Bertha Schmidt
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Bertha Schmidt (1889 - 1972)

Bertha Schmidt
Born in Germanymap
Died at age 83 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Bertha was born in 1889. She was the daughter of Karl Schmidt and Augusta Drier.

Her family came to the United States in 1891.

They settled in Northern Illinois. [1]

In 1910 she was working as a domestic servant in Rockford in the home of S.C. Andrus. [2]

In 1920 she lived with her siblings and widowed mother in Rockford. Both she and her sisters Elsie, Ida and Marie all worked in a knitting factory. In. 1930 she was still working at the factory.

She never married.

Bertha passed away in 1972. [3]

Obituary

Bertha H. Schmidt died at 7:40 am Friday in her home after a brief illness.

Miss Schmidt, a native of Germany, had spent most of her life in Loves Park, before moving to Rockford last year.

Survivors include five sisters, Mrs Anna Henning, Mrs. Martha Knop, Mrs. Ida Brockman, and Mrs. Elsie Joesten, all of Rockford, and Mrs Sam Wicker of Loves Park and one brother, Herman Schmidt, Belvidere.

Services will be at 1:30 pm Monday at Concordia Lutheran Church, of which she was a member, with burial at Guilford Union Cemetery.

1920 US Census

Rockford, Illinois [4]

Name: Bertha A Schmidt
Age: 30
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1920: Rockford Ward 7, Winnebago, Illinois
Street: Miriam Ave
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Topper
Industry: Knitting Factory

1930 US Census

Rockford, Illinois [5]

Name: Bulha Schmidt
Birthplace: Germany
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Topper
Industry: Knitting Factory
  • Gust F Nimtz Head Male 47 Germany
  • Anna Nimtz Wife Female 44 Germany
  • Bulha Schmidt Sister-in-law Female 40 Germany

Gravestone Transcription

BERTHA H. SCHMIDT
Mar. 5, 1889
Mar. 10, 1972

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSSQ-1L2 : accessed 19 May 2019), Bertha Schmitt in household of Charles Schmitt, Caledonia Township Poplar Grove vill. (pt.), Boone, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 8B, family 176, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,237.
  2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKF6-5H1 : accessed 19 May 2019), Bertha Schmidt in household of S C Andrus, Rockford Ward 4, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 171, sheet 7A, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 336; FHL microfilm 1,374,349.
  3. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3QM-9ZC : 20 May 2014), Bertha Schmidt, Mar 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  4. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJZ6-WBM : accessed 19 May 2019), Bertha A Schmidt in household of Augusta Schmidt, Rockford Ward 7, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing ED 211, sheet 6A, line 50, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 417; FHL microfilm 1,820,417
  5. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X398-21R : accessed 19 May 2019), Bulha Schmidt in household of Gust F Nimtz, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 58, sheet 28A, line 44, family 686, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 572; FHL microfilm 2,340,307.

See also:

  • Find A Grave: Memorial #102882492: accessed 19 May 2019), memorial page for Bertha H. Schmidt (5 Mar 1889–10 Mar 1972), citing Guilford Union Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Charles Drewes (contributor 47310053) .




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