Charles Anthony Geist

5 July 1878–26 December 1945 (Age 67)
Chapman, Dickinson, Kansas, United States

The Life Summary of Charles Anthony

When Charles Anthony Geist was born on 5 July 1878, in Chapman, Dickinson, Kansas, United States, his father, William J. Geist, was 33 and his mother, Margaret Ann Shoffner, was 30. He married Ethel B. Smith on 5 September 1907, in Brooklyn, Dane, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Fremont, Colorado, United States in 1935 and Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 26 December 1945, at the age of 67, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Anthony Geist
1878–1945
Nina Pearl Smith
1877–1958
Marriage: 28 June 1913
Paul Henry Geist
1915–1992
Raymond A Geist
1918–2007
Ruth M Geist
1916–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 June 1913Oregon, Dane, Wisconsin, United States
    • Children

    (3)

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    Siblings

    (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 3
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1889
    Age 11
    Historical Boundaries: 1889: Cheyenne, Colorado, United States
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 18
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    German: in most cases a distorted form of Geiss ‘goat’, a metonymic occupational name for a goatherd or nickname for a stubborn person, from Middle High German geiz ‘goat’.German: topographic or habitational name referring to a house marked by the sign of the Holy Spirit (normally depicted as a dove), from Middle High German geist ‘spirit’. Both Geist and Heilgeist occur as house signs in Frankfurt am Main in the mid 14th century.North German: topographic name for someone who lived in an area of barren sandy soil, Middle Low German gēst.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Geister

    Sources (13)

    • Charles Anthony Geist in entry for Margurette Jeanette Geist, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
    • C A Geist, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Chas A Geist, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"

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