When Herman Albert Gustav Schiefelbein was born on 19 August 1859, in Alt Prochnow, Deutsch Krone, West Prussia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Carl Friedrich Schiefelbein, was 25 and his mother, Johanna Augusta Lueck, was 24. He married Bertha Pauline Schmidt on 6 August 1882, in Deutsch Krone, West Prussia, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin Territory, United States in 1920. In 1920, at the age of 61, his occupation is listed as laborer in a machine shop (in 1920 census) in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. He died on 20 November 1928, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.