Joseph Schmitt II (1818 - 1889)

Born 29 Nov 1818 in Eberbach, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France

Husband of Magdalena (Lechinger) Schmitt — married 9 Nov 1843 in Eberbach-Selz, Wissembourg, Alsace, France

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1889 at age 70 in Eberbach, Weißenburg, Reichsland Elsaß–Lothringen, Deutsches Reich

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Biography

Joseph Schmitt II was born on 29 November 1818 in the village of Eberbach-Sekz, Arrondissement of Wissembourg, Departement of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. Alsace had been part of France since 1639, but the inhabitants mostly still spoke a German-dialect at home. Joseph was the son of Joseph Schmitt Sr. (1785-1859) and his wife, Marie Anne (Lipp) Schmitt (1785-1854). Joseph, like his father was a "Tisserand" or Cloth Weaver. ^[1]

Joseph Schmitt II married fellow villager Magdalena (Lechinger) Schmitt (1816-1879) in Eberbach-Selz, Alsace, France, on 9 November 1843. ^[2] The couple lived in the village of Eberbach-Selz in the Arrondissement of Wissembourg, Departement of Bas-Rhin, France, where Joseph was a "Tisserand" [Cloth Weaver]. The couple had 6 children:

1. Philippe Schmitt, 1844–1844
2. Marguerite Schmitt, 1845–Deceased
3. Bernard Schmitt, 1849–1927
4. Anton Schmitt, 1851–1919
5. Odile Schmitt, 1856–Deceased
6. Joseph Schmitt, 1860–Deceased

One of their sons,Bernard Schmitt, born in 1849 in Alsace, France, left Europe after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 led to Alsace's being taken over by the newly-founded German Empire under Chancellor von Bismarck. He with his wife, from Bavaria, along with his younger brother: Anton Schmitt (1851-1919), emigrated to St. Louis, Missouri, USA, around 1872. ^[3]

Madeleine and Joseph Schmitt remained in their native village of Eberbach-Selz, now under German rule. Madeleine / Magdalena (Lechinger) Schmitt passed away at her home in Eberbach-Selz, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, on 27 May 1879. She was 63 years old. ^[4]

Her husband survived his wife's passing for another decade. Joseph Schmitt, weaver, passed away at his home in Eberbach-Selz, Weißenburg, Elsaß-Lothringen, German Empire, on 5 April 1889. He was 70 years old. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Joseph Schmitt Facts on the Leopoldes 2022 Family Tree on Ancestrylibary.com; Free view at a US public library; or by $ paid subscription to Ancestry.com
2. ↑ "France, Bas-Rhin, Parish and Civil Registration, 1525-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XNQ-JY5L : 30 March 2022), Madeleine Lechinger in entry for Joseph Schmitt, 1843.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DC-LQD : 11 March 2022), Bernard Schmidtt, 1900.
4. ↑ https://archives.bas-rhin.fr/detail-document/ETAT-CIVIL-C113-P1-R95827#visio/page:ETAT-CIVIL-C113-P1-R95827-412233
5. ↑ https://archives.bas-rhin.fr/detail-document/ETAT-CIVIL-C113-P1-R95837#visio/page:ETAT-CIVIL-C113-P1-R95837-2606816

See Also:

• "France, Bas-Rhin, Parish and Civil Registration, 1525-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XNS-NJN9 : 29 March 2022), Joseph Schmitt, 1818.

• Details for Joseph Schmitt on FamilySearch; cites 9 sources.