Notes:

BIOGRAPHY:
http://www.remmick.org/Pfaff.Genealogy/Page11.2.html

BIOGRAPHY: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~vari/html/fam03398.htm
This is out of the Flasher 75th Jubilee Book: Magdalena Pfaff m. Sebastian Hopfauf
Sebastian Hopfauf was born September 15, 1854, in Karlsruhe, S. Russia, the son of Peter and Magdalena Ressler Hopfauf. He married Magdalena Pfaff, born May 23, 1858, in Karlsruhe, S. Russia, the daughter of Joseph and Anna Marie Hopfner Pfaff.
Sebastian, his wife and their 10 children left Schomodudlski in the fall of 1903 and came to the USA. They lived in Mandan over the winter and the following summer they and five of the children moved in with the John Friesz family in the Oak Coulee area until a two room stone house could be built on their own homestead. That fall he and some of the boys cut trees near the Heart River to be used as rafters for a lean-to with a grass roof onto the side of the house. They had three horses and one cow.
The following year they started to break land; they brought the stones they found in the fields home to be used for building. Magdalena wanted a summer kitchen built but they didn't have the time so she started to build it by herself. She completed one side of the building herself.
Their children were:
Phillip, born 1880, married Barbara Winchell(Phillip was 23 years old when they came to America, he was sent back to Russia, because he had trachoma. He then came back to America about a year later. Homestead land was saved for him by putting it in Anna's name.)
Evenia, born 10 jun 1882, married Liborius S. Friesz
Anna, born 1883, married Martin Winchell
Pauline, born August 4, 1885, married Joseph Babel
Stanislaus, born 23 November 1888, married Emilia Leingang
Katherine, born 26 september 1890, married Alfred Helbling
Perpetua, born 18 sep 1891, married Charles Renner, then to Emil Ferderer
Peter, married to Mathilda Kautzman
John, born 5 may 1896, married to Wilhelmina Hellmen
Mathilda born 22 jul 1901, married to Louis Schafer
Mrs. Mathild Schafer is the only child still living. She lives in Bismarck. She was only two years old when they came to America and they kept their money in her bonnet for safe keeping while traveling
Sebastian died may 24, 1919 and Magdalena died 7 January 1949. Their homestead buildings still stand today and are still in use. Four generations have lived in the original stone homestead house.
John Hopfauf
John Hopfauf was born in Karlsruhe, S. Russia on 6 May 1896. In the fall of 1903, at the age of 7, he came the USA with his paents, Sebastian and magdalena Pfaff Hopfauf, his 9 brothers and sisters. They homesteaded in the Oak Coulee area.
He married Wilhelmina Hellmen on 25 January 1921. She was born 22 Oct 1897, in the St. Joe area, south of Glen Ullin. She was the daughter of Jacob and Margaretha Doll Hellmen.
They lived on the farm until 1950, when they moved to Mandan, until November of 1971, when they moved to a nursing home in Dickinson, John died March 24, 1975. In June of 1976, Mrs. Hopfauf moved into the Mandan Villa in Mandan.
They are the parents of 9 children.
Rose, born 27 Nov 1921, married to Joseph Helbling in 1943, now living in Roseburg, Oregon. They have 4 children
Ann, born 2 Feb 1923, married Ralph Frank in 1947, now living in Wilton, ND. They have 3 children
Jacob, born 4 may 1924, married Margaret Ferderer in 1948, novw living in Mandan, ND. 9 children
Ralph, born 14 Mar 1927, San Diego, CA
Veronica, born 14 Mar 1927, Bismarck, ND
Josephine, born 11 May 1931, married Alphonse Stein in 1951, living in Phoenix, AZ. 4 children
Hildagard, born 5 Sep 1932 married Maynard Klos in 1960, living in San Diego, CA . 3 children
Richard, born 8 Dec 1935, Flasher, ND
Joe, born 12 Dec 1936, married Dianne Frohlich in 1963, living in Flasher. 4 children

Ephgenia married Liberius S. Friesz on 8 Nov 1903. Liberius (son of Simon Frieß and Magdalena Buscholl) was born on 18 Jan 1879 in Felsenberg, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 3 Sep 1939 in Flasher, Morton County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna Friesz was born on 8 Sep 1904 in Flasher, Morton County, North Dakota, USA; died on 31 May 1976 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, USA.
2. Barbara Friesz was born on 13 Oct 1905 in Flasher, Morton County, North Dakota, USA; died in 0Jun 1981 in Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA.
3. Pauline Friesz was born in 1907 in Flasher, Morton County, North Dakota, USA.
4. Ralph A. Friesz was born on 17 Oct 1910 in Morton County, North Dakota, USA; died on 28 Dec 1987 in Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA.
5. Nicholas A. Friesz was born on 3 Dec 1912 in Morton County, North Dakota, USA; died in 0May 1966 in North Dakota, USA.
6. Rose Friesz was born on 22 Jun 1915 in Morton County, North Dakota, USA; died in 0Aug 1994 in Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA.
7. Jacob Friesz was born on 20 Feb 1918 in Morton County, North Dakota, USA; died on 21 Feb 2000 in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA; was buried in Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 20 Oct 1903

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY:
http://www.remmick.org/Pfaff.Genealogy/Page11.2.html

Sebastian married Magdalena Pfaff about 1879 in Karlsruhe, Odessa, Ukrayina. Magdalena (daughter of Joseph Pfaff and Anna Marie Höpfner) was born on 23 May 1858 in Karlsruhe, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 7 Jan 1949 in North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY:
http://www.remmick.org/Pfaff.Genealogy/Page11.2.html

Peter married Magdalena Rössler. Magdalena was born in 1830 in Karlsruhe, Odessa, Ukrayina; died in in Karlsruhe, Odessa, Ukrayina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Anna Marie Höpfner. Anna was born in 1830 in Karlsruhe, Odessa, Ukrayina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]