Brief Life History of George B.
When George B. Schmidt was born on 26 May 1861, in New Hamburg, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, his father, Balthasar Schmidt, was 35 and his mother, Anna Barbara Becker, was 36. He married Mary Knechtel about 1890. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in North Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada in 1871. He died on 29 March 1936, in Perth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in North Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- George B. Schmidt in entry for Roy John Schmidt, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Geo B Schmidt in entry for Roy John Schmidt and Alice Helena Faulhaufer, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- George B Schmidt, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
Spouse and Children
1861–1936 Male
1867–1955 Female
Children (4)
1889– Female
1892–1979 Male
1899– Female
1899–1944 Male
Parents and Siblings
1825–1909 Male
1824–1897 Female
Siblings (10)
1848–1928 Male
1850–1932 Female
1852–1929 Female
1854–1932 Male
1855–1937 Male
+5 More Children
World Events (6)
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 6
1869
Age 8
1883 · Mining Boom
Age 22
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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