Brief Life History of Isaac Chester
When Isaac Chester Schmidt was born on 17 September 1887, in Bison, Rush, Kansas, United States, his father, Heinrich Schmidt, was 32 and his mother, Elisabeth Lorei, was 32. He married Marie Elsie Hardt on 3 September 1913, in Clinton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Henry, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota, United States in 1940. He died on 23 May 1978, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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- Isaac Smith in household of Henry Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
- Issac Chester Schmidt in the U.S., Consular Reports of Births, 1910-1949
- Issac Chester Schmidt, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1888
Historical Boundaries: 1888: Rush, Kansas, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
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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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