When Frederick William Schoenfeld was born on 14 February 1831, in Eilenburg, Kreis Delitzsch, Province of Saxony, Prussia, Germany, his father, Friederich Wilhelm Schoenfeld, was 45 and his mother, Johanne Sophia Krebs, was 23. He married Wilhelmine Henriette Lohmann on 10 May 1859, in Leipzig, Kreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 28 December 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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