When Maria Catharina Klingensmith was born on 7 October 1720, in Tieffenbach, Bas-Rhin, France, her father, Johann Daniel Klingenschmidt, was 38 and her mother, Anna Christina Reitenauer, was 28. She died on 4 February 1730, in Moderfeld, Bas-Rhin, France, at the age of 9, and was buried in Zittersheim, Bas-Rhin, France.
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Americanized form of German Klingenschmidt, an occupational name for a swordsmith or cutler, from Middle High German klinge ‘blade, sword’ + smit ‘smith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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