Jacob
Schaefer
Born in Alsenz, Rockenhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ancestors 
Son of Wilhelm Schaefer
and Katharina (Held) Schaefer
Brother of
Katharina Louisa Schaefer, Wilhelm Schaefer, Georg Philipp Schaefer, Magdalena (Schaefer) Ludwig, George Schaefer and Henrietta (Schaefer) Schempf
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 75
in Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Dec 2020
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Biography
Jacob was born in 1853 in Alsenz, Germany. He was the son of Wilhelm Schaefer and Katharina Held. He immigrated to the United States around 1872, and settled in New York City. He married Louise Seitz in 1874 and they had a large family together. According to census records and his death certificate he was a tailor. He passed away in 1929 in Bronx, New York City, New York.
Research Notes
There are more US and New York State census records available up through 1925.
Sources
- Marriage Record: Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Index to New York City Marriages, 1866-1937. Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group, and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives. For Jacob Schaefer, marriage date 27 Dec 1874, Manhattan, New York, USA, Recorded Marriage Year: 1875, Spouse: Louise Seitz, Certificate Number: 26
- 1880 US Census: Free Ancestry Image Year: 1900; Census Place: Bronx, New York, New York; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 1002; FHL microfilm: 1241125 Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- 1900 US Census:[ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22442823?h=946b33 Free Ancestry Image] Year: 1910; Census Place: Bronx Assembly District 33, New York, New York; Roll: T624_999; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 1513; FHL microfilm: 1375012. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
- Death Record: "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WL1-MMW : 3 June 2020), Jacob Schaefer, 1929.
- Grave: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 December 2020), memorial page for Mother Schaefer (1853–1940), Find a Grave Memorial no. 110666072, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Paul R (contributor 47317162) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110666072/mother-schaefer
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
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Rejected matches › Otto Friedrich Jakob Schaefer (1854-) › Jacob Schipper (1851-) › Jacob Scheffer (1855-) › Johann Jakob Schäfer (abt.1854-) › Georg Jacob Schäfer (abt.1852-) › Johann Jakob Schäfer (abt.1855-) › Johann Jacob Schäfer (abt.1852-) › Philipp Jakob Schäfer (abt.1853-) › Adam Jacob Schaeffer (1851-1929)
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