Brief Life History of Johann Heinrich
When Johann Heinrich Schneider was born on 20 September 1836, in Ellhofen, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, his father, Johann Georg Schneider, was 25 and his mother, Heinricke Margarethe Lauer, was 26. He married Rosina Friederika Eckert on 24 August 1862, in Eberstadt, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. In 1862, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as maurer (builder) in Eberstadt, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died on 10 June 1905, in Teviotville, Queensland, Australia, at the age of 68, and was buried in Kalbar, Queensland, Australia.
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- Johann Heinrich Schneider, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Johann Heinrich Schneider, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Johann Heinrich Schneider, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1837
George Grey explores Western Australia.
1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
1859
The state of Queensland was formed as a partition from its parent, New South Wales, on 6 June 1859, with Brisbane designated as its capital.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Franz, Erwin, Fritz, Dieter, Manfred, Heinz, Alois, Ewald, Helmut.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, literally ‘cutter’, from Middle High German snīder, German Schneider, Yiddish shnayder. The same term was sometimes used to denote a woodcutter. This surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, and Czechia. In Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia, and Slovenia it is also established in Slavicized forms (see 2 below). In part, Schneider is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ). Compare Sneider 1, Snider 1, and Snyder 1.
Germanized form of Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian Šnajdr or Šnajder, and Czech Šneidr, Šneider, Šnejdr, and Šnejder, surnames of German origin (see above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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