Brief Life History of Amanda
When Amanda Schleef was born in June 1884, in California, United States, her father, John Schleef, was 40 and her mother, Mary Mina LaFrenz, was 28. She lived in Judicial Township 4, San Mateo, California, United States in 1900 and Judicial Township 2, San Mateo, California, United States in 1910. She died on 5 November 1967, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 83.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Amanda Schuleff in household of Perseus L Shuman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Amanda Schleef, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Amanda Scheef in household of Annie Pein, "United States Census, 1910"
Parents and Siblings
1844– Male
1856– Female
Siblings (4)
1878–1955 Male
1884–1967 Female
1886– Male
1889– Female
World Events (8)
1886
Age 2
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Age 7
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 22
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Dietrich.
North German: metonymic occupational name from Middle Low German slef ‘large wooden spoon (made and used by peasants)’ for the maker of these spoons or a cook, which later came to mean ‘coarse fellow, rube’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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