Shafer Ancestry

Karen’s Direct Line:

Karen L. Schlussel ➤ Leonard Schlussel ➤ Zara Spiegelman ➤ Helene Chaja Shafer ➤ Jakob Mordka Shafer ➤ Josk Hersz Shafer ➤ Zachar Mendel Shafer

Helene Chaja Shafer

Parents: Jakob Mordka Shafer & Pesia Taube Lerman

  • Born: 4 Sep 1875 in Poland
  • Died: 17 Jan 1970 at Menlo Park, San Mateo Co., California, USA

Married: 8 Jan 1895 at Warsaw, Poland to Morris Spiegelman (1871-1934)

Children:

  1. Zara Spiegelman (1895-1996) m1. Jacob Schlussel; m2. Peter Ramer
  2. Louis Saul Spiegelman (1897-1951) m. Rosita Fisher
  3. Joseph Harry Spiegelman (1899-1992) m1. Dorothy D. Haas; m2. Frances Rotke
  4. Leon Spiegelman (1903-1981) m1. Bertha Gluck; m2. Dorothy M. Zelich
  5. Emanuel M. Spiegelman (1904-1996) m. Irma Cohn
  6. Lee Spiegelman (1905-2007) m. Philip Glanzer
  7. David Spiegelman (1908-1989) m. Evelyn E. Joseph

Jakob Mordka Shafer

Parents: Josk Hersz Shafer & Zelda Gewirtz

  • Born: 1836 in Zamosc, Lublin, Poland
  • Died: after 1883 in Poland

Married: to Pesia Taube Lerman (1838-1932)

Children:

  1. Moshe Mendel “Morris” Shafer (1856-1932) m. Gertrude Gittel Cypa Spiegelman
  2. Michel Shafer (1861-?)
  3. Freda Shafer (1868-1923) m. Chaskiel Mintzberg
  4. Helene Chaja Shafer (1875-1970) m. Morris Spiegelman
  5. Srul Uszer Shafer (1883-?) m. Brucha Gefilgaus
  6. Meyer Shafer

Josk Hersz Shafer

Parents: Zachar Mendel Shafer & Ryfka _____

  • Born: 1815 in Nowy Miescie, Lodz, Poland
  • Died: after 1865 in Poland

Married: 1834 in Zamosc, Lublin, Poland to Zelda Gewirtz (1819-1889)

Children:

  1. Jakob Mordka Shafer (1836-aft.1883) m. Pesia Taube Lerman
  2. Rafal Shafer (1840-?)
  3. Lajzer Zelman Shafer (1842-aft.1864) m. Mindla Migdal
  4. Szaindla Gnendla Shafer (1845-1845)
  5. Szmul Wolf Shafer (1846-?)
  6. Izaak Shafer (1850-?)
  7. Frajda Ryfka Shafer (1856-?)

Zachar Mendel Shafer

Parents:  unknown

  • Born: unknown
  • Died: after 1818 in Poland

Married: Ryfka _____ (d. after 1818)

Children:

  1. Josk Hersz Shafer (1815-aft.1865) m. Zelda Gewirtz
  2. Freyda Shafer (1818-1846) m. Icek Engelsberg

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Created: 1 Jan 2011; Modified: 7 May 2025

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