The Real Reason the Schmidts Went to West Bend, Iowa

June 22, 2015June 10, 2018 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Family Photos adam, bradgate, conrad, dysart, family, germany, herman, hotzel, humboldt, immigration, iowa, jacob, karl, kersten, lindemann, lizzie, machtlos, maggie, margaretha, maria, martha, mexican american war, michael, reunion, reunite, saint louis, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, starff, vinton, west bend Leave a comment

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 […]

The Schafers of West Bend, Iowa

May 15, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Family Photos alderson, betty, carl, don, donald, eleanor, elizabeth, ellison, ernest, ernie, family, iowa, leona, lizzie, louie, louis, maberry, morey, murphy, oney, onie, otto, photo, photograph, picture, reunion, robert, schafer, schafers, schmidt, schmidts, schriber, spencer, west bend, wilma Leave a comment

Elizabeth Marie “Lizzie” (Schmidt) Schafer, with 10 of her children, in West Bend, Iowa. Not pictured are William Schafer (who lived in California), Frances Schafer (who died in infancy), and Benjamin Schafer (who was killed in combat in WW2). Lizzie was the daughter of Karl and Maggie (Lindemann) Schmidt of Machtlos. (Left to right) Donald […]

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 […]