Brief Life History of Michael
When Michael Schaff was born in 1820, in Germany, his father, Heinrich Andrew Schaff, was 37 and his mother, Maria Louisa, was 32. He had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with Rosina Schilling. He lived in Lafayette, Jefferson, Louisiana, United States in 1850 and New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 10 November 1883, in Orleans, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 63.
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- Mike Schaff, "United States Census, 1880"
- Michel Schaffer in entry for Marguerite Schaffer, "Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906"
- Michel Schaff, "United States Census, 1860"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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