Thanks to Betty Wirtz!

May 16, 2016 Schmidt Reunion Announcements 2016, acknowledgement, banwart, betty, contribution, donate, donation, donor, family, fund, fundraising, funds, generosity, iowa, reunion, reunite, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, thank, thank you, thanks, west bend, wirtz Leave a comment

THANK YOU to our relative, Betty Wirtz of West Bend, IA, for her generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join Betty and make history. Betty is the widow of our late cousin Richard Schmidt, daughter-in-law of Fred Schmidt, granddaughter-in-law of Henry Schmidt Sr., great-granddaughter-in-law of Conrad Schmidt, 2xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Dietrich Schmidt […]

The 3 Henry John Schmidts of West Bend, Iowa

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Family Photos apostolic, belva, bochum, brownton, celina, conrad, dysart, emigration, essen, family, farming, germany, hector, henry, huchinson, immigration, iowa, john, lindemann, machtlos, mallard, martha, mary, methodist, military, minnesota, moser, names, perkins, pocahontas, presbyterian, reunion, reunite, rodman, rolfe, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, uemmingen, west bend, winthrop, wirtz, world war 1, zeeland Leave a comment

If you want to have a conversation about Henry John Schmidt of West Bend, Iowa, you had better be careful. There were, in fact, 3 Henry Johns in the Schmidt family of that town, who all lived at the same time, and were all related to one another. All 3 even used the nickname “Heiney,” […]

Henry and Celina (Wirtz) Schmidt family

May 17, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Family Photos 2016, abbell, alsleben, arline, arnold, bernadine, bethesda, brownton, bucklin, california, celina, dorothy, eldwin, family, gaylord, gladys, gruendemann, henry, hutchinson, illinois, iowa, joyce, jr, junior, lindstrand, lyle, marjorie, mary ann, maryland, messner, millie, minnesota, peoria, reunion, san marcos, schmidt, schmidts, silver lake, simonton, spencer, thiem, viola, west bend, willmar, winthrop, wirtz Leave a comment

Henry Jr. and Celina (Wirtz) Schmidt and their children: (From left to right) Back row: Arnold Schmidt (farmer — Gaylord, MN); Joyce Abbell (interior designer — Bethesda, MD); Gladys Gruendemann (3M/antique furniture restorer — Hutchinson, MN); Lyle Schmidt (farmer — Hutchinson, MN); Marjorie Bucklin (3M worker — Hutchinson, MN and Orlando, FL); Eldwin Schmidt (trucker […]