Frank Schaefer

(1) Census data differs on his date of birth; the 1920 census suggests 1893, while the 1930 census suggests 1894. Frank Schaffer in the 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, District of Columbia; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0247; FHL microfilm: 2340033; Frank Shoffel in the 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: T625_208; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 228. This seems to be the correct Frank Schaefer, as city directories list a man at the same address working as a chauffeur. See Boyd’s Directory of the District of Columbia (R. L. Polk and Co., 1937), 604; Boyd’s Directory of the District of Columbia (R. L. Polk and Co., 1931), 1416; Boyd’s Directory of the District of Columbia (R. L. Polk and Co., 1937), 604; Boyd’s Directory of the District of Columbia (R. L. Polk and Co., 1933), 1377.
(2) Of Schaefer’s tenure, a 1935 newspaper article wrote: “Through Frank Schaefer, a White House chauffeur for 15 years, comes this story about President Roosevelt.” “Sharing the Wealth,” Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), July 1, 1935, pg. 28; "Employees of the Executive Office,” December 15, 1933, White House Office Personnel, 1933-1935; Records of the White House Office of Budget and Accounting, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York.
(3) Employees of the White House Garage, January 8, 1931, Presidential Papers, Subject File, The White House-Garage Correspondence, 1930-1933 and Undated, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library; “Mrs. Roosevelt is Hallowe’en Guest of Diana Hopkins,” The Recorder (Greenfield, MA), November 1, 1940, pg. 2.