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Descendants of Jacob SCHMIDT and Katharina Hilgart

 

 

First Generation

 

1. Jacob SCHMIDT was born about 1800 in Bohemia, Germany. Bohemia and the market town of Eisenstein are now located in Czechoslovakia.  This is probably where the family originated.  The country borders changed many times in this area.  Sometimes Eisenstein was located in Germany, sometimes Austria, Bavaria and possibly other countries.  Jacob was a carpenter, he married Katharina HILGART¹, daughter of Michael HILGART and Barbara SCHWENDTNER, about 1830 in Eisenstein. Katharina was born on 30 Nov 1800 in Markt, Eisenstein, Bohemia. Their son George's 2nd wife was also named Catherine Hilgart. The Hilgart and Schmidt families seem to be closely related.

 

Jacob and Katharina had the following children:

               2 F         i.   Katharina HILGART² was born on 19 Aug 1827 in Markt, Eisenstein, Bohemia, Austria. She died³ on 9 Dec 1899 in Fifield, Price County, Wisconsin. I don't know if Katharina came over at the same time as the rest of the family or not.  She married Franz Xavier Hilgart in Markt Eisenstein, Bohemia 11 Jan 1853. Jacob Schmidt was her step-father, she was the illegitimate daughter of Katharina.

                                    Children:

1. Franziska Hilgart b.16 Jan 1856, Markt Eisenstein m. Mister Brehm

2. Rosalia Hilgart b.19 Feb 1858 d.10 Sep 1936, Markt Eisenstein m. Georg Mader in Markt Eisenstein

4. Michael Hilgart b.16 Jun 1859 Markt Eisenstein d.18 May 1931 Park Falls, Wis. m. Monika Beil 15 Oct 1890 Park Falls.

5. Anna Hilgart b.30 Jul 1863 Markt Eisenstein, d.14 Oct 1924 m. Wenzel James Boyer bef.1895.

 

The above information is from Cheryl Grohn, a descendant of Katharina and Franz Hilgart through their son Michael.

+          3 M      ii.   George SCHMIDT was born on 10 May 1833 and died on 24 May 1913.

+          4 M     iii.   Jacob SCHMIDT II was born on 8 Sep 1836 and died on 13 May 1914.

 

 

 

Sources

 

  1.  Albert R. Hilgart And Cheryl Hilgart Grohn, From Eisenstein, Bohemia To Northern Wisconsin: A Three Hundred Year Journey (Desktop Printing And Publishing, 323 Williams Ave S, Renton, WA 98055, May, 1997), Page 15, Wisconsin State Historical Society, 816 State St, Madison, Wis 53706, None, hereafter called From Eisenstein, Bohemia To Northern Wisconsin.

  2.  Ibid.

  3.  Ibid.

 

Second Generation

 

 

3. George SCHMIDT ^{[1],[2],[3],[4],[5],} (Jacob) was born on 10 May 1833 in  Bohemia, Germany. He died[6] on 24 May 1913 in Park Falls, Price County, Wisconsin and was buried on 26 May 1913 in Nola Cemetery, Park Falls. George married 1st Theresa MACHT about 1857 in  Bohemia. Theresa was born about 1836 in Bohemia. She died on 24 May 1874 in Bohemia.

 

"In the fall of 1881, Jacob II and George Schmidt and their families left their homeland to come to the United States. They were part of a group from a village called Eisenstein in the Bohemian Forest, which was a part of Bavaria. This group included these families -- Jacob and George Schmidt; Joseph, John,  Benedict, and Ignatz Hilgart; Bradle, Woodie, Wallner, Kundinger, Long, Bloom, Esterl, and Stauber. No one in this area has much of an idea why these people left their homeland…"[7]  (Most people left because of economic reasons and the fear of war. However the cost of travel was low. Most of these people were Catholic and had the means to purchase land.)

