Joseph Frederick Platte Schoenfeld

Brief Life History of Joseph Frederick Platte

When Joseph Frederick Platte Schoenfeld was born on 22 July 1864, in Kearney, Nebraska, United States, his father, Frederick William Schoenfeld, was 33 and his mother, Wilhelmine Henriette Lohmann, was 33. He married Emma Boss on 13 June 1889, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Vineyard, Utah, Utah, United States in 1920 and Benjamin, Utah, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 18 February 1953, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Frederick Platte Schoenfeld
1864–1953
Emma Boss
1870–1954
Marriage: 13 June 1889
Joseph William Schoenfeld
1891–1984
Emma Elizabeth Boss Schoenfeld
1894–1934
Walter Lorenzo Schoenfeld
1895–1989
Reinhardt Ralph Schoenfeld
1897–1991
Grace Marguerite Schoenfeld
1900–1985
LeRoy Edward Schoenfeld
1901–1987
Clyde Elmer Schoenfeld
1906–2003
LaMont Harvey Boss Schoenfeld
1908–1997
Marcella Leona Schoenfeld
1911–1989

Sources (55)

  • Joseph F Schonefeld, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Joseph F Schoenfeld, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Joseph Fredrick Platte Schoenfeld, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1872

Historical Boundaries: 1872: Buffalo, Nebraska, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Ernst, Erwin, Franz, Klaus, Adelheid, Eugen, Frieda, Fritz, Gerhard, Hanns.

German (Schönfeld): habitational name from any of numerous places called Schönfeld, from Middle High German schoen ‘beautiful’ + velt ‘open country, field’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic; Schönfeld): artificial name composed of German schön ‘beautiful’ + Feld ‘field’. Compare Schonfeld .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Biographical Sketch of William Frederick Schoenfeld

Schoenfeld, Frederick William (son of Frederick Wilhelm Schoenfeld and Sophia Krebs of Magdeburg, near Leipzig, Germany). Borth Feb. 14, 1831, Eilenburg, Prussia. Came to Utah Sept. 15, 1864, with W …

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