Jacob Schatz

Brief Life History of Jacob

Jacob Schatz was born on 10 January 1798, in Pennsylvania, United States. He married Elizabeth Detweiler Shoemaker about 1827, in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 7 March 1872, in Salford Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Harleysville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Schatz
1798–1872
Elizabeth Detweiler Shoemaker
1805–1846
Marriage: about 1827
Henry Shoemaker Schatz
1828–1901
Jacob Schatz
1830–1845
Mary S Schatz
1833–1920
Anna Schatz
1835–1916
Michael Schatz
1837–1931
Elizabeth Schatz
1839–1903
Fannie Schatz
1843–1931
Catharine Schatz
1845–1875

Sources (13)

  • Jacob Schatz, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jacob S. Schatz, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sam Schatz in entry for Elizabeth Schatz Allebach, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"

World Events (7)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Alois, Otto, Kurt, Manfred, Erwin, Friedrich, Siegfried, Bernd, Gerhard, Hans, Johann, Klaus.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a treasurer, from German Schatz ‘treasure’, Middle High German scha(t)z. It may also have been a nickname for a rich man (or ironically for a miser), or else for a well-liked person or a ladies’ favorite, from the use of the vocabulary word as a term of endearment. As a Jewish name it is mainly artificial.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from an acronym of the Hebrew phrase SHeliach-TSibur ‘emissary of the congregation’, an epithet of the cantor.

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

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