Brief Life History of Valentin
When Valentin Schaff was born in 1848, in Alsace, France, his father, Joseph Schaff, was 34 and his mother, Henrietta Schmit, was 34. He married Sophia Bobe in October 1876, in Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 10 January 1894, in Orleans, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 46.
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- Valentine Shaff, "United States Census, 1880"
- Valentin Schaff, "Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906"
- Valentine Schaaf, "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1848
Revolution. Second Republic. First laws on labor, the press and education.
1848 · The Second Republic
The second republic was short lived under the rule of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. It took place between the 1848 Revolution and 1851 coup when the president made himself Emperor Napoleon III.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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