He was born on 17 January 1842 (7, 9) or 29 July 1844 (13; 2 (20 in 1863), 6 (38 in 1880), 7 (58 in 1900), 8 (76 in 1920), 10 (25 in 1870), 11 (16 in 1860), 12 (7 in 1850)). He was born in Reading, [Berks County,] Pennsylvania (2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12). He was born to Daniel Schadler and Ellen ("Nellie") Dilplain (10, 11, 12, 13).
On 1 October 1848, he was baptized, in Mertz Church, Dryville, Rockland Townshipp, Berks County, Pennsylvania (13).
In 1850, he was living in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (12). He was living with Daniel and Ellen Schaeder (presumably his parents), with David, Reuben, Elizabeth, Wilmina, Maria, and Hilaria [??] (presumably his siblings) (12).
In 1860, he was living in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (11). He was living with Daniel and Ellen Shaedler (presumably his parents), and with David, Wilmina, Maria, and Emma (presumably siblings) and John Dilplen (11).
When he enlisted, he was a labo[rer] (2).
when he enlisted, he was 5 feet 8 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, grey eyes, and brown hair (2).
He was drafted (1, 2, 3). He enlisted for three years and was mustered into service in the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry on 12 November 1863 (1, 2, 3, 4, 9). His enlistment was credited to the eighth congressional district (2). He was a private in company C of the 118th Pennsylvania (3, 4).
On 2 June 1865, he was transferred from the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry to company C of the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry (1, 3). He was a private in company C of the 91st Pennsylvania (1, 14).
He mustered out with his company on 10 July 1865 (1, 4, 9). He was a private, in company C (14).
In 1870, he was living in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (10). He was living with Daniel and Nellie Schoedler (presumably his parents), and with David (presumably a sibling) and John Richard (10). He was working in a saw mill (10).
In 1880, he was living in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (6). He was a boarder, with Benjamin Seidel (6). He was a laborer (6). (The children present in the 1900 census suggest I may have the wrong person here.)
In 1882/83, he married Susan [unknown family name] (7). In 1900, she had had 8 children 7 of whom were alive (7).
On 23 September 1890, he successfully applied for a pension from Pennsylvania (4, 5).
In 1900, he was living in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (7). He was living with his wife Susan, and children Charles, Harvey, Edwin, Katie, and Sallie (7). He was a farm laborer (7). He had been unemployed for four months in the previous year (7).
In 1902, he was living in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (8). He was widowed (8). He was living with his wife Katie and her family (8).
He again applied for a pension on 25 February 1907 (4).
He died on 31 December 1922, at Oley, Pennsylvania (4, 9). He was buried in Friedens Cemetery, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (9).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Daniel Stahdler)
2 company C, descriptive roll, entry 181 (Daniel Stahdler)
3 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'One hundred and eighteenth regiment'. Page 1323. (In the roster) (Daniel Sthadtler [sic])
4 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company C (Daniel Schadler)
5 pension index, by name (Daniel Schadler [sic])
6 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Oley Township, supervisor's district 3, enumeration district 33, microfilm series T9, film 1100, page 105 = 25 A handwritten (Daniel Schoedler)
7 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Oley Township, supervisor's district 7, enumeration district 39, microfilm series T623, fiml 1377, page 255 = 4 B handwritten (Daniel Schadler)
8 1920 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Oley Township, supervisor's district 5, enumeration district 47, microfilm series T625, film 1536, page 27 = 4 B handwritten (Daniel O Schoedler)
9 Pennsylvania veterans burial records, available on Ancestry (transcribed 4 December 2010) (Daniel Schadler)
10 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Rockland Township, post office Lyons, microfilm series M593, film 1308, page 322 verso = 18 handwritten = 119 handwritten (Daniel Schoedler)
11 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Rockland Township, microfilm series M653, film 1076, page 801 = 9 handwritten (Daniel Shaedler)
12 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Rockland Township, microfilm series M432, film 754, page 225 verso = 6 handwritten (Daniel Shaeder)
13 'Kline, Miller, Schultz, Spohn and associated families of Berks Co. PA', a gedcom, available on RootsWeb WorldConnect, contact Chris, updated 22 May 2010, accessed 2 April 2011 (Daniel Schoedler)
14 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Daniel Stahdler)
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| Dwellings visited | 40 | ||||||||
| Families visited | 41 | ||||||||
| Name | Daniel Schaeder | Ellen | David | Rueben [sic] | Elizabeth | Wilmina | Maria | Daniel | Hilaria [??] |
