The Yo-Yo Immigrant Who Helped the Schmidts Get to America

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The vast majority of we Americans who trace our ancestry back to the Schmidt family of Machtlos, Germany have an unlikely character to thank for us being where we are today. Her name was Anna Martha (Schmidt) Rimbach. She was born in Germany and she died in Germany, yet without her we would not be Americans today. […]

Who is Hans Heinrich Schmidt?

June 11, 2015September 19, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History baptism, barbara, birth, blankenbach, böttcher, böttner, burial, confirmation, cooper, death, elisabeth, family, gericht, hans, heinrich, hesse, hessen, hessian, history, iowa, kassel, kersten, machtlos, marriage, mayor, reunion, reunite, rimbach, ronshausen, schmidt, schmidts, schulzen, shepherd, spencer, thirty years war, west bend Leave a comment

When we hold our record-breaking Schmidt Family Reunion in Spencer, Iowa next summer, from July 30-31, 2016, all of the invitees will be descendants of Hans Heinrich Schmidt and Barbara (Rimbach) Schmidt. But just who is this ancestor of ours named Hans Heinrich Schmidt? Hans Heinrich Schmidt baptism record, 8 December 1656, Blankenbach Hans Heinrich Schmidt was […]