Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Schaedig was born April 8, 1840 in Rossow in the Uckermark region, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, the first child of Johann Fredrich Gottlieb Schaedig and his wife, Marie Louise DesJardin.  On March 1, 1868, he and his brother, Friedrich Willhelm, sailed from Hamburg to New York aboard the sailing vessel Eugenie, along with 139 other passengers.  The two brothers spent about 2 1/2 years in Mt. Clemons, Michigan, where Johann married Louise Wilhelmina Schoenwald of Grimme/Uckermark and where this couple's first two children were born and baptized.  They moved to Crawford's Quarry (Calcite), where Louise Wilhelmina died on March 15, 1872.  Johann married Johanna Brege of Battin/Uckermark on August 30, 1873.  They were the first couple married by the Moltke Lutheran pastor.  They homesteaded land and started farming.  Johann died on January 26, 1931, at the age of 90.  Johanna Brege Schaedig was born October 15, 1854, and died August 21, 1934.  There were three children from the first marriage:

1.  Herman Wilhelm August Schaedig (William), born Aug 31, 1869-died Feb 2, 1916
2.  Louise Wilhelmina Schaedig born September 22, 1870 died Aug 6, 
3.  Marie Louise Wilhelmina Schaedig (Kohsman) (Spleet) (Markey) born Jan 5, 1872 died Sept 26, 1948.

     John and Johanna Brege Schaedig had 16 children:

4.  John Schaedig, Jr., born 4 Sept 1874 died 2 Jan 1950
5.  Mary Schaedig Kirsch born 3 April 1876 died 9 Jan 1961
6.  Martha Schaedig Karsten born 8 Feb 1878 died 31 Jan 1961
7.  Magdelena Schaedig Trapp born 7 Nov 1879 died 23 Oct 1964 buried Rogers City Memorial Park
8.  Hedvig Schaedig Gilbert born 16 Oct 1881 died 17 Jan 1978
9.  Max Schaedig born July 1883  died October 1883
10. Augusta Schaedig Bruder born 15 Aug 1884 died 21 Dec 1925
11.  Richard Schaedig born 14 Oct 1885 died 28 April 1973
12.  Paul Schaedig born 26 Oct 1886 died 15 July 1950
13.  Erhardt Schaedig born 18 Nov 1887 died Nov 1971
14.  Gertrude Schaedig Pauly born 18 Mar 1889 died 3 Mar 1984
15.  Anna Schaedig Seabrook born 10 April 1890
16.  Dora Schaedig born July 1891 died Oct 1891
17.  Herman Schaedig born 18 Sept 1892 died 28 May 1969
18.  Gustav Schaedig born 13 Nov 1893 died 29 May 1967
19.  Emil Schaedig born 22 April 1896 died 4 Sept 1968
 

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