Liselotte, or Lisa as she later became known to her friends was born In Neu-Isenburg Germany on August 29th, 1922.

Her father, Johann Eduard Pfaff was born 11/27/1894 and  her mother,Marie Anna Pfaff, nee Wiegand  was born 5/31/1899. They were married on 9/18/1920. At which time her father was a locksmith and her mother was without a profession. In later years her father opened up a successful Bus touring business.

Liselotte grew up as an only child till  about the age of 14 or 15 when her mother passed away. Johann Eduard Pfaff re-married, ( Elizabeth, last name unknown to me) and that marriage produced another daughter, her name was Rosemarie Liselotte Pfaff.

Liselotte married Dirk Jan van Schaik who was born 11/3/1916 in Rotterdam, Holland. They were married on 10/14/1943. Dirk's father's name was Leonhard van Schaik who was a Police Inspector at that time in Holland and his mother's name was Marigje van Schaik, nee van der Horst a homemaker. This marriage ended in Divorce on 8/6/1952.

She later met and married an American Soldier who at the time was stationed in Frankfurt Germany, his name was Thomas Lawrence  Ciaverelli, he was born 1/9/1923. His fathers name was Sebastian Ciaverelli and his mothers name was Maria Ciaverelli nee Felicetta. Lisa and her children moved to the United States permanently July 4th, 1962 to start a new life . She worked hard, settled in and all was good for many many years, but as fate would have it, this marriage to was doomed and eventually ended in a divorce on 8/15/1980.

Lisa was a strong women and managed to survive this hardship as well. By now  hardships was almost like her middle name and she knew she just had to dust herself of and move on, so with her charm, finesse, and class that she excuded she did just that, move on! She was known all over the neighborhood on Shore Road and Bay Ridge , Brooklyn, NY for selling all kinds of merchandise. People  waited for her to come back with new merchandise weekly, they loved her and her stories, she had lots of them. She was a great sales person.
Time never stood still for Lisa she always had to move and keep bussy, that's what she loved best.

Liselotte herself had 5 girls throughout her life time;

Marlene Ilona Priedgeon, nee Pfaff 9/23/1941
Anna Karina Wiederkehr, nee van Schaik  a/k/a Karin Wiederkehr 12/26/1943
Roswita Maria Allison, nee van Schaik  a/k/a Rose Allison 5/17/1945
Brigitte van Schaik 11/25/1949
Tina Marie Leandro , nee Ciaverelli  a/k/a Tina Bivona 1/23/59