 

According to my mother-in-law, Florence (Schmidt) Herzfeld the families entered through the port of Boston, Mass. They probably traveled to Wisconsin by train. They could have taken the Wisconsin Central Railroad to Medford where the railroad had built a building called "The Emigrant House" which could house about 75 people. There was very little furniture, but a huge stove and washing facilities which the emigrants could use free of charge for two weeks.  At Chelsea, Joseph Hilgart's wife and two boys died of typhoid fever and were buried there. Medford and Chelsea are located in Taylor County, Wis.  The group arrived in Fifield in late autumn where they claimed their homesteads. Ths area later broke away and a new township, Eisenstein was formed. George's Bohemian nickname was "Baumer Geargel."[8]

 

George died at the age of 79y 11m 13d, his wife was still living at this time.  George was a farmer and died of apoplexy with the contributing factor of old age after 42 days of illness.  His doctor was W. R. Tomer? of Park Falls. George is buried in Nola Cemetery[9]

 

On the 1900 census it shows that they came to America in 1882 from Bohemia. They were on the 1900 US Census for Town of Lake, Price County, Wisconsin, 1910 Eisenstein, he was a farmer and naturalized, arrived in USA in 1883.

             

 

 

George and Theresa had the following children:

               5 F         i.   Theresa SCHMIDT[10] was born about 1858 in  Bohemia, Germany. Theresa remained in Bohemia when the family emigrated.  Her family probably lived in Zweisel, West Germany now Czechoslovakia. Theresa married Ignats WENZEL[11] about 1879 in  Bohemia, Germany. Ignats was born about 1855.

        6 M          ii. Isador SCHMIDT[12],[13].[14],[15] was born on 4 Apr 1861 in Bohemia, Germany. He died[16]^,[17] on 14 Jun 1942 in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and was buried in Nola Cemetery, Park Falls, Price County, Wisconsin. Isador married in 1892, Fifield, Price County his first cousin Barbara SCHMIDT[18], daughter of Jacob SCHMIDT II and Teckla STAHR/STORR. Barbara was born on 15 Oct 1869 in Eisenstein Bohemia, Austria. She died[19] on 29 Apr 1950 in Menomonee Falls and was buried on 2 May 1950 in Nola Cemetery, Park Falls[20].

               7 F       iii.   Rose SCHMIDT[21] was born about 1864 in  Bohemia, Germany. She died in 1934.  Rose married Benedict HILGART[22] about 1885 in Price County, Wisconsin. Benedict was born in 1862 in Bohemia. He died in 1946. Rose came to America in 1884, she had 11 children, 9 were living in 1910. Benedict came to the USA in 1880 and was a naturalized citizen. They are on the 1910 US Census for Eisenstein, Price County, Wisconsin

               8 F       iv.   Maria/Mary SCHMIDT[23] was born about 1866 in Bohemia, Germany. She died in 1940. She married Louis (Suess) CEASS about 1892 in Price County, Wisconsin. Louis was born about 1864.

               9 M       v.   George SCHMIDT was born about 1868 in Bohemia, Germany. George died in infancy.

             10 F       vi.   Anna SCHMIDT[24] was born about 1873 in Bohemia, Germany. She died in 1948. Anna married Frank LESLIE about 1894 in Price County, Wisconsin. Frank was born about 1870. He died in 1940. The 1910 US Census for Eisenstein, Price County shows Anna, age 36, married 16 yrs, had 4 children with 4 living, arrived in America in 1885, both parents were German; Etta M. age 15, George and Charlie age 11, all the children born in Wis. listed on 1910 census, where was Frank and the other child, Clyde, was he still living with his grandfather?  It doesn't list Anna as a widow.  She was a cook at a summer resort. Anna was living in Hayward in 1942[25].

 

George married 2nd Katrina (Catherine) HILGART[26] about 1875 in Bohemia, Germany. Katrina was born about 1845 in Bohemia. She died in 1921 in Price County, Wisconsin and was buried in 1921 in Park Falls, Price County. They appear on the 1900 US Census in the Town of Lake, Price County, Wisconsin and on the 1910 US Census in Eisenstein, Price County. On the 1910 census Katherine is 65 had 14 children with 6 living.  She was the sister of Joseph Hilgart, who was living with them.

