The 3 Henry John Schmidts of West Bend, Iowa

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Family Photos apostolic, belva, bochum, brownton, celina, conrad, dysart, emigration, essen, family, farming, germany, hector, henry, huchinson, immigration, iowa, john, lindemann, machtlos, mallard, martha, mary, methodist, military, minnesota, moser, names, perkins, pocahontas, presbyterian, reunion, reunite, rodman, rolfe, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, uemmingen, west bend, winthrop, wirtz, world war 1, zeeland Leave a comment

If you want to have a conversation about Henry John Schmidt of West Bend, Iowa, you had better be careful. There were, in fact, 3 Henry Johns in the Schmidt family of that town, who all lived at the same time, and were all related to one another. All 3 even used the nickname “Heiney,” […]

Cousins Sandy and Bernadine Help Identify Photos

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Cousin Updates, Family Photos ancestors, bernadine, faces, family, genealogy, history, iowa, messner, minnesota, names, photographs, photos, pictures, reunion, sandra, sandy, schmidt, schmidts Leave a comment

Thanks to our cousins Sandra Schmidt and Bernadine (Schmidt) Messner for helping to identify the faces in a whole load of photographs from the Henry and Celina (Wirtz) Schmidt branch of the family! In this photograph, you can see, from left to right: Celina (Wirtz) Schmidt, Mary Ann (Schmidt) Thiem, Arline (Schmidt) Lindstrand, and Bernadine […]