Brief Life History of Anna Dorothea
Anna Dorothea Schmidt was born about 1687, in Meiningen, Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany as the daughter of Hans Schmidt. She married Johannes von der Lind on 23 July 1708, in Meiningen, Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died in her hometown.
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1681–1749 Male
1687– Female
Children (5)
1709–1746 Male
1712–1772 Female
1719–1771 Male
1723–1797 Male
1725–1790 Male
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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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