Joseph Schaff

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Schaff was born on 19 March 1885, in Speyer, Odessa, Kherson, Russian Empire, his father, Georg Schaaf, was 39 and his mother, Anna Maria Degele, was 33. He married Anna Mary Zent on 19 April 1911, in Dickinson, Stark, North Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cash Township, Slope, North Dakota, United States in 1940 and Bowman, Bowman, North Dakota, United States for about 1 years. He died on 2 February 1955, in Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Bowman, Bowman, North Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Schaff
1885–1955
Anna Mary Zent
1888–1969
Marriage: 19 April 1911
Frank Schaff
1912–1987
Edmund John Schaff
1913–1982
George Schaff
1915–1945
Rose Schaff
1917–1983
Anna Mary Schaff
1919–1972
Rapheal Schaff
1922–1971
Peter Jacob Schaff
1924–1989
Leo Joseph Schaff
1926–1999
Barbara Pauline Schaff
1928–1972
John Schaff
1930–1986
Lawrence Carl Schaff
1932–1986
Corneluis Adam Schaff
1934–1949

Sources (15)

  • Joe Schaff, "North Dakota Census, 1925"
  • Joe Schaff, "North Dakota, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
  • Joseph Schaff, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1889

North Dakota is the 39th state.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

German: variant of Schaaf .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial or occupational name from German Schaf ‘sheep’.

German: metonymic occupational name for a tubmaker, from Middle High German schaff(e) ‘wooden vessel, scoop’ (see Scheffel ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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