 

George and Katrina had the following children:

             11 M    vii.   Louis SCHMIDT was born about 1876 in Bohemia, Germany. He died in 1962. Louis came to the United States with his family in 1881.  He worked in logging camps with his father at an early age. Later he worked at the dam and in a paper mill Louis married Theresa Boyer in 1907 and they had Conrad, who died young; Albino worked at the paper mill after school, she married Bernard Schrader in 1934 and they had Delores and Alan, she died in 1951; and Eldora, who worked at Ravenowich Department Store, she married Albert Robl in 1944 and they had Jean, Robert and Ronald[27].

             12 M   viii.   George SCHMIDT was born about 1880 in Bohemia, Germany. May have died young.

             13 F       ix.   Frances SCHMIDT[28] was born in Apr 1882 in Bohemia, Germany. She died in 1945.The Census for 1900 Town of Lake, Price County, Wisconsin and 1910 Eisenstein, Price County shows Frances was a servant in 1900, age 18.  By 1910 she married ? Johnson was 28 yrs. old, she  was listed on the 1910 census with her parents; married 3 yrs. no children. Frances and her family moved to Alberta Canada[29].

             14 M       x.   Ignatz SCHMIDT[30] was born about 1884 in Price County, Wisconsin. He died in 1965 in Price County, Wisconsin. On the 1910 census there is an Edward listed age 25, could this have been Ignatz.  Ignatz lived on the family farm until his death then his father's great grandson, John Eitrem became the owner[31]. .

             15 F       xi.   Teckla SCHMIDT[32] was born about 1886 in Price County, Wisconsin. She died in 1957 in Price County. Teckla is on the 1910 census with her parents age 24. She worked as a cook at Pike Lake Resort[33].

             16 M    xii.   Michael SCHMIDT[34] was born about 1888 in Price County, Wisconsin. Michael went west at an early age during harvest time and was never heard from again.  Michael was listed on the 1910 census with his parents age 22[35].

 

 

 

4. Jacob SCHMIDT II[36] (Jacob) was born on 8 Sep 1836 in Bohemia, Germany. He died[37] on 13 May 1914 in Fifield, Price County, Wisconsin and was buried on 15 May 1914 in Fifield. Jacob was a widower and died of Lobar Pneumonia after an illness of several days at the age of 77y 8m 5d[38]. Jacob married Teckla STAHR/STORR, daughter of Anton STAHR/STORR and Maria PROBST, about 1865 in Bohemia. Teckla was born about 1842 in Bohemia. She died in 1884 in Price County, Wisconsin and was buried in 1884 in Price County, from Typhoid Fever soon after their arrival in Wisconsin.  Jacob did not remarry. "In those days there were no roads, so Teckla's body had to be carried from the Schmidt home to the railroad track, a distance of about two miles, where the coffin and mourners were taken aboard the train to Fifield. Joseph Hilgart was a pallbearer, and he told his granddaughter, Josephine Schmidt, that he would never forget Teckla's funeral because there were so many mosquitoes that they almost dorpped the casket.."[39]

 

"Jacob II was conscripted into the German Austrian Army and was one of eleven men in his regiment that survived the action on the Italian Front during the Franco Prussian War."[40] 

 

In 1888:  New Towns formed - Lake, Eisenstein and Park Falls- Jacob Schmidt was one of the first town officers[41].

 

"In the fall of 1881, Jacob II and George Schmidt and their families left their homeland (die Heimat) to come to the United States. They were part of a group from a village called Eisenstein in the Bohemian Forest (Boehmer Wald), which was a part of Bavaria. This group included these families -- Jacob and George Schmidt; Joseph, John,  Benedict, and Ignatz Hilgart; Bradle, Woodie, Wallner, Kundinger, Long, Bloom, Esterl, and Stauber. No one in this area has much of an idea why these people left their homeland.." most people left because of economic reasons and the fear of war. However, the cost of travel was low. Most of these people were Catholic and had the means to purchase land.  Many of the men had nicknames from the old country, Jacob was called Baumer Jokel[42]. 

 

They could have taken the Wisconsin Central Railroad to Medford where the railroad had built a building called " The Emigrant House" which could house about 75 people. There was very little furniture, but a huge stove and washing facilities which the emigrants could use free of charge for two weeks. The group arrived in Fifield in late autumn where they claimed their homesteads. This area later broke away and a new township, Eisenstein, was formed[43]. 

