Margaretha was born in 1833, according to some researchers. This does not agree with her age at immigration, or with her death record. Margaretha Schmidt ... She passed away 1906 in the home of her daughter, Susan Whitbeck. She was buried in Guardian Angels Cemetery in Oakdale, beside her husband of 48 years.
Family immigration, Summer of 1847 to New York Harbor, aboard "Sweden", record found on Ancestry.com.
1850 Federal Census, Washington County, Wisconsin, listed under Anton Smith.
1853 marriage to Adam Schneeweis recorded in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
1855 Wisconsin State Census, in home of Adam, with young son.
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