THANK YOU to our cousin Denise Lindemann of Oelwein, IA for her very generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join Denise and make history. Denise is the daughter of Marvin Lindemann, granddaughter of Carl Lindemann, great granddaughter of Lizzie (Schmidt) Lindemann, 2xgreat granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich Schmidt […]
These incredible Schmidt family photos (and photos from the Lindemann, Jergens, and Van Loh branches of the family) were contributed this week by cousin Denise Lindemann! Check them out! Denise is the daughter of Marvin Lindemann, granddaughter of Carl Lindemann, great granddaughter of Lizzie (Schmidt) Lindemann, 2xgreat granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich […]
THANK YOU to our cousin Joyce Green, and her husband, William Green, of Corpus Christi, TX, for their very generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join them and make history! Joyce is the daughter of Carol Fortner, granddaughter of Carl Lindemann, great granddaughter of Elizabeth (Schmidt) Lindemann, 2xgreat granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich […]
This is an essay written in 1927 by John Klein, a Humboldt, Iowa high school student. His freshman English class was to interview and write about an older person in the community. The essays are collected at the Humboldt public library. Michael Lindemann is the subject of this essay and it includes an account of […]
The Schmidts of West Bend, Iowa will dominate the record-breaking 2016 Schmidt Reunion in Spencer, Iowa. Yet, of all the places that the Schmidt immigrants from Machtlos, Germany could have settled in, why did they choose West Bend, Iowa? Hessian Troops in British Pay in the US War of Independence, by C. Ziegler, 1799 (Wikimedia commons) The […]