(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 […]
These incredible Schmidt family photos (and photos from the Lindemann, Jergens, and Van Loh branches of the family) were contributed this week by cousin Denise Lindemann! Check them out! Denise is the daughter of Marvin Lindemann, granddaughter of Carl Lindemann, great granddaughter of Lizzie (Schmidt) Lindemann, 2xgreat granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich […]
(Left to right) Back row: Edna Anna (Schmidt) Storesund (1920-2005); Harvey Leroy Schmidt (1928-1998); Everett Charles Schmidt (1925-2005). Front row: Kathryn “Katie” Elizabeth (Krug) Schmidt (1900-1991); Charles George Schmidt (1893-1982); Rosabelle Margaret (Schmidt) Johnson (1927-Present); Lillian Marie (Schmidt) Longseth (1922-2011). Photo taken at Charles and Katie’s 60th wedding anniversary in Emmetsburg, Iowa in 1979. Charlie […]
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 […]
Elizabeth Marie “Lizzie” (Schmidt) Schafer, with 10 of her children, in West Bend, Iowa. Not pictured are William Schafer (who lived in California), Frances Schafer (who died in infancy), and Benjamin Schafer (who was killed in combat in WW2). Lizzie was the daughter of Karl and Maggie (Lindemann) Schmidt of Machtlos. (Left to right) Donald […]