Dietrich, Dad of the American Schmidts

June 21, 2015June 21, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Family Photos america, anna, barbara, day laborers, dorothea, elisabeth, emigrants, family, friedrich, german, germany, hesse, history, immigrants, immigration, iowa, johann, körzell, linen weaver, linen weaving, ludwig, machtlos, raub, reunion, reunite, schmidt, schmidts, sophia, spencer, west bend 2 Comments

The Schmidt family of Machtlos began with Hans Heinrich Schmidt and Barbara (Rimbach) Schmidt, who lived in the latter 1600s and early 1700s. The branches of the Machtlos Schmidt family who settled in America, however, exist because of Hans Heinrich’s great great grandson: Dietrich Schmidt. Dietrich Schmidt baptism record, 6 April 1803, Machtlos Dietrich Schmidt was […]

Happy Mother’s Day!

May 10, 2015May 11, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family Photos 50th, alice, anliker, anna, annie, anniversary, belva, carl, christine, elizabeth, esther, family, farm, girls, humboldt, ida, iowa, irene, jergens, kathryn, katie, knobloch, krug, ladies, lindemann, lindemanns, lizzie, lydia, messner, michael, mike, moadinger, mogler, mother, mothers, mothers day, neighbors, niewoehner, perkins, photo, photograph, picture, reunion, rick, sabine, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, wedding, west bend, wilson, women Leave a comment

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms in the Schmidt Family! Here are 14 mothers in the Schmidt family, at the Carl Lindemann farm in Humboldt, Iowa. A couple of them are still unidentified–perhaps you can help? This photo was taken during Mike and Lizzie (Schmidt) Lindemann’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration in July 1937. (Left to […]