Born in Stanford township, Isanti County, farmed in North Branch township, Isanti county. He was christened as "Wilhelm Friederich (godparents Christian Boettcher, F. Schoenrock, August Kriesel) His father died when he was 13 years old. In the 1900 U.S. census, at age 15, he is living with his married older brother Paul with occupation listed as farm laborer.
Schmidt/Robinson family tree at ancestry.com http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16647471/person/679002187
1900 U.S. Census https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11762-146459-58?cc=1325221&wc=MMPJ-WVZ:1021912579
Copy of Baptismal Registry, St. John's Lutheran Church, Bradford, Minnesota
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