Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Shaffer was born on 29 August 1675, in Germany, his father, Georg Schäfer, was 48 and his mother, Catharina Koch, was 34. He married Anna Richter on 20 June 1700, in Lauterbach, Beiersdorf, Radeberg, Kreis Dresden, Saxony, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1751, in Sindelfingen, Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bavaria, Germany.
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- Johann Jacob Schäfer, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Jacobi Schaefer in entry for Joes Georgius Herderich and Anna Maria Schaefer, "Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1678-1930"
- Jacobi Schäfer in entry for Maria Magdalena Schäfer, "Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1678-1930"
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Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schäffer (see Schaffer 2), Schaffer 1, or Schäfer (see Schaefer ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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