Gottlieb Scharf

15 September 1855–3 March 1915 (Age 59)
Wittenberg, Bessarabia, Russian Empire

The Life Summary of Gottlieb

When Gottlieb Scharf was born on 15 September 1855, in Wittenberg, Bessarabia, Russian Empire, his father, Johann Georg Scharf, was 35 and his mother, Anna Maria Schlenker, was 35. He married Barbara Rath on 15 December 1878, in Wittenberg, Bessarabia, Russian Empire. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in McIntosh, North Dakota, United States in 1910. He died on 3 March 1915, at the age of 59, and was buried in Wishek, McIntosh, North Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gottlieb Scharf
1855–1915
Barbara Rath
1855–1925
Marriage: 15 December 1878
Christine Scharf
1879–
Maria Scharf
1881–1964
Dorothea Scharf
1882–1946
Margaretha Scharf
1884–1884
Johannes Scharf
1885–1885
George G Scharf
1886–1936
Erhard Scharf
1889–1890

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 December 1878Wittenberg, Bessarabia, Russian Empire
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (17)

    +12 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1858
    Age 3
    Treaty of Aigun signed with China. Northern bank of Amur River ceded to Russia.
    1863
    Age 8
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1872 · The First National Park
    Age 17
    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Erwin, Gerhardt, Kurt, Uwe, Frieda, Fritz, Grete, Helmuth, Horst, Juergen, Klaus.South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for an energetic, active person, from Middle High German scharf, scharpf and German scharf ‘sharp-cutting’. For Jews, it can also come from the Yiddish adjective sharf, with the same meaning. Compare Sarff , Sharf , and Sharp .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Scharp
    Sharf
    Scharpf
    Scharff
    Scharping
    Sharp
    Sarff
    Sharff

    Sources (11)

    • Gottlieb Sharf in entry for George G. Sharf, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Gottlieb Scharf, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Gottlieb Scharf in entry for Dorothy Rattei, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"

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