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This research follows the migration and family structure of Mary Johannsen (1868–1951), born in Germany and later connected to Shawano County, Wisconsin. After the death of her first husband, Charles Rossow, in 1898, she remarried William Schlorff around 1902 in Chicago. Together, their household reflects a blended family shaped by loss, remarriage, and migration during a major wave of German settlement in the United States.

The combined family included six children across two marriages, with a transition from urban Chicago to a farming life in Mattoon, Shawano County. Cemetery records at Woodlawn Cemetery, along with linked memorials and census-style timelines, align to confirm names, relationships, and approximate dates. These records also help explain surname continuity and variation within the family structure.

This information has been available across genealogy platforms such as Find A Grave, census records, and community-compiled archives since at least the early 2000s. What I have done is organize and verify these details into a clear, structured narrative under TG742018. For continued updates, documentation, and sources, refer to this entry at jay zero three dot page.