Robert J. Schwehr (1873-1946), early Spiritwood pioneer, was one of four German Canadian brothers - Fred, Leo, Robert, and Will - who settled in Barnes County in 1896. Robert worked four years for various families before homesteading the northeast quarter of section 30 in Brimer Township in west central Barnes County in 1900. On February 15, 1904, he married Amelia Genevieve Diemert at St. Ignatius Church in Diemerton, Ontario (NW of Toronto), Canada. They had five children: Mrs. Thomas P. Hickey (Cecilia), Mrs. Leon Anderson (Mary Ann), George, Herman, and Robert.

Mrs. Thomas P. Hickey (Cecilia), lives in Riviera Beach, Florida, and has three children - Kathleen of Culver City, California, Thomas of Platteville, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Donald Pope (Roseann) of Jupiter, Florida. Mrs. Donald Pope (Roseann) has three children - James, Theresa, and Jean.

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Anderson (Mary Ann) live in Valley City, North Dakota, and have two children - Mrs. Ray McClaflin (Rita) of Valley City, North Dakota, and Robert of Dazey, North Dakota. Mrs. Ray McClaflin (Rita) has four children - Vernon, MaryLynn, Peggy and Michael. Robert and his wife, Ruth Petterson, have two children -Renee and Rebecca.

George Schwehr and his wife, Betty Gurski, live on the home farm north of Spiritwood, North Dakota, and have five children - Ronald of Rochester, Minnesota, Mrs. Lawrence Ratay (Linda) of South St. Paul, Minnesota, Mrs. Edward Laches (Lois) of Mott, North Dakota, Donald of Jamestown, North Dakota, and Raymond of Fargo, North Dakota. Ronald Schwehr and his wife Rosella Bender, have three children - Troy, Caroline, and Robert. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Laches (Lois) have two children, Tammy and Lynette.

Herman Schwehr and his wife, Dorothy Falk, live on a farm north of Spiritwood, North Dakota, and have one child, Mary Beth.

Robert Schwehr and his wife, Dorothy Drake, of Spiritwood and Jamestown, North Dakota, have four children -Jeanne, Jane, Judy, and Joan.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 220