Brief Life History of Frederick William
When Frederick William Schoenfeld was born on 14 February 1831, in Eilenburg, Neustadt (Wied), Neuwied, Rhineland, Prussia, German Empire, his father, Friedrich Wilhelm Schoenfeld, was 45 and his mother, Johanne Sophia Krebs, was 23. He married Wilhelmine Henriette Lohmann on 10 May 1859, in Leipzig, Amt Leipzig, Saxony, German Empire. 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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Sources (51)
- Frederick Wm Schonefeld in household of Frederick William Schonefeld, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- F.W. Schoenfeld in entry for Wilford Edmunds and Rachel Schoenfeld, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Frederick W Scoenfeld in entry for Esther Ruth Schoenfeld Belka, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
Spouse and Children
1831–1918 Male
1858–1900 Female
Children (8)
1879–1973 Male
1880–1880 Male
1882–1963 Female
1884–1888 Female
1889–1965 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1785–1846 Male
1807–1847 Female
Siblings (2)
1831–1918 Male
1832–1914 Male
World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Age 1
1847
Age 16
1860
Age 29
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.
Story Highlight
Swiss German Missionary Conference 1884 by Paul-Anthon Nielson
This portrait was taken in the photograph studio of Moritz Emil Vollenweider (d. 1899) and his son, Emil Vollenweider (1849-1921), at Postgasse 68 in the city of Bern on 24 December 1884. A conference …
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