When Louis Hammerschmidt was born about 1906, in Ohio, United States, his father, Josef Hammerschmidt, was 33 and his mother, Maria Magdalenda Zierhart, was 35. He died on 5 May 1970, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65.
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The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
The Cleveland Museum of Art was founded as a trust from Hinman Hurlbut, John Huntington, and Horace Kelley. It is to be known as the fourth-wealthiest art museum in the United States. The museum opened its doors to the public on June 6, 1916, and is free to the public to come and enjoy the diverse collections inside. Today the museum can be found as the center piece of Wade Park and both are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Christoph, Erwin, Hans, Heinz, Helmut, Matthias.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a smith or for the owner of a forge, from Middle High German hamer ‘hammer’ + smit ‘smith’, German Hammer + Schmidt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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