Photo: Adam and Lizzie Raub and their kids

January 24, 2016 Schmidt Reunion Family Photos 2016, 50th, adam, anniversary, casbon, clemons, dysart, elizabeth, elliott, family, history, iowa, lavanche, lizzie, lois, miller, pauline, photo, photograph, raub, reunion, reunite, sandra, sandy, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, wedding, west bend, wetzstein, woodworth Leave a comment

Check out this great photograph of some of our cousins on the Raub side of the family from the Dysart, Iowa area! (From left to right) Lois Louise (Raub) Woodworth (1904-1974); Pauline Mary (Raub) Casbon (1917-2006); Adam Raub (1877-1957); Frank W. Raub (1913-1995); Elizabeth K. “Lizzie” (Wetzstein) Raub (1884-1960); LaVanche Gertrude (Raub) Elliott (1906-1971). […]

A Closer Look at Washington DC’s Seventh Street NW in the 1870s

September 16, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History 1870s, 7th, 7th st, 7th st northwest, 7th st nw, 7th street, 7th street northwest, 7th street nw, balthasar, blog, capitol, columbia, dc, district, district of columbia, eatery, family, historian, history, iowa, louis, ludwig, milton, northwest, nw, prohibition, restaurant, reunion, reunite, sandra, sandy, schmidt, schmidts, seventh, seventh street, seventh street northwest, seventh street nw, spencer, st, street, tavern, washington, washington dc, west bend Leave a comment

Balthasar Ludwig “Louis” Schmidt (1835-1908) was one of the original Schmidt immigrants to come from Machtlos, Germany and settle in America. Louis ended up in Washington, DC, where he operated a popular restaurant/tavern on Seventh Street NW from 1875 until his death (after which the business was carried on by his son Milton until Prohibition […]

Thank You to Sandy and Kevin Banwart!

July 15, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Cousin Updates algona, banwart, donate, donation, family, fundraising, funds, iowa, kevin, reunion, reunite, sandra, sandy, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, thank you, thanks, west bend Leave a comment

THANK YOU to our cousin Sandra Banwart and her husband Kevin Banwart of Algona, Iowa for their very generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join them and make history. Sandra is the daughter of James Schmidt, granddaughter of Earnest Schmidt, great granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Sr, 2xgreat granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat […]

Thank You to Sandra Schmidt!

July 2, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Announcements contribution, donation, family, fund, iowa, reunion, reunite, sandra, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, thank you, thanks, washington dc, west bend Leave a comment

THANK YOU to our cousin Sandra Schmidt of Washington, DC for her very generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join her and make history. Sandra is the daughter of Arnold Schmidt, the granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Jr., the great granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Sr., the 2xgreat granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, the 3xgreat […]

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 […]