A Christmas Gift For You!

December 25, 2015December 25, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Freebies 2016, america, atlantic, book, children, childrens, christmas, crosses, ebook, family, free, germany, gift, holiday, immigrant, iowa, kansas, karl, kid, kids, merry, pdf, reunion, reunite, santa, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, west bend Leave a comment

Santa has brought you a special gift this morning! Please enjoy a free eBook of “Karl Crosses the Atlantic” (written by Josiah Schmidt), a richly illustrated children’s book telling the story of Georg Karl Schmidt, the first of the West Bend Schmidts to come to America in 1881. Click here to view your free eBook! (file type: […]

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 […]