Brief Life History of Charles Frederick
When Charles Frederick Goldsmith was born in December 1899, in Richmond County, Virginia, United States, his father, Charles William Goldsmith, was 25 and his mother, Martha Jane Amos, was 25. He married Carrie Virginia Martin on 8 July 1936, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. He lived in Fairfield District, Henrico, Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 12 February 1951, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 51.
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- Charles F Goldsmith, "United States 1950 Census"
- Charles Frederick Goldsmith, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
- Charles Frederick Goldsmith, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Maggie Lena Walker Opens Bank
Maggie Lena Walker was the first African American and woman to open a bank. She opened the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank on August 20, 1901. She encouraged the young people to start saving their pennies in her bank and when they hit a hundred pennies they could start a bank account with the bank.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a worker in gold, from Middle English goldsmith, Old English goldsmith ‘goldsmith’, a compound of gold ‘gold’ + smith ‘smith’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German Goldschmidt , and also of its Dutch equivalent Goldsmit.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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