 

Jacob never remarried.  On Oct. 4, 1888, he was granted a land patent described as Gov. Lot 19 of 30-40-1E and other lands.  His son Jacob worked the original homestead and inherited it, it was passed to his youngest son, Leonard, and then to Leonard's wife Adeline and his son Paul.  Jacob II's occupation in the old country was woodworking, logging and building with logs so farming was new to him.  The land they occupied had been cleared of all the white pines, but the stumps had to be cleared for planting.  They had to build their home and their life for the first few years was a struggle.  Food, tools and clothing were difficult to obtain because of lack of money.  The nearest settlement was Fifield, where there were churches, a cemetery, saloons and other businesses.  Fifield was the center of the logging industry at that time.  In the late 1880's Jacob donated an acre of land for a one-room log cabin school.  The school was known as the "Grandpa Schmidt School" and a child or two who lived too far away from the school to walk, lived with the Schmidt family during the week.  The teacher also stayed at Jacob's home. The school year consisted of 12 weeks in the fall and 12 weeks in the spring.  The school ran until 1911 or 1912 when it was replaced by a one-room brick building named "Woodland Echo"[44].

 

Jacob and Teckla had the following children:

             17 M        i.   Anton SCHMIDT[45] was born about 1866 in Bohemia, Germany. He died in 1928. Anton was called "Beer Tony" he was an agent for the Hamm's Brewery.  His wagon loaded with half-barrels of beer was a familiar sight in the city.  He became a carpenter during prohibition[46]. Anton married Anna HILGART⁴⁴ about 1891 in Price County, Wisconsin. Anna was born in 1869 in Bohemia. She died in 1935.

 

                                  1910 Census

                                  Schmidt, Anton age 44 married 19 yrs. born Aust. Bohemia, arrived in America in 1881, Naturalized, farmer; Anna age 39 married 19 yrs. had 11 children, 7 children living in 1910, born Aust. Bohemia, arrived in America in 1881; August E. age 15 yrs. single; Josephine age 13 yrs single; Anton age 9 yrs; Robert age 4 yrs; Theodor age 3 yrs; Grace age 1 9/12 all the children were born in Wisconsin[47].

 

                                  Anna's parents were Joseph (d.1913) and Minnie Hilgart, who also came to Wisconsin.  Anna inherited her father's farm and when she died her daughter, Josephine, purchased it from her brothers and sisters. The family still has the original Homestead deed signed by President Benjamin Harrison (not his real signature).

             18 F         ii. Barbara SCHMIDT was born on 15 Oct 1869 in Eisenstein Bohemia, Austria. Barbara married Isador SCHMIDT, son of George SCHMIDT and Theresa MACHT, in 1892 in Fifield, Price County, Wisconsin.

             19 M     iii.   August SCHMIDT[48] was born in Feb 1871 in Bohemia, Germany. He died in 1944. August married Anna ESTERL[49] about 1895 in Price County, Wisconsin. Anna was born in Sep 1870 in Bohemia. She died in 1935. 1910 US Census Town of Lake, Price County and the 1910 census shows August as a naturalized citizen who arrived in America in 1880 or 1881[50].

 

                                  August (Gus) was a saloon keeper in Park Falls, his place occupied the southwest corner of Division and Second.  Mar. 190l.."fire destroyed the Vollmar & Voelker general Store and damaged Gus and Isador Schmidt's saloon to the tune of $13,000.  1908 - "Incumbent president Frank Wells, who worked for Flambeau Paper, was characterized as the "corporation"  candidate and his ticket was challenged by the "People's Ticket" headed by Gus Schmidt.  After what "The Herald Called "the hottest and closest election in Park Falls," Wells won, but had to share power with the victors from the "People's Ticket" who swept all the other seats." Jan 1914 -.."52 stockholders obtained a federal charter and organized the First National Bank of Park Falls.  (its 2nd bank)  August Schmidt was elected Vice President.  1923 -.."Gus Schmidt is recorded as the first dealer of Cities Service Gasoline and Oil in the city of Park Falls". Pg. 139-"St. Anthony de Padua Catholic, 1904.  The dream of a Catholic church in Park Falls began coming true in June 1904, when the cornerstone of a new church on North Second Avenue was laid.  The Park Falls Catholic population consisted mostly of newly-arrived immigrants from southern Germany and the province of Eisenstein.  Missionary priests, chiefly Franciscans, had been serving the Park Falls area intermittently since the Wisconsin Central was completed in the mid-1870s. They offered Mass and preached in the homes of the first settlers.  In 1888, St. Francis of Assisi Church opened in Fifield and Park Falls Catholics attended there.

