Thanks to Sandra Schmidt!

THANK YOU to our cousin Sandra Schmidt of Washington, DC, for her generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join Sandy and make history.   Sandra is the daughter of Arnold Schmidt, granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Jr., great granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich Schmidt […]

Thanks to Sandy & Kevin Banwart!

THANK YOU to our cousin, Sandra Banwart, and her husband, Kevin Banwart, of Algona, IA, for their very generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join Sandy & Kevin and make history.   Sandra is the daughter of Jim Schmidt, granddaughter of Earnest “Bud” Schmidt, great granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat granddaughter […]

Thanks to Sandra Schmidt!

THANK YOU to our cousin, Sandra Schmidt, of Washington, DC, for her generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join Sandy and make history.   Sandra is the daughter of Arnold Schmidt, granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Jr., great granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich Schmidt […]

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 […]

Louis Schmidt Card & Comic

Our professional historian cousin, Sandra Schmidt of Washington DC, found these memorabilia of one of our Schmidt cousins during her research. This is a business card for the restaurant/tavern owned by Balthasar Ludwig “Louis” Schmidt (1835-1908) at 702 Seventh St. NW in DC: Balthasar Ludwig “Louis” Schmidt was the son of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., grandson […]