When Jacob Schmidt was born on 11 November 1848, in Tiraspol', Tiraspol, Kherson, Russian Empire, his father, Gottlieb August Schmidt, was 21 and his mother, Maria Elisabeth Koerner, was 22. He married Elizabetha Mettler on 4 February 1869, in Velykokomarivka, Rozdilna, Odesa, Ukraine. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 15 November 1873, in his hometown, at the age of 25.
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Russia fights Britain, France, Sardinia, and Ottoman Empire in Crimean War. Russia forced to accept peace settlement dictated by its opponents.
Starting on October 5, 1853, Britain, France, Turkey, and Sardinia challenged Russia as the country was expanding. The troops fighting against Russia were finally defeated by the harsh winter. Altogether, around 500,000 Russian troops were lost.
Treaty of Aigun signed with China. Northern bank of Amur River ceded to Russia.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Erwin, Gerhard, Klaus, Helmut, Fritz, Manfred, Wolfgang, Ewald, Gunter.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Middle High German smit, German Schmied ‘blacksmith’. This surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in Denmark, France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine, also Nord), the Netherlands, Hungary, and Poland. It is also found in Slovakia, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia, where it is more common in Slavicized forms (see below). In part, Schmidt is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ).
Germanized form of Czech Šmíd and Šmít, Slovenian, Croatian, and Slovak Šmid or Šmit, surnames of German origin (see above and Smid 2 and Smit 3).
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