (boy in picture) Clara went with her father Jacob (when he separated from Emma) to Oklahoma around 1910 Clara was probably the oldest of the Graef girls and 21 when she went to Oklahoma with her father Jacob.. Clara marries Peter.. ( Jacobs brother) they have two boys Edward Graef (born 1910) and my father Fred (born 1911) were both born in Oklahoma Jacob marries a Lillie C Burns in 1910 they have a son George Frederick born Sep 23 1911 Jacob Graef returns to Iowa with new wife Lilie and has another son Nicholas Syvester born Dec 6 1913 in Iowa City Lillie sepa...

Fred & Jean Graef..May 1947

Fred & Jean Graef..May 1947 at St. Wencelaus Church for confirmation of their childred.. Beverly, Bette, Robert Graef

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