Cornelia Adelia Schmidt

1 September 1861–27 April 1914 (Age 52)
Squaw Grove Township, DeKalb, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Cornelia Adelia

When Cornelia Adelia Schmidt was born on 1 September 1861, in Squaw Grove Township, DeKalb, Illinois, United States, her father, Alexander Otto Robert Schmidt, was 30 and her mother, Franziska Augusta Keen, was 21. She married James Edward Tomlin on 1 March 1886, in Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 27 April 1914, in Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Edward Tomlin
1860–1919
Cornelia Adelia Schmidt
1861–1914
Marriage: 1 March 1886
Raymond Tomlin
1886–1887
Mabel Tomlin
1887–1887
Baby Tomlin
1888–1888
Baby Tomlin
1888–1888
Herbert Faye Tomlin
1888–1938
James Edward Tomlin
1891–1960

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 March 1886Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 2
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1863
    Age 2
    Historical Boundaries: 1863: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
    Age 15
    The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Kocevar
    Schmied
    Schmitt
    Schmid
    Schmit
    Schmith
    Reinschmidt
    Schmieding
    Monasmith
    Schmidtke

    Sources (19)

    • Nellie Smyth in entry for Robinson, "Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915"
    • Nellie Robinson in household of Frank Robinson, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Nellie Smith in entry for Vernon F. Robinson and Isabelle Tanfield, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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