Brief Life History 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 Vivian 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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Sources (15)
- Charles Geist in household of W J Geist, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Chas A Geist, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Charles Anthony Geist, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
Spouse and Children
1878–1945 Male
1877–1958 Female
Children (3)
1915–1992 Male
1916– Female
1918–2007 Male
Parents and Siblings
1845–1917 Male
1848–1924 Female
Siblings (8)
1868–1948 Male
1869–1951 Male
1871–1935 Female
1873–1874 Male
1878–1945 Male
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 3
1889
Age 11
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 18
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.
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