Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Schmidt was born on 29 July 1895, in Loleta, Humboldt, California, United States, his father, Francis Otto Schmidt, was 51 and his mother, Hanna Tierney, was 34. He married Myrtle Luella Briggs on 4 May 1917, in Ferndale, Humboldt, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Scotia, Humboldt, California, United States in 1930 and Rio Dell, Humboldt, California, United States in 1950. He died on 11 August 1963, in Fortuna, Humboldt, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Tom Schmidt, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Schmidt - birth: 29 July 1895; Loleta, Humboldt, California, United States
- Thomas Schmidt, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1895–1963 Male
1900–1985 Female
Children (3)
1918–1993 Female
1919–2008 Female
1921–2004 Male
Parents and Siblings
1844–1909 Male
1861–1932 Female
Siblings (6)
1890–1955 Male
1892–1933 Male
1894–1964 Female
1895–1963 Male
1897–1975 Male
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 1
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
Age 11
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 18
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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