Jacob Schaper1

M, #170, b. 26 Jul 1887, d. 7 Oct 1939
FatherRein Schaper2,3 b. 12 May 1864, d. 14 May 1934
MotherGeertje Schaper3 b. 18 Mar 1862, d. 20 Feb 1936


Jacob Schaper was born on 26 July 1887 in Gaasterland, Friesland, The Netherlands.1,3 He married Cornelia W. Schaper.1 Jacob Schaper died on 7 October 1939 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York.1 He was buried in Ridgewood (Valleau Cemetery.)1


The obituary of Jacob Schaper appeared on 12 October 1939 in the Ridgewood Herald (pg. 2.)1

More information:
He was in the scavenger business in Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey with his uncle Auke Faber.1 Jacob Schaper worked in 1935 for the Franklin Lakes Dairy Products, 510 West Saddle River Road, Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, proprietor Harvey B. Greene.4 He and Cornelia W. Schaper lived in 1934 in State Highway #2, Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey.4,1 In 1917 he was re-elected as diaken in the Dutch Reformed Church at Wortendyke, Bergen County, New Jersey.5 Jacob Schaper and Cornelia W. Schaper lived in 1927 in West Saddle River Road, Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey.6 The 1937 directory lists them as removed to New York, although Cornelia seems to be listed as a bookkeeper in Little Falls, with rental at 510 West Saddle River Road.7 Jacob Schaper and Wopke Leentjes immigrated on the Nieuw Amsterdam, from Rotterdam (22 Apr 1911), arriving in New York on 1 May 1911. They were going to their uncle A. Faber in Ridgewood. Both listed their father as their contact in Holland. Jacob was from Balk, Wopke van Sloten.1,2 Rein Schaper officially recognizes Jacob as his son on 24 March 1904.8

Census Records:
1920 Fed. census: Household of Jacob Schaper, West Saddle Farm Road (#250), Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Jacob, his wife Cornelia and three children: Cornelia W. (3), Gertrude (1 1/2) and Leonard (1 mo.)9

Citations

  1. [S1] Ridgew. Herald, 13 July 1901 - 25 Jan 1940, Oct 12, 1939, pg. 2.
  2. [S2] Ellis Island, Nieuw Amsterdam, 1 May 1911 (pg. 481-482, line 4).
  3. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Gaasterland Births : 1887 #A 98.
  4. [S27] Ridgewood Dir., 1935.
  5. [S32] Telegraaf.
  6. [S27] Ridgewood Dir., 1927.
  7. [S27] Ridgewood Dir., 1937.
  8. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Gaasterland Marriages : 1904 #3.
  9. [S7] 1920 Federal Census, Jacob Schaper, 22 Jan 1920. T625 Roll: 1019 Page: 172, ED 98.