| Age | 48 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| Sex | m | f | m | m | f | f | f | m | f |
| Color | |||||||||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | Laborer | " | " | ||||||
| Real estate owned | |||||||||
| Birthplace | " [sc. Pa] | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | |||||||||
| Attended school within year | |||||||||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | |||||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Dwelling number | 55 | |||||||
| Family number | 55 | |||||||
| Name | Daniel Shaedler | Ellen | David | Wilmina | Maria | Daniel | Emma | John Dilplen |
| Age | 58 | 48 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 81 |
| Sex | m | f | m | f | f | m | f | m |
| Color | ||||||||
| Occupation | Day Laborer | Day Laborer | Farm Laborer | |||||
| Value of real estate owned | 700 | |||||||
| Value of personal estate | 175 | 200 | ||||||
| Place of birth | do [sc. Pennsylvania] | do | do | do | do | do | do | do |
| Married within year | ||||||||
| Attended school within year | ||||||||
| Cannot read & write | ||||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Dwelling-house number | 133 | ||||
| Family number | 141 | ||||
| Name | Schoedler, Daniel | - Nellie | - David | - Daniel | Richard John |
| Age | 68 | 56 | 37 | 25 | 2 |
| Sex | M | F | M | M | M |
| Color | W | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Laborer | Keeping house | Laborer | Works in Saw Mill | |
| Real estate value | 1350 | ||||
| Personal estate value | 250 | ||||
| Birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| Father foreign born | |||||
| Mother foreign born | |||||
| Birth month if born within year | |||||
| Marriage month if married within year | |||||
| Attended school past year | 1 | ||||
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| Can't write | |||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
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| street name | |
| house number | |
| dwelling visit # | [216] |
| family visit # | [241] |
| name | Schoedler, Daniel |
| color | W |
| sex | M |
| age | 38 |
| month born if born in year | |
| relationship | Boarder |
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| married | |
| widowed/divorced | |
| married during year | |
| occupation | Laborer |
| months unemployed | |
| currently ill? | |
| blind | |
| deaf/dumb | |
| idiotic | |
| insane | |
| disabled | |
| school this year | |
| can't read | |
| can't write | |
| birthplace | Pa |
| father's birthplace | Pa |
| mother's birthplace | Pa |
| line | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 |
| street | |||||||
| house number | |||||||
| dwelling number | 82 | ||||||
| family number | 86 | ||||||
| name | Schadler Daniel | - Susan R. | - Charles | - Harvey | - Edwin B. | - Katie Maud | - Sallie R. |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Son | Son | Son | Daughter | Daughter |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M | M | M | F | F |
| birth date | Jan 1842 | July 1853 | March 1879 | Oct 1875 | Jan 1886 | April 1888 | March 1891 |
| age | 58 | 56 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
| married? | m | m | s | s | s | s | s |
| # years married | 17 | 17 | |||||
| mother of how many children? | 8 | ||||||
| # of children living | 7 | ||||||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
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| # years in USA | |||||||
| naturalized citizen? | |||||||
| occupation | Farm Labour | Farm Labour | Farm Labour | Servant | Servant | ||
| # months not employed | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| # months in school | 3 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| speaks English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| owned/rented | R | ||||||
| free or mortgaged | |||||||
| farm/house | H | ||||||
| # of farm schedule |
| line | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 |
| street | ||||||||
| house number | X | |||||||
| dwelling visit number | 89 | |||||||
| family visit number | 93 | |||||||
| name | Youse Lewis D | - Katie B | - Levi S | - Daniel S | - Marie S | - Elmer S | - Mildred S | Schoedler Daniel O |
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| own/rent | R | |||||||
| free/mortgaged (if owned) | ||||||||
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| race | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
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| marital status | M | M | S | S | S | S | S | Wd |
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| attended school since Sept 1919 | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| birth place | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| native language | ||||||||
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's native language | ||||||||
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's native language | ||||||||
| can speak English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| occupation | Trucker | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| industry, business | Tube works | |||||||
| employment status | W | |||||||
| number of farm schedule |