Compiled and written by David R. Schleper, 2023

Barbara Hümpfer was born March 2, 1831, in Wipfeld, Germany. Wipfeld is a municipality in the district of Schweinfurt in Bavaria, Germany.

Barbara’s parents were Franz Hümpfer (1796-1847) and Elizabeth Caesar Hümpfer (1797-1836). Her grandparents on her father’s side were Johann George Hümpfer (1762-1827) and Maria Margaretha Schmich Hümpfer (1762-1813). Her paternal great-grandparents were Johan Martin Hümpfer (1720-1805) and Eva Bauer Hümpfer (1723-1786); and Bernhard Schmich (1733-1827) and Maria Margaretha Eck Schmich, who was born in 1739.

Around 1847, her father and Barbara moved to America and lived in Indiana. Her father died in 1847, and Barbara moved to Chicago, Illinois.

It was there, on July 2, 1849, that Barbara married George Schott at St. Peter’s Church in Chicago.

Georgii George Andreæ Adam Schott was born in Bavaria, Nov. 25, 1821. He came to this country in his young manhood and located at Chicago where he engaged in the shoe trade. While there, he met Barbara.

After remaining there for a short time, Barbara and George moved to Neberville, Illinois.

Shortly after, they came to Shakopee, which at that time was merely a settlement of a few houses.

George and Barbara, after two years, crossed the Atlantic to visit their old home. After a short trip abroad, they returned to America and located at Kankakee, Illinois. They stayed in Kankakee for six years.

However, the climate and business opportunities afforded by Minnesota appealed to the family, and they moved back to Shakopee in 1868. They remained in Shakopee for the remainder of their lives.

Barbara and George had 13 children. In 1908, six of the children had died: Leonard of North Yakima, Washington; Casper of Walla Walla; Sr. Claretta of St. Louis; Clara, Michael, and Mathias of Shakopee; and Regina Schott Kohls of North Yakima. Those still alive in 1908 included Sr. Angela of Notre Dame Order, Chicago; Christina Schott Simmer of St. Paul; Henry of North Yakima; George of Chicago; Elizabeth, and Mrs. Margaret Barbara Schott Berens of Shakopee.

Barbara died Dec. 12, 1893, in Shakopee, and was buried at Calvary Cemetery .

George died at age 86 in Shakopee on June 9, 1908. He was a devout member of St. Mark’s Catholic Church from which the funeral with Rev. Monsignor Plut was the officiating clergyman. His remains were laid to rest in the upper Catholic cemetery, according to the June 12, 1908 Scott County Argus.