Carl Anthony (Schmidt) Smith (1886 - 1976)

Born 10 Sep 1886 in Vining, Otter Tail, MN, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Burtha Augusta (Hackbarth) Smith — married 30 Jun 1914 in North Dakota

Descendants

Died 19 Jun 1976 at age 89 in Jamestown, Stutsman, ND, USA

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Biography

Carl Anthony Schmidt (Charlie Smith) was born in Vining, Minnesota on September 10, 1886 to George and Margaretha (Singer) Schmidt. He was baptized in the Catholic faith at Our Lady of Seven Dolors in Millerville, Minnesota. He came to North Dakota when he was 19 years old and worked on a farm five miles west of Cuba. In the early 1900's he came to the Kathryn community and farmed.

Charlie married Bertha (Hackbarth) Neustaedster on June 30, 1914. They lived east of the King School for 5 years, then moved to a farm one mile north of Kathryn.

Charlie and Bertha had seven children, including two sets of twins. Pearl was born in 1917, Florence was born in 1919, James and Jane were born in 1921, Ralph was born in 1922, Robert and Ray were born in 1923. Pearl died when she was 6 years old of pneumonia, and Robert and Ray died three days after they were born. When James and Jane were born they weighed 2 and 1/2 pounds each and were kept in shoe boxes on the oven door so they would stay warm.

Charlie farmed most of his life. He was an avid hunter and hunted until 1970.

Charlie lived in Grafton and worked on a potato farm until 1975, when he went to the nursing home at Cooperstown where he stayed until he died in 1978, at the age of 89. He is buried at the Waldheim Lutheran Church Cemetery.

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Sources

• Census

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M934-V36 : accessed 20 November 2016), Charly Schmied in household of George Schmied, Effington Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 162, sheet 3B, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,779.

"Minnesota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP3L-KWT : 15 November 2014), Charley Schmidt, Effington township, Otter Tail, Minnesota; citing p. 602, line 32, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 928,800.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLGX-3GX : accessed 20 November 2016), Charly Smith, Skandia, Barnes, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 6A, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1138; FHL microfilm 1,375,151.

"North Dakota Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK94-KSWW : 20 May 2015), Chas Smith, Adams, North Dakota, United States; citing family number 20, line number 114, State Historical Society of North Dakota; FHL microfilm 1,731,408.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC8N-1YX : accessed 20 November 2016), Charly Smith, Marsh, Barnes, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 2A, line 10, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1330; FHL microfilm 1,821,330.

"North Dakota Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRM-R6H9 : 30 June 2016), Chas Smith, Marsh, Barnes, North Dakota, United States; citing sheet number 4, family number 31, State Historical Society of North Dakota; FHL microfilm 1,731,393.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKJ5-TQQ : accessed 20 November 2016), Charley Smith, Oakhill, Barnes, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 4A, line 30, family 58, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1731; FHL microfilm 2,341,465.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM9Q-HW5 : accessed 20 November 2016), Charles Smith, Oakhill Township, Barnes, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-32, sheet 4A, line 13, family 61, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2992.

• Death

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9G5-42H : 20 May 2014), Carl Schmidt, Jun 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Burial

Find A Grave Memorial# 71158968 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71158968