John Schmuck

Brief Life History of John

When John Schmuck was born on 19 February 1865, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Casper Schmuck, was 32 and his mother, Rebecca Geary, was 31. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Emma Jane May. He lived in Springfield Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Saltlick Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died in 1905, in Scottdale, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Imel Cemetery, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Schmuck
1865–1905
Emma Jane May
1872–1936
Lorenza Milton Schmuck
1893–1973
Milton E Schmuck
1893–
Barbra Ellen "Ellen" Schmuck
1897–1962
Effa Jane Schmuck
1898–1966
Mary Etta Schmuck
1905–1938

Sources (8)

  • John Smuck in household of Casper Smuck, "United States Census, 1870"
  • John Schmuck, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • John Schmuck in entry for Harry H. Pirl and Mary Etta Schmuck, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Hans, Heinz, Helmut, Hermann, Jurgen, Kurt, Mathias, Nikolaus, Reinhard.

North German: nickname from Middle Low German smuck ‘neat, dainty, pretty’.

South German: nickname from Middle High German smuc ‘embrace; ornament, finery’, also ‘jewelry’. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace, in any of the two possible senses; see also 1 above), Hungary, and Slovenia. In part, this is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ). Compare Smuck .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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