Brief Life History of Messamore
When Messamore Schmuck was born in 1879, in Springfield Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Casper Schmuck, was 47 and his mother, Rebecca Geary, was 46.
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- Messmore Schmuck in household of Casper Schmuck, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
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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