THANK YOU to our cousin, John Schmidt, and his wife, Paula, of West Bend, IA, for their generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join John & Paula and make history. John is the son of Art Schmidt, grandson of Fred Schmidt, great grandson of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat grandson of Conrad […]
The following message was received from cousin Sharen Lorch regarding our cousin Russell Schmidt of Scandia, Minnesota: A week ago, Russell John Schmidt received the unthinkable news that he has a stage 4 cancerous tumor on his left side, in the area of his bladder and pelvis. It is not in his bladder but has […]
(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 […]
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 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. […]