Thanks to Sandy & Kevin Banwart!

THANK YOU to our cousin, Sandra Banwart, and her husband, Kevin Banwart, of Algona, IA, for their very generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join Sandy & Kevin and make history.   Sandra is the daughter of Jim Schmidt, granddaughter of Earnest “Bud” Schmidt, great granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat granddaughter […]

Thanks to Sue & Patrick Murphy!

THANK YOU to our cousin, Sue Murphy, and her husband, Patrick Murphy, of Algona, IA, for their very generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join Sue & Patrick and make history.   Susan is the daughter of Jim Schmidt, granddaughter of Earnest “Bud” Schmidt, great granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat granddaughter […]

Martha (Lindemann) Schmidt and her Grandchildren (1913)

(Click the image to enlarge) Thank you to our cousin Sandra (Schmidt) Banwart of Algona, Iowa for this terrific photograph of Martha Elisabeth (Lindemann) Schmidt (1837-1923) (the wife of Conrad Jacob Schmidt, one of the original Schmidt immigrants to the West Bend, Iowa area) and twenty nine of her grandchildren! This picture was taken in […]

Jerry Yocum to Present on German WW2 POWs Interred in Iowa

The Schmidt Family Reunion is excited to announce the addition of Jerry Yocum to the lineup of presentations at our July 30-31 event. Jerry is the President of the Camp Algona POW Museum Committee. Camp Algona in Algona, Iowa housed thousands of Nazi prisoners of war captured in Europe. These German POWs lived fascinating lives […]

Thank You to Sandy and Kevin Banwart!

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 […]