Jacob was born in Germany about 1866 and resided in Brooklyn, New York when he married Laura Zimmerman in 1892.
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"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF47-7BJ : accessed 27 November 2015), Jacob Shafer and Laura Zimmerman, 28 Apr 1892; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 947,863.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M54R-2ZP : accessed 30 April 2017), Jacob Schaefer, Brooklyn Ward 13, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 273, sheet 6B, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 962; FHL microfilm 1,374,975.
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