When Edward Schoenfeld was born on 8 March 1832, in Magdeborn, Kreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, his father, Friederich Wilhelm Schoenfeld, was 46 and his mother, Johanne Sophia Krebs, was 24. He married Caroline Charlotte Ottilie Mieth on 29 May 1854, in Lichtenburg, Kreis Torgau, Province of Saxony, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Brighton Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 29 September 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, 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
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
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.
Possible Related NamesFrederick William Schoenfeld born February 14, 1831 in Eilenburg Prussia, Germany, was a son of Frederick William Schoenfeld & Sopha Krebs of Magdeburg near Leipzig, German. When he became of milita …
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