Born in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Parker H (Schmidt) Smith and Henry Frederick (Schmidt) Smith
Husband of
Augusta (Stutz) Howell
— married
1 Jul 1919 in Buffalo, Erie, New York
Died
at about age 29
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Oct 2016
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Biography
Walter[1] was born as Walter Schmidt in March 1898,[2] and died from an industrial accident in 1928.[3]
He married in Buffalo on 1 Jul 1919 Augusta Stutz, born 26 Oct 1903 and died Sep 1975 in Buffalo,[4] daughter of Frederick Stutz and Bertha Logen.[5]
In 1920, Walter and Augusta lived with his parents on Archer Avenue, in Buffalo.[6]
He died from an industrial accident in 1928.[7]
Three children, born in the 1920s.
Sources
- ↑ Interview, As conducted various times by Jillaine Smith 1998-2008, with her father, John L. Smith, who compiled, through his own memory and that of his relatives-- through conversations and letters-- the bulk of the initial data that formed the Smith and closely related branches of this tree. He benefitted also from 1930s research done by George Redlein.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QH9-Y4F?cc=1325221&wc=9B79-ZJ3%3A1030551901%2C1033310401%2C1033859201 : 5 August 2014), New York > Erie > ED 139 Election District 1 Buffalo city Ward 18 > image 7 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Interview, conducted by Jillaine Smith 1998, with Mildred Smith Heffley," Buffalo, New York, 1997.
- ↑ Social Security Death Index
- ↑ “Certificate of Marriage - William H. Smith & Augusta Stutz.”
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6R-323?cc=1488411&wc=QZJ5-3VY%3A1036473601%2C1038639601%2C1039944301%2C1589332538 : 12 September 2019), New York > Erie > Buffalo Ward 5 > ED 43 > image 18 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Interview, conducted by Jillaine Smith 1998, with Mildred Smith Heffley," Buffalo, New York, 1997.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Walter:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Walter:
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~6.25%
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