George was the seventh of eleven children, including one adopted son, of Joseph Nicholas (Nick) Schaaf (1855-1933) and Anna Mary Schleh (1857-1930). He was raised on the family farm in Swift County, MN. and he continued to help farm until about 1920, when he moved to Minneapolis, initially working as a salesman for his brother Valentine's manufacturing company, the Schaaf Mfg. Co. In 1933, George had a daughter, Margaret Maxine, with Margaret M Garry, who died in 1924 at St. Luke;s Hospital in St Paul. On 15 May 1926, George married Virginia Eleanor Archer (1899-1984), with whom he had another daughter, Mary Anne, in 1929. The 1930 census finds the family of four living in Minneapolis, where George sells restaurant furniture. By 1938, he is a salesman for McGarvey Coffee Co. In 1940, he is a wholesaler for the coffee company. Maxine, 17, and Mary Anne, 10, are students. About two years later, George's younger daughter Mary Anne entered a convent of the Carmelite Clustered Order. Older daughter Margaret, educated at St. Margaret's Academy in Minneapolis, married in 1945 to Dr. Abraham M. Fichman; the couple had two daughters.
George was retired when he died in 1968 in Arizona. His wife Virginia died in San Diego in 1984.
George was the seventh of eleven children, including one adopted son, of Joseph Nicholas (Nick) Schaaf (1855-1933) and Anna Mary Schleh (1857-1930). He was raised on the family farm in Swift County, MN. and he continued to help farm until about 1920, when he moved to Minneapolis, initially working as a salesman for his brother Valentine's manufacturing company, the Schaaf Mfg. Co. In 1933, George had a daughter, Margaret Maxine, with Margaret M Garry, who died in 1924 at St. Luke;s Hospital in St Paul. On 15 May 1926, George married Virginia Eleanor Archer (1899-1984), with whom he had another daughter, Mary Anne, in 1929. The 1930 census finds the family of four living in Minneapolis, where George sells restaurant furniture. By 1938, he is a salesman for McGarvey Coffee Co. In 1940, he is a wholesaler for the coffee company. Maxine, 17, and Mary Anne, 10, are students. About two years later, George's younger daughter Mary Anne entered a convent of the Carmelite Clustered Order. Older daughter Margaret, educated at St. Margaret's Academy in Minneapolis, married in 1945 to Dr. Abraham M. Fichman; the couple had two daughters.
George was retired when he died in 1968 in Arizona. His wife Virginia died in San Diego in 1984.
Family Members
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Sigmond Schaaf
1877–1898
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Joseph Nicholas Schaaf Jr
1881 – unknown
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Francis Valentine "Frank" Schaaf
1882–1953
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Veronica Cecilia Schaaf Casey
1884–1969
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Valentine Joseph "Val" Schaaf
1886–1961
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Mary Amelia "Millie" Schaaf Colman
1890–1935
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Theresa Benedicta "Terra" Schaaf Johnston
1891–1961
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John Paul Schaaf
1897–1970
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Joseph Alphonse Schaaf
1900–1900
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Anna Rebecca Schaaf
1900–1956
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