Schabel Family History
- Schabel Name Meaning
- South German: nickname from Middle High German schaben ‘to scratch’, ‘shave’, ‘strain’, for someone who worked hard, or an occupational nickname for a barber or carpenter (see Schaber).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 33,415 Historical Documents with Schabel on Ancestry
- 22,304 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,816 Census and Voter Lists
- 849 Military Records
- 898 Immigration Records
- 6,548 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Schabel census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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