Leopold Gottfried Schmidt (1891 - 1954)

Born 3 Jan 1891 in Westport, Buller District, New Zealand.

Ancestors

Husband of Harriett Winifred (Dean) Schmidt — married 6 Nov 1915 in Karamea, Buller District, New Zealand.

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1954 at age 63 in Kew Public Hospital, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.

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Biography

Relationship to Profile Manager (John Manning) Uncle.

Age at Time of Death: 63 Years, 11 Months and 21 Days.

Birth Registration: First Quarter (January--March) 1891, Westport, Buller District, New Zealand. Registration Reference 1891/17612.

Baptism celebrated in St. John's Anglican Church, Westport, Buller District, New Zealand.

Marriage Registration 1915. Registration Reference 1915/6932.

Military Service WW1. SCHMIDT, Leopold Gottfried. First Reserves. Address: 50 Rintoul Street, Westport, Buller, New Zealand. Occupation: Carpenter.

Death Registration: Fourth Quarter (October--December) 1954. Age at Time of Death: 63 Years. Registration Reference 1954/27797.

Burial Record: LEOPOLD GODFREY SCHMIDT. Died 24 December 1954 Aged 64 Years. Interred Gore Public Cemetery Plot 25, Block 109.

Cause of Death: Leukemia.

Memoir No. 2. He was a Councillor of the Gore District Council when Queen Elizabeth II toured New Zealand on her Coronation tour and as an Elected Councillor he met her.

Memoir No. 3. He was very active in the Church and was on the Vestry (Committee) of Holy Trinity Anglican Church.

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Sources

http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

https://www.goredc.govt.nz/

Schmidt and Manning Family Archives.

Dunedin Public Library Genealogy Section, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand.

1891/17612 Schmidt Linporld Godfrey Catherine Rose John Godfrey

Registration Number Family Name Given Name(s) Mother's Given Name(s) Father's Given Name(s) Still Birth 1894/13913 Schmidt Edward Theodore Catherine Rose John Godfrey - Order Product 1891/17612 Schmidt Linporld Godfrey Catherine Rose John Godfrey - Order Product 1892/13539 Schmidt Emma Albertine Catherine Rose John Godfrey - Order Product 1904/381 Schmidt Bertha Dingwell Catherine Rose Johan Godfrid - Order Product

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Dunedin Public Library Genealogy Section, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand.