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