Country School in Garfield Township, Kossuth County, Iowa circa 1912

May 15, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Family Photos 1912, children, family, garfield center, garfield township, iowa, kids, kossuth county, old, photograph, picture, reunion, schmidt, schmidts, school, spencer, students, west bend Leave a comment

This photo is from circa 1912, but how many of these Schmidts did you know? Garfield Township country school, Kossuth County, Iowa Back 2 Rows (L-R): Unknown, Michael Schmidt, Unknown, Nathan Banwart, Mary Rabe, Mike Thill, Elizabeth (Schmidt) Anliker, Unknown, Lena Banwart, Silas Banwart, Henry Schmidt Jr., Martin Bonstetter, Unknown, and the teacher Alex Purdell […]

Cousin Kaylee Long’s Family History School Presentation: A+!

February 22, 2015February 22, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Cousin Updates, Family History ancestry, cousin, cousins, educational, essen, europe, family, genealogy, german, germany, history, machtlos, presentation, schmidt, schmidts, school Leave a comment

Hey family! Check out this amazing presentation that our cousin Kaylee Long did for school. It displays our family history. Click image to enlarge Kaylee’s great great great grandpa Conrad Jacob Schmidt was born in Machtlos, Germany. He and his wife, Martha, married and moved to a bigger city called Essen. There, they had a […]