When Jean Schandel was born on 20 March 1780, in Oberfeulen, Feulen, Diekirch, Luxembourg, his father, Bernard Schandeler, was 24 and his mother, Mariae Joannae Kaas, was 32. He married Anne Marie Hirzig on 13 January 1811, in Oberfeulen, Feulen, Diekirch, Luxembourg. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died on 8 February 1846, in Luxembourg, at the age of 65.
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German: metonymic occupational name for a candle maker, from Middle High German schandel (from French chandelle ‘candle’).
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