Brief Life History of Elisabetha Dorothea
When Elisabetha Dorothea Schaeufele was born on 15 March 1792, in Bissingen, Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany, her father, Johann Sebastian Schaeufele, was 24 and her mother, Dorothea Barbara Bauer, was 23. She married Johannes Nies before 1833. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 15 March 1840, in Glueckstal, Moldova, Soviet Union, at the age of 48, and was buried in Hlinaia, Transnistria, Moldova.
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- Elisabeta Dorothea Schaustels, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Elisabetha Dorothea Schaufele Nies, "Find a Grave Index"
- Dorothea Schäufele in entry for Anna Maria Rosina Niess, "Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885"
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1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig
On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.
1814
The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Johannes, Markus, Otto.
German (Schäufele): metonymic occupational name for someone who made shovels or used one in his work, from Middle High German schūfel ‘shovel’. Compare Saufley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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