Martha (Lindemann) Schmidt and her Grandchildren (1913)

(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 […]

Photo: Adam and Lizzie Raub and their kids

Check out this great photograph of some of our cousins on the Raub side of the family from the Dysart, Iowa area!   (From left to right) Lois Louise (Raub) Woodworth (1904-1974); Pauline Mary (Raub) Casbon (1917-2006); Adam Raub (1877-1957); Frank W. Raub (1913-1995); Elizabeth K. “Lizzie” (Wetzstein) Raub (1884-1960); LaVanche Gertrude (Raub) Elliott (1906-1971). […]

Congrats to Jordan Morris and Andrew Petersen!

Congrats to our cousin, Jordan Morris, and her boyfriend, Andrew Petersen, on the birth of the newest member of our family tree: Gavin Petersen! Gavin was born this afternoon, just after 1 pm. Gavin Petersen is the son of Jordan Morris, grandson of Darcey Morris, great grandson of Karla Hanson, 2xgreat grandson of Carl Schafer, […]

The Ship That Almost Snuffed Out the West Bend Schmidts

This is an essay written in 1927 by John Klein, a Humboldt, Iowa high school student. His freshman English class was to interview and write about an older person in the community. The essays are collected at the Humboldt public library. Michael Lindemann is the subject of this essay and it includes an account of […]

10 Schmidts Who Left Everything Behind

Many Schmidts from Machtlos, Germany left behind family, friends, jobs, and everything they knew when they ventured to a foreign land with a different culture and a different language. Driven by a belief in the American Dream, these Schmidts sought and achieved opportunity, freedom, and prosperity. No doubt they would have celebrated the Fourth of […]