Brief Life History of Viola Emma Anna
When Viola Emma Anna Schmidt was born on 8 December 1899, in Preston, Jackson, Iowa, United States, her father, Frederick Schmidt, was 35 and her mother, Mary C Kunze, was 21. She married Richard Peter Johanna Fritz Kruse on 2 August 1922, in Charter Oak, Crawford, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Sioux Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Sheridan Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died on 6 September 1979, in George, Lyon, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, George, Lyon, Iowa, United States.
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- Viola Kruse, "United States 1950 Census"
- Viola Schmidt Schmidt, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Viola Schmidt, "Iowa, Church and Civil Marriages, 1837-1989"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Erwin, Gerhard, Klaus, Helmut, Fritz, Manfred, Wolfgang, Ewald, Gunter.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Middle High German smit, German Schmied ‘blacksmith’. This surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in Denmark, France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine, also Nord), the Netherlands, Hungary, and Poland. It is also found in Slovakia, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia, where it is more common in Slavicized forms (see below). In part, Schmidt is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ).
Germanized form of Czech Šmíd and Šmít, Slovenian, Croatian, and Slovak Šmid or Šmit, surnames of German origin (see above and Smid 2 and Smit 3).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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