Fridolin Schmid, 1835–1929 (aged 94 years)
- Name
- Fridolin /Schmid/
- Given names
- Fridolin
- Surname
- Schmid
- Name
- Fred /Smith/
- Given names
- Fred
- Surname
- Smith
Fridolin Schmid's name became Americanized as Fred Smith and this is how it is shown in the 1880 US census.
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Birth
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Text: Date same on S.Fam. Tree |
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Birth of a sister
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Text: Date:28 Aug 1838 according to Schmid Family Tree |
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Birth of a sister
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Text: Date same as on Schmid Fam. Tree |
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Birth of a brother
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Text: Date same as on Schmid Fam. Tree |
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Birth of a sister
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Text: Date same on Schmid Fam. Tree |
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Death of a mother
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Birth of a brother
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Birth of a sister
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Death of a sister
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Birth of a sister
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Text: Date: 11 Aug 1853 according to Schmid Fam. Tree |
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Death of a maternal grandfather
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Death of a sister
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Text: Same on Schmid Fam. Tree |
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Death of a paternal grandmother
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Citation details: Band 1, 339, #2150 |
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Immigration from Germany
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Text: He immigrated from Germany in 1855 and hopped off the boat on the Keweenaw Penninsula of Upper Michigan, known as "Copper Country." This was an area rich in mining and a tough life for those settling in this part of the very northern USA. |
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requested to emigrate to the USA
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Citation details: beantragt am 28.1.1855 nach USA auszuwandern Text: Band 2, 201 |
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Death of a maternal grandmother
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Death of a sister
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Text: Date: 25 Jul 1867 according to Schmid Fam. Tree |
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INDI:MARR
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Marriage of a sister
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Citation details: Band 2, 201, #4328 |
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Death of a sister
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Citation details: Band 2, 201, #4328 |
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Death of a brother
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Death of a father
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Death of a brother
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Death of a sister
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Death of a brother
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Text: Band 2, 201, #4328 |
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Number of children
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8
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Death
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Burial
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| father |
1804–1885
Birth: June 8, 1804
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32
— Goerwihl, Hotzenwald, Baden Death: March 20, 1885 |
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| mother | |
| elder brother |
1832–1883
Birth: September 10, 1832
28
20
— Goerwihl, Hotzenwald, Baden Death: November 22, 1883 |
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3 years
himself |
1835–1929
Birth: March 7, 1835
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22
— Goerwihl, Hotzenwald, Baden Death: April 30, 1929 — Houghton, Michigan, USA |
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17 months
younger sister |
1836–1867
Birth: July 28, 1836
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23
— Goerwihl, Hotzenwald, Baden Death: December 25, 1867 |
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17 months
younger sister |
1838–1878
Birth: January 1, 1838
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25
— Goerwihl, Hotzenwald, Baden Death: February 13, 1878 |
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17 months
younger brother |
1839–1907
Birth: May 11, 1839
34
26
— Goerwihl, Hotzenwald, Baden Death: April 21, 1907 |
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16 months
younger sister |
1840–1903
Birth: August 22, 1840
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28
— Goerwihl, Hotzenwald, Baden Death: 1903 |
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8 years
younger brother |
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3 years
younger sister |
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2 years
younger sister |
1853–1853
Birth: July 14, 1853
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40
— Goerwihl, Hotzenwald, Baden Death: September 8, 1853 |
| Birth |
Text: Date same on S.Fam. Tree |
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| Immigration from Germany |
Text: He immigrated from Germany in 1855 and hopped off the boat on the Keweenaw Penninsula of Upper Michigan, known as "Copper Country." This was an area rich in mining and a tough life for those settling in this part of the very northern USA. |
| requested to emigrate to the USA |
Citation details: beantragt am 28.1.1855 nach USA auszuwandern Text: Band 2, 201 |
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| Name |
Text: Fridolin Schmid's name became Americanized as Fred Smith and this is how it is shown in the 1880 US census. |
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Note
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Married and went to America. |
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Note
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He became a superintendent of mines and was the superintendent of the Wolverine and Mohawk mines. The old family home at the Wolverine mine location is now a bed and breakfast lodging. One of his niece's also at some point immigrated and lived with him at this home. |