A Closer Look at Washington DC’s Seventh Street NW in the 1870s

September 16, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History 1870s, 7th, 7th st, 7th st northwest, 7th st nw, 7th street, 7th street northwest, 7th street nw, balthasar, blog, capitol, columbia, dc, district, district of columbia, eatery, family, historian, history, iowa, louis, ludwig, milton, northwest, nw, prohibition, restaurant, reunion, reunite, sandra, sandy, schmidt, schmidts, seventh, seventh street, seventh street northwest, seventh street nw, spencer, st, street, tavern, washington, washington dc, west bend Leave a comment

Balthasar Ludwig “Louis” Schmidt (1835-1908) was one of the original Schmidt immigrants to come from Machtlos, Germany and settle in America. Louis ended up in Washington, DC, where he operated a popular restaurant/tavern on Seventh Street NW from 1875 until his death (after which the business was carried on by his son Milton until Prohibition […]

Dietrich, Dad of the American Schmidts

June 21, 2015June 21, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Family Photos america, anna, barbara, day laborers, dorothea, elisabeth, emigrants, family, friedrich, german, germany, hesse, history, immigrants, immigration, iowa, johann, körzell, linen weaver, linen weaving, ludwig, machtlos, raub, reunion, reunite, schmidt, schmidts, sophia, spencer, west bend 2 Comments

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 […]

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 […]

Cousins Sandy and Bernadine Help Identify Photos

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Cousin Updates, Family Photos ancestors, bernadine, faces, family, genealogy, history, iowa, messner, minnesota, names, photographs, photos, pictures, reunion, sandra, sandy, schmidt, schmidts Leave a comment

Thanks to our cousins Sandra Schmidt and Bernadine (Schmidt) Messner for helping to identify the faces in a whole load of photographs from the Henry and Celina (Wirtz) Schmidt branch of the family! In this photograph, you can see, from left to right: Celina (Wirtz) Schmidt, Mary Ann (Schmidt) Thiem, Arline (Schmidt) Lindstrand, and Bernadine […]

Schmidt Reunion in the Des Moines Register

April 12, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Media Coverage ancestry, des moines register, family, family history, genealogy, german, germany, history, immigrants, immigration, iowa, machtlos, mallard, media, newspaper, press, reunion, reunite, schmidt, schmidts, west bend Leave a comment

Well well, what’s this in the Des Moines Register this weekend? Thanks to reporter Kyle Munson for writing this fascinating story on our upcoming 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion!