Jakob married Katharina Albert on 22 Oct 1850 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA. Katharina (daughter of Joseph Albert and Elisabetha Schnetzer) was born on 14 Mar 1825 in Waldrohrbach, Pfalz, Bayern; was christened on 17 Mar 1825 in Waldrohrbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died in 1866 in Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Carl Schafer was born on 17 Aug 1851 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA; died in in Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA.
2. Margaret Schafer was born in 1855 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA.
3. Katharina Schafer was born in 1860 in Minnesota, USA.
4. Magdalena Schafer was born in 0May 1862 in Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA; died on 7 Dec 1943 in Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA.