When Jakob Schmid was born on 2 December 1853, in Frutigen, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Christian Schmid, was 39 and his mother, Margaritha Schmid, was 29. He married Susanna Katharina Schneider on 26 May 1883. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 2 January 1923, in Pfäffikon, Zürich, Switzerland, at the age of 69.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Hans, Heinz, Merwin, Alois, Franz, Fritz, Guenter, Hermann, Johann.
South German: variant of Schmidt ‘blacksmith’. This form of the surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Czechia, Hungary, and some other European countries.
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