Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Rothschild was born on 24 January 1894, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, his father, George W. Rothschild, was 33 and his mother, Hannah Mayers, was 25. He married Angela Beatrice Newbury on 28 September 1920, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 22 April 1962, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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- Samuel Rothschild, "United States Census, 1930"
- Samuel Rothschild, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
- Samuel Rothchild, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1900 · Governor Shot
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Benno, Hans, Fritz, Herta, Erna, Ernst, Heinz, Hermann, Ilse, Klaus, Siegbert.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by a red sign (Middle High German rōt ‘red’ + schilt ‘sign, shield’), the earliest recorded example dating from the 13th century. The famous banking family of this name took it from a house so marked in the Jewish quarter of Frankfurt-am-Main, but the name has also been adopted by many Ashkenazic Jews unrelated to the family. In Britain, the surname is normally given the spelling pronunciation ‘Roths-child’; the original pronunciation is ‘Rote-shilt’.
History: The Rothschild dynasty of bankers was founded by Meyer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812). He abandoned his original intention to become a rabbi after his father's early death, and became a factor to the landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. His five sons established branches of the banking business, and of the family, in Vienna, London, Naples, and Paris. They were made barons of the Habsburg Empire; successive generations in Britain produced the first practicing Jew to sit in Parliament and the first to be raised to the peerage.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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