 

                                  After the lumber boom went bust and fire destroyed nearly all of Fifield, Park Falls began to grow.  In 1903, Park Falls Catholics formed a committee to organize and build a church.."  among the members were August Schmidt. The committee served under the direction of Father Bernard Klein, pastor of St. Francis in Fifield.  The new church was 40 x 80 feet, brick veneer with a 90 ft. bell tower modeled after the German bell towers of their homeland.  The church held 300 people and cost $5000.  It was named St. Anthony de Padua, in honor of Anton Kundinger, who it is said buried a $1 coin in the cornerstone.  The church was completed in 1904 and was dedicated in the summer of 1905.  It was part of the La Crosse diocese and was ministered by the priests of Fifield.  In 1905 it  became part of the Superior Diocese and its first resident Pastor was Rev. N. Kieffer who lived in a hotel until 1908, when the rectory was built on First Ave. North.

 

                                  August was a logger and saloon keeper, his business was at the corner of Division St and Second Ave. in Park Falls. The first floor contained a tavern, hardware store and dry goods store. August owned and operated the hardware store and tavern. He rented out the clothing store. The upper floor housed the Schmidt Opera House where touring theatrical companies would perform.  Concerts, dances, movies, and other functions were held there. Later the second floor was remodeled into living quarters.

 

All of the children were born in Wisconsin, August and Anna were born in Bohemia as were their parents, August came to America in 1880 or 1881.  In 1900 August was a saloonkeeper and rented a house.  In 1910 they were living in Park Falls. Jimmy was not mentioned on the 1910 census so he may have died as an infant.  Anna had 11 children according to the 1910 census with 7 living, however, Herman died shortly after the census was taken. Anna's unmarried sister Katie Estrel b. Jun 1875 in Bohemia was living with them in 1900.

 

Anna had a brother John Esterl b.Nov 1872, a day laborer who owned his house free and clear, he came to America in 1880, his wife's name was Rosy b.Aug 1880.

             20 M      iv.   Louis SCHMIDT was born about 1874 in  Bohemia, Germany. He died in Apr 1881 in Chelsea, Taylor County, Wisconsin and was buried in 1881 in Chelsea. I think it is likely that Louis died at the Emigrant Camp in Wisconsin.

             21 F        v.   Mary SCHMIDT was born about 1876 in Bohemia, Germany.

             22 M      vi.   Jacob SCHMIDT III[51] was born about 1878 in Bohemia, Germany. He died in 1958. Jacob married Anna HILGART[52] about 1904 in Price County, Wisconsin. Anna was born in Jul 1881 in Bohemia. She died in Oct 1938 in Price County. Jacob was a naturalized citizen, he arrived in USA in 1881. He was a farmer, logger, and carpenter, involved in civic affairs, serving as clerk of the school board, town chairman and town assessor.  His daughter, Henrietta was one of the first students from Eisenstein to attend high school in Park Falls.  Jacob's sons worked in the logging camp he ran. Anna was the daughter of Joseph Hilgart and Theresa Hoffman.  She died at age 57, leaving Jacob and her youngest son, Leonard alone.

