Philipp Peter Schmitt

Male1 December 1860–14 January 1936

Brief Life History of Philipp Peter

Philipp Peter Schmitt was born on 1 December 1860, in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He married Marie Elisabetha Janson about 1890, in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 14 January 1936, in Söllingen, Bezirksamt Durlach, Baden, Germany, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Philipp Peter Schmitt
1860–1936
Marie Elisabetha Janson
1863–1931
Marriage: about 1890
Peter Schmidt
1888–1888
Karl Schmitt
1891–1971

Sources (2)

  • Philipp Schmidt im Eintrag für Peter Schmidt, „Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971“
  • Philipp Peter Schmitt in entry for Karl Heinrich Schmitt and Frieda Luise Armbruster, "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1890Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Children (2)

    World Events (6)

    1864

    Age 4

    War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.

    1890

    Age 30

    Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

    1914

    Age 54

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erwin, Hans, Dieter, Gerhard, Alfons, Bernhard, Franz, Heinz, Helmut, Otto, Bernd.

    South German: variant of Schmidt ‘blacksmith’. This form of the surname is also common in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine).

    Germanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Šmit, Czech Šmít, surnames of German origin (compare above, see Smit 3).

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

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