When Jacob Schadel was born on 6 November 1818, in Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Daniel Shadel, was 27 and his mother, Anna Maria Wittman, was 24. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Sarah Shafer. He died on 14 March 1853, in Lykens, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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German (Schädel): nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the head, from Middle High German schedel ‘skull’.
South German (Schädel): diminutive of Schade .
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