 

                                  Other sources: 1900 US Census for Fifield, Price County, Wisconsin;  100 Years on the Flambeau, Park Fall, Lake & Eisenstein, Wis. 1889-1989, Copyright 1989, Park Falls Centennial Committee

 

Third Generation

 

 

6                           6. Isador SCHMIDT[53],[54].[55],[56] (George, Jacob) was born on 4 Apr 1861 in Bohemia, Germany. He died[57]^,[58] on 14 Jun 1942 in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and was buried in Nola Cemetery, Park Falls, Price County, Wisconsin. Isador married in 1892, Fifield, Price County, Wisconsin his first cousin Barbara SCHMIDT[59], daughter of Jacob SCHMIDT II and Teckla STAHR/STORR. Barbara was born on 15 Oct 1869 in Eisenstein Bohemia, Austria. She died[60] on 29 Apr 1950 in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and was buried on 2 May 1950 in Nola Cemetery, Park Falls[61].

 

The Death record shows Isador as a retired farmer, age 81y 2m 10d, cause of death Cancer of Cecum and Liver, Hypertension; buried at Nola Cemetery, Park Falls[62].

 

In 1900 the family was living in Fifield, Price County, Wisconsin.  The census showed Isador and Barbara born in Bohemia as were their parents married about 1893.  Isador came to America in 1881 or 1882. He was a woodsman and could read and write English in 1900.  He owned a house free and clear.  In 1910 they were living in Park Falls.  Isador was a proprietor of a hotel and owned his home.  Jacob, Barbara's father was living with them his age was 74 and he was a naturalized citizen[63].

 

From the History of Price County

Mar 1901 - .."fire destroyed the Vollmar & Voelker general store and damaged Gus and Isadore Schmidt's Saloon to the tune of $13,000."

 

1906- Isadore Schmidt opened the City Hotel located on the south side of Division street a few lots east of Second Ave. in the heart of downtown, where the Park Mall now stands. It burned down on a cold winter night. It was owned by James Esterl in 1916 when it burned. This hotel served the workers of the mills. Isador's daughter,Ulricka and Josephine, the daughter of Anton and Anna (Hilgart) Schmidt, carried lunches to the men in the paper mill.

 

Page 86 "Saloons.  A village saloon was usually not a disreputable place in the 1900s.  It was not meant for families, since women were usually not welcome and any reputable women wouldn't want to set foot in one anyway, but it was not just a hangout for lowlifes either.  A saloon was a gathering place where men congregated as much for companionship as for drink.  Men who lived in the city stopped in for an evening visit.  Settlers ended a trip downtown at a saloon, sometimes leaving their wives and children waiting in a wagon parked outside.  There is no record of when the first saloon opened in Park Falls, although John Sheehan, W. H. Kelley, Charles Zoesch and Isadore Schmidt were all open for business in 1900... In a short time (3 or so yrs. later) Gus Schmidt.(others) were open for business. Division Street was the saloon strip, starting with Esterl's on the alley between First and Second Avenues and Isadore Schmidt's in the City Hotel next door.  Gus Schmidt's place occupied the southwest corner of Division and Second, with Geiser's on the northwest corner across the street. Prohibition began in 1919, but reformers had been trying to make saloons more uncomfortable for many years before.  Gambling and gaming devices were banned which meant that no Park Falls saloons had pool tables, slot machines or bowling alleys until the 1920's.”

 

After the big fire in Park Falls that destroyed their Hotel, Isador and Barbara moved to Milwaukee. In 1919 they were living at 698 Marshall St., Isador was a lumberman, from 1920 to 1927 and they lived at 371 Farwell. From 1928 to 1930 they lived at 369 Farwell and Isador's occupations was carpenter. From 1931 to 1940 the family was living at 2017 N. Farwell[64]. I believe they owned a boarding house at 369 Farwell Ave. address.

 

Death record shows Barbara was born in Bavaria, cause of death Congestive Heart Failure, Arterial Sclerosis; parents-Jacob Schmidt and Teckla Stehr [65]

Isador and Barbara had the following children:

             23 M        i.   Jacob SCHMIDT[66] was born in Mar 1894 in Fifield, Price County, Wisconsin. Jacob married[67] Norma Kuhlman 30 Oct 1929, by E. J. Wagner of 361 Oakland Ave. Jacob was living at 369 Farwell St, he was 35 and Norma was 34. Norma was the d/o Henry C. Kuhlman and Louise Erdman, they had no children.  Jacob worked at the Electric Company in Milwaukee and they lived on Keefe Ave.

             