Schaff Family History
Schaff Name Meaning
German: variant of Schaaf.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): ornamental or occupational name from German Schaf
‘sheep’.German: metonymic occupational name for a tubmaker,
from Middle High German schaff(e) ‘wooden vessel’, ‘scoop’ (see
Scheffel).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Schaff
Name Distribution of Schaff Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Schaff families
 35 - 67  12 - 34 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Schaff families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Schaff last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Schaff census records
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Schaff Family Origin
Schaff Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Schaff
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Schaff Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Schaff census records
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Schaff Civil War Service Records
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