Auguste Elizabeth Alwine (Litsch) Schmehl (1845 - 1921)

Born 7 Mar 1845 in Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1921 at age 75 in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States

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Biography

Alwine (Litsch) Schmehl has roots in the region now known as Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Alwine (Litsch) Schmehl migrated from Germany to United States.

Alwine was born in 1845 in Neustadt, Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.^[1] Although her tombstone, pictured on Find A Grave, puts her birth year at 1848, her actual birth year is 1845. This is documented by family records as well as every Census she appears in (the 1900 Census says March 1945) and her immigration record dated 1865 that says she was 20.

She was the daughter of Johannes Heinrich Litsch and Ann Beata Marie Reppenhagen.

When she was about 25 she married Frederick Charles Florence Schmehl. They had eleven children, seven sons, and four daughters.

She passed away in 1921 in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York, and was buried in St. Michael's Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Emigration from Schleswig-Holstein, Online list of emigrants from Schleswig-Holstein to the USA, https://www.rootdigger.de/Emi.htm

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ6C-PMJ : 7 January 2022), Elvira Schmel in household of Fredrich Schmel, New York City, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "New York, New York City, Police Census, 1890," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q247-X7CT : 10 October 2017), Alwine Schmehl, New York, New York, United States; citing Vol. 309, p. , line 6, Department of Records and Information Services. Municipal Archives, New York City; FHL microfilm 1,304,795.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS2M-CQH : 21 December 2021), Alvinia Sclunehl in entry for Frederick Sclunehl, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP1Z-PKG : accessed 7 January 2022), Alvina D Schmehl in household of Frederick W Schmehl, Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 274, sheet 14B, family 363, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1013; FHL microfilm 1,375,026.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJP6-HX9 : 2 February 2021), Alwine Schmehl, 1920.
• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WPL-9WR : 3 June 2020), Alwine Schmehl, 1921.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190118499/alwine-schmehl : accessed 07 January 2022), memorial page for Alwine Schmehl (7 Mar 1848–19 Feb 1921), Find A Grave: Memorial #190118499, citing Saint Michael's Cemetery, East Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Paul Schmehl (contributor 50650128) .