No Robert, If the names are that far apart in spelling, I can see no connection. However stranger things have happened. Here are my Shaafs from Leipzig. Descendants of Christoph SCHAAF - 3 Nov 1999 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST GENERATION 1. Christoph SCHAAF was born on 28 May 1681 in of, Halle, Sachsen, Prussia. He died on 7 Nov 1748 in Glaucha Halle, Sachsen, Prussia. He has reference number 168. He was married to Mrs-Christof SCHAAF about 1709 in of, Glaucha Halle, Sachsen, Prussia. Mrs-Christof SCHAAF was born about 1688 in of, Glaucha Halle, Sachsen, Prussia. Christoph SCHAAF and Mrs-Christof SCHAAF had the following children: +2 i. Johann Christoph SCHAAF. SECOND GENERATION 2. Johann Christoph SCHAAF was christened on 11 Nov 1710. He died on 30 Jan 1764 in Glaucha Halle, Sachsen, Prussia. He was buried on 1 Feb 1764. He was born in Glaucha Halle, Sachsen, Prussia. He has reference number 084. He was married to Christine Elisabeth HENNECKE (daughter of Johann Heinrich HENNECKE and Dorothea Regina WUESTEMANN) on 6 Oct 1739 in Glaucha Halle, Sachsen, Prussia. Christine Elisabeth HENNECKE was christened on 29 Jun 1719. She died on 17 Sep 1758 in Glaucha Halle, Sachsen, Prussia. She was born in Glaucha Halle, Sachsen, Prussia. She has reference number 085. Johann Christoph SCHAAF and Christine Elisabeth HENNECKE had the following children: +3 i. Heinrich Christoph SCHAAF. THIRD GENERATION 3. Heinrich Christoph SCHAAF was christened on 8 Feb 1743. He died on 18 Oct 1813 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. He was born in Glaucha Halle, Sachsen, Prussia. He was married to Johanna Margaretha THIELE or Muehlpfordt (daughter of Tobias THIELE and Johanna Magdalena MUEHLFORDT) on 19 Sep 1774 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. Johanna Margaretha THIELE or Muehlpfordt was christened on 18 Jan 1747. She died on 30 May 1805 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. She was born in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. Heinrich Christoph SCHAAF and Johanna Margaretha THIELE or Muehlpfordt had the following children: +4 i. Amalie Caroline SCHAAF. He was married to Christiane Caroline SCHWARZ (daughter of Johann Christian SCHWARZ) on 28 Feb 1811 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. Christiane Caroline SCHWARZ was born about 1772 in of, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. She died on 16 Feb 1828 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. FOURTH GENERATION 4. Amalie Caroline SCHAAF was born on 13 May 1789 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. She was christened on 17 May 1789. She died on 19 Nov 1845 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. She has reference number 021. She was married to Johann Gottlob BOEHNE (son of Christian BOEHNE and Johanna Dorothea PUTSCHERT) on 24 Nov 1808 in Eutritzsch, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. Johann Gottlob BOEHNE was christened on 21 Dec 1770. He died on 12 Sep 1825 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. He was born in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. He has reference number 020. Amalie Caroline SCHAAF and Johann Gottlob BOEHNE had the following children: +5 i. Louise Amalie BOEHNE. +6 ii. Emilie Henriette BOEHNE. +7 iii. Johann Gustav BOEHNE. +8 iv. Hermann Robert BOEHNE. She was married to Friedrich Gottlob ARNOLD (son of Gottlob Sigismund ARNOLD and Elisabeth BERGER) on 14 Sep 1828 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. Friedrich Gottlob ARNOLD was born on 2 Oct 1775 in , Grimma, Leipzig, Saxony. He died on 24 Jan 1844 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. He has reference number 021-2. Amalie Caroline SCHAAF and Friedrich Gottlob ARNOLD had the following children: 9 i. Friedrich Louis ARNOLD was born on 25 Nov 1829 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. He died between 1859 and 1862 in Missing, , , North America. +10 ii. Amalie Pauline ARNOLD. FIFTH GENERATION 5. Louise Amalie BOEHNE was born on 3 Dec 1809 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. She died on 5 Jan 1849 in Frankfurt. She was married to Benjamin Adolf SCKERL on 4 Apr 1831 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. Benjamin Adolf SCKERL was born on 21 Dec 1802 in , Schwiebus. He died on 10 Apr 1880 in Frankfurt. Louise Amalie BOEHNE and Benjamin Adolf SCKERL had the following children: 11 i. Friedrich Adolf Louis SCKERL was born on 1 May 1833 in Frankfurt. He died on 11 Jan 1851 in Frankfurt. +12 ii. Adolf Robert Gustav SCKERL. +13 iii. Johanna Louise Bertha SCKERL. 14 iv. Anna Louise Marie SCKERL was born on 25 Dec 1839 in Frankfurt. She died on 30 Jun 1840 in infant, Frankfurt. +15 v. Benjamin Julius Gustav SCKERL. +16 vi. Martha Adolphine Luise SCKERL. +17 vii. Klara SCKERL. 