Katherine Wuesthoff

Brief Life History of Katherine

When Katherine Wuesthoff was born on 20 January 1874, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, her father, Ludwig Wuesthoff, was 35 and her mother, Josephine Loeffler, was 26. She married Ernst Schmidt on 27 March 1902, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to United States in 1893 and lived in Kings, New York, United States in 1920 and Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States in 1940. She died on 28 March 1948, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in New York City, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ernst Schmidt
1875–1912
Katherine Wuesthoff
1874–1948
Marriage: 27 March 1902
George Schmidt
1902–1976
Frederick H Schmidt
1903–
Ernst Schmidt
1905–1911
William Schmidt
1905–
Viola Schmidt
1906–
John Schmid
1911–

Sources (19)

  • Kate Schmidt, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Chatarine Wusthoff, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
  • Catherine Westhoff, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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

Some characteristic forenames: German Hans.

German (Wüsthoff): topographic name for someone from an estate of uncultivated land, from Middle High German wüste ‘deserted, abandoned’ + hof ‘farm’.

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

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