THANK YOU to our cousin Jeffrey Schmidt, and his wife, Barbara, of Geneva, IL, for their generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join Jeff & Barb and make history. Jeff is the son of Jack Schmidt, grandson of Chris Schmidt, great grandson of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat grandson of Conrad Schmidt, […]
THANK YOU to our cousin, Jack Schmidt, and his wife, Barbara, of West Bend, IA, for their generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join Jack & Barb and make history. Jack is the son of Chris Schmidt, grandson of Henry Schmidt Sr., great grandson of Conrad Schmidt, 2xgreat grandson of Dietrich […]
Our professional historian cousin, Sandra Schmidt of Washington DC, found these memorabilia of one of our Schmidt cousins during her research. This is a business card for the restaurant/tavern owned by Balthasar Ludwig “Louis” Schmidt (1835-1908) at 702 Seventh St. NW in DC: Balthasar Ludwig “Louis” Schmidt was the son of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., grandson […]
THANK YOU to our cousin Barb Sander, and her husband John, of Hugo, MN, for their very generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join them and make history! Barb is the daughter of Alvin “Swede” Schmidt, granddaughter of Fred Schmidt, great granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat granddaughter of […]
The Schmidt family of Machtlos began with Hans Heinrich Schmidt and Barbara (Rimbach) Schmidt, who lived in the latter 1600s and early 1700s. The branches of the Machtlos Schmidt family who settled in America, however, exist because of Hans Heinrich’s great great grandson: Dietrich Schmidt. Dietrich Schmidt baptism record, 6 April 1803, Machtlos Dietrich Schmidt was […]