Herman
Gustave
Schmidt
Born about in Germany
Son of Richard Schmidt
and Anna Dorothy (Peich) Schmidt
Brother of
Otto Schmidt
Husband of
Beryl Emily (Webby) Rothe
— married
24 Jul 1901 (to about 17 Oct 1906) in Hawera, NZ
Descendants 
Father of
Gustave Hermann Schmidt, Dorothea Emily (Schmidt) Wills, Frederick Wilhelm Schmidt, Winnifred Helen (Schmidt) Pope and Gladys Daphne (Schmidt) Pope
Died
at about age 33
in Waimate Plain, Taranaki, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Nov 2014
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Biography
Herman Schmidt ... He passed away suddenly at Rama Road, Kaupokonui in 1906.at the age of 34.
He died from cardiac disease.
Herman had been in NZ for 5 years at time of his death.
He was a Dairy Farmer at Kaupokonui.
Came second place for the largest exhibited Rhubarb at the sixth annual Waimate Horticultural, Agricultural & Pastoral Society Show (17 Feb 1904) [1].
Extreme weather and bush fires in March 1904 saw the Schmidt homestead on Rama Road damaged and Herman was injured becoming unconscious having to be evacuated to Otakeho[2][3][4].
His father was Richard Schmidt from Tasmania His mother was Anna Dorothy ( Peiah ) Schmidt
- ↑ LOCAL AND GENERAL., Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7919, 25 February 1904. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19040225.2.6
- ↑ THE GALE., Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7944, 19 March 1904. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19040319.2.14
- ↑ SERIOUS BUSH FIRES., Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 65, 21 March 1904. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19040321.2.9
- ↑ The Bush Fires., Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12511, 21 March 1904. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH19040321.2.5
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Herman by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Herman:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Herman by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Herman:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
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