Brief Life History of Joseph Bernard
When Joseph Bernard Schmalstig was born on 16 November 1883, in Cranberry Prairie, Mercer, Ohio, United States, his father, George Schmalstig, was 24 and his mother, Josephine Anna Brunswick, was 21. He married Mary Louise Kraudelt on 3 October 1911, in Celina, Mercer, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Granville Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and Celina, Jefferson Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 4 February 1964, in Celina, Mercer, Ohio, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Celina, Mercer, Ohio, United States.
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- Joseph Schmalstig, "United States Census, 1920"
- Joseph B. Schmalstig, „Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003“
- Joseph Bernard Schmalstig, "Find A Grave Index"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
form of the biblical Hebrew name Yosef, meaning ‘(God) shall add (another son)’. This was borne by the favourite son of Jacob, whose brothers became jealous of him and sold him into slavery (Genesis 37). He was taken to Egypt, where he rose to become chief steward to Pharaoh, and was eventually reconciled to his brothers when they came to buy corn during a seven-year famine (Genesis 43–7). In the New Testament Joseph is the name of the husband of the Virgin Mary. It is also borne by a rich Jew, Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50; John 19:38), who took Jesus down from the Cross, wrapped him in a shroud, and buried him in a rock tomb. According to medieval legend, Joseph of Arimathea brought the Holy Grail to Britain. The name was uncommon in Britain in the Middle Ages but was revived in the mid 16th century and had become popular by the 1630s, remaining so ever since.
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