Maria Magdalena Schmidt

Brief Life History of Maria Magdalena

When Maria Magdalena Schmidt was born in 1727, in Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire, her father, Johann Georg Schmid, was 38 and her mother, Catherina Haas, was 37. She married Johann Georg Heyntz about 1742. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 11 February 1773, in Lofta, Kalmar, Sweden, at the age of 46, and was buried in Lofta, Kalmar, Sweden.

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Family Time Line

Johann Georg Heyntz
1720–1771
Maria Magdalena Schmidt
1727–1773
Marriage: about 1742
Elisabeth Christina Hintz
1749–
Johan Georg Heintz
1750–1820
Anna Christina Hintz
1752–
Rebecca Hintz
1753–1788
Maria Francisca Hintz
1754–
Johan Andreas Heintz
1757–1817
Anna Dorathea Hintz
1761–1765
Johan Wilhelm Hintz
1764–
Maria Magdalena Hintz
1766–
Carl Goran Hintz
1769–
Anna Stina Hintz
1771–

Sources (5)

  • Death record for Maria Madalena Hintz (possible maiden name Schmidt)
  • Magdalena in entry for Johann Georg Heyntz, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Daughter's Christening Record Image - Sweden, Kronoberg Church Records, 1589-1921; index 1612-1860

Parents and Siblings

World Events (1)

1743

In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.

Name Meaning

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).

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

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Rebecka Hintz (1753-1788)

Birth Records Kronoberg, Ekeberga Parish Registers (Genline 824.13.56000) 1753 http://www.blut Marriage Records Kalmar, Västervik Parish Registers (Genlin

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