When Johanna Catharina SCHAEFER was born on 25 July 1797, in Niederbieber, Neuwied, Rhineland, Prussia, her father, Johann Nikolaus Schäfer, was 39 and her mother, Anna Philippine Runkel, was 39. She married Johann Philipp Griebling on 15 June 1823, in Nordhofen, Unterwesterwald, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died on 8 November 1829, in Niederbieber, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, at the age of 32.
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On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.
The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Ernst, Hans, Gerhard, Helmut, Dieter, Wolfgang, Hermann, Horst, Manfred.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (Schäfer): occupational name for a shepherd, from an agent derivative of German Schaf, Middle High German schāf ‘sheep’. It is also found in Hungary and Czechia. Compare Schafer and Schaffer 2.
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