Christina (Schmidt) Schmitz (abt. 1828 - 1895)

Born about 1828 in Rhineland, Prussia (Germany)

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1895 at about age 67 in Bear Valley, Richland County, Wisconsin

Biography

"Mrs. Mathias Joseph Schmitz came to the town of Ithaca from Fond du Lac County, in 1867. She bought the northwest quarter of Section 1, Town 9, Range 2 East, upon which there was small improvement including a log cabin and stable. She has, since that time, with the assistance of her children, improved the land, erected a large frame barn with a stone basement, also a commodious frame house which is now occupied by the family. Mrs. Schmitz is a native of Prussia, and there grew to womanhood. In 1846 she left her native country for America and located in Fond du Lac County, where she was married in 1848 to Mathias Joseph Schmitz. He also was born in Prussia and came to the United States in 1846. He purchased land in Fond du Lac County, improved a farm, making his home there until the time of his death, which occurred Oct. 16, 1864. He left a wife and eight children to mourn his loss. The names of the children are—Katie, Annie Mary, John E., Celia, Gertrude, Margaretta, Helena and Susanna Eva. John E. manages the farm." Source: History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin, Illustrated (1881), transcribed by Mary Saggio.

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Children: Katherina Schmitz Riek (1849 - 1930) Anna Marie Schmitz Greenheck (1850 - 1933) John Engelbert Schmitz (1852 - 1916) Cecilia Schmitz Wiedenfeld (1854 - 1918) Gertrude Schmitz Elder (1856 - 1927) Margaretha Schmitz Greenheck (1858 - 1944) Helena Schmitz Greenheck (1860 - 1954) Eva Schmitz (1865 - 1868)

Sources

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