6. Emilie Henriette BOEHNE was born on 4 Feb 1811 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. She died on 30 Dec 1885 in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia. She was married to Gustav Adolf Eduard KOEPPEN on 3 Sep 1832 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. Gustav Adolf Eduard KOEPPEN was born on 13 Dec 1803 in Dietz. He died on 28 Feb 1870 in Berlin, Germany. He has reference number P193-2H. Emilie Henriette BOEHNE and Gustav Adolf Eduard KOEPPEN had the following children: 18 i. Gustav Johannes Adolph KOEPPEN was born on 9 Jun 1834 in Berlin, Germany. He died on 25 Sep 1885 in , Pottsdam, , Germany. +19 ii. Carl Emil Otto KOEPPEN. 20 iii. Paul Robert Hugo KOEPPEN was born on 4 Dec 1837 in Berlin, Germany. He died on 27 Feb 1891 in Berlin, Germany. 21 iv. Julius Gustav KOEPPEN was born on 26 Jul 1839 in Berlin, Germany. He died on 27 Aug 1839 as an infant, Berlin, , Germany. +22 v. Emilie Marie Luise KOEPPEN. 23 vi. Bertha Johanna Klara KOEPPEN was born on 9 Apr 1842 in Berlin, Germany. She died on 27 Mar 1844 in infant, Berlin, , Germany. +24 vii. Hermann Louis Robert KOEPPEN. +25 viii. Oskar Theodore Paul KOEPPEN. 26 ix. Constantin Richard Gustav KOEPPEN was born on 8 Sep 1848 in Berlin, Germany. He died on 28 Apr 1886 in Sanitorium, near Berlin, , Germany. He has reference number P193-20. +27 x. Emilie Anna KOEPPEN. +28 xi. Hedwig KOEPPEN. 7. Johann Gustav BOEHNE was born on 10 Feb 1812 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. He died on 28 Mar 1870 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. He has reference number P193-3. He was married to Albertine "Bertha" TISCHNER on 6 Apr 1834 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. Albertine "Bertha" TISCHNER was born on 10 Nov 1805 in , Naumburg. She died on 15 Mar 1882 in , Leipzig, , Saxony. She has reference number P193-3W. Johann Gustav BOEHNE and Albertine "Bertha" TISCHNER had the following children: +29 i. Julius Gustav BOEHNE. 30 ii. Clara Louise BOEHNE was born on 24 Apr 1840 in , Leipzig, St. Thomas, Saxony. She died on 18 Jul 1841 in infant, Leipzig, St. Thomas, Saxony. She has reference number P193-24. 31 iii. Hermann Robert BOEHNE was born on 22 May 1843 in , Leipzig, St. Thomas, Saxony. He died in , of Lodz, , russia. He has reference number P193-25. +32 iv. Bertha Albertine BOEHNE. +33 v. Karl Otto BOEHNE. 8. Hermann Robert BOEHNE was born on 30 Oct 1814 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. He died on 1 Nov 1885 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. He has reference number 010. He was married to Wilhelmine Emilie RADING (daughter of Johann Jakob Christian_David RADING and Maria (Dorothea) Elisabeth REICHARDT) on 11 Sep 1853 in , Magdeburg, Sachsen, Prussia. Wilhelmine Emilie RADING was born on 23 May 1826 in , Magdeburg, Sachsen, Prussia. She died on 1 Oct 1895 in , Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. She has reference number 011. Hermann Robert BOEHNE and Wilhelmine Emilie RADING had the following children: +34 i. Emilie Auguste Marie BOEHME. 35 ii. Emil Robert BOEHNE was born on 30 Apr 1857 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. He died on 12 Jan 1859 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. +36 iii. Dorothea Martha BOEHNE. +37 iv. Johanna Emma BOEHNE. +38 v. Johanna Bertha Elisabeth BOEHNE. 10. Amalie Pauline ARNOLD was born on 31 Jan 1835 in St Thomas, Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony. She died on 30 Aug 1915 in , Neuwied, Rheinland, Prussia. She was married to Louis Theodor ERXLEBEN on 5 Sep 1879 in , Herrnhut, Bautzen, Saxony. Louis Theodor ERXLEBEN was born on 5 Sep 1833 in , Herrnhut. He died on 22 Aug 1894 in Berlin, Germany. He has reference number P203-2aH. Amalie Pauline ARNOLD and Louis Theodor ERXLEBEN had the following children: +39 i. Maria Pauline Elisabeth ERXLEBEN. 40 ii. Helene Pauline Margarete ERXLEBEN was born on 10 Aug 1879 in Berlin. She has reference number P203-5a. 41 iii. Johannes Heinrich Theodor ERXLEBEN was born on 30 Jun 1892 in Breslau. He died on 16 Aug 1915 in , Schaulen. Prepared by: Helene Pockrus Robert M Scharf wrote: > Helene, Family legend has it that my SCHARF ancestors came from the > Zwickau/Leipzig area and I have found some indication that there were > Scharf's there, but nothing I can tie in directly. I don't believe that > your SCHAAF's are connected, as Schaaf means 'sheep' and Scharf means > 'sharp'. I have found that variations in spelling have some sort of common > thread, but I can't see it in this instance. However (and this is a big > however), you have been over there and I have not. What did you learn over > there that leads you to think that there may be a connection? > Do some of your contacts in Germany think that there would be a connection? > This could open a whole new area of research for me. Bob S. > > At 09:41 PM 11/02/1999 -0700, you wrote: > >Thanks Robert for your indugence. BTW I have some Schaaf beginning in 1789 > back > >from Leipzig. Any chance they are yours?