Brief Life History of Elizabeth T.
When Elizabeth T. Schmidt was born on 11 October 1864, in Russia, her father, Tobias P Schmidt, was 34 and her mother, Luvantina Decker, was 28. She married Jacob A Wedel on 20 June 1886, in Meno, Major, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Woods, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Major, Oklahoma, United States in 1935. She died on 21 February 1941, in Meno, Major, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Meno, Major, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Lizzie Wadle in household of Jacob A Wadle, "United States Census, 1900"
- Elisabeth Schmidt, "United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931"
- Elizabeth Smith, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Erwin, Gerhard, Klaus, Helmut, Fritz, Manfred, Wolfgang, Ewald, Gunter.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Middle High German smit, German Schmied ‘blacksmith’. This surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in Denmark, France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine, also Nord), the Netherlands, Hungary, and Poland. It is also found in Slovakia, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia, where it is more common in Slavicized forms (see below). In part, Schmidt is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ).
Germanized form of Czech Šmíd and Šmít, Slovenian, Croatian, and Slovak Šmid or Šmit, surnames of German origin (see above and Smid 2 and Smit 3).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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