Alfred William Henry Schmidt

Brief Life History of Alfred William Henry

When Alfred William Henry Schmidt was born on 4 September 1902, in North Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada, his father, Henry Schmidt, was 38 and his mother, Mary Elisabeth Caroline Forler, was 34. He lived in Perth, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 4 May 1981, in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Henry Schmidt
1864–1931
Mary Elisabeth Caroline Forler
1868–1943
Edith Helena Schmidt
1889–1957
Emma Elisabeth Schmidt
1891–1958
Barbara Christina Schmidt
1893–1977
Marie Schmidt
1896–1958
Alfred William Henry Schmidt
1902–1981
Viola Clara Schmidt
1906–1906
(Marretta) Schmidt
1908–
Henry Peter Schmidt
1910–1973
Alfred Schmidt
1912–

Sources (3)

  • Alfred Schmidt in household of Conrad Schmidt, "Canada Census, 1911"
  • Alfred William Schmidt, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
  • Alfred William Schmidt, "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"

World Events (5)

1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario

Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born

Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.

1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election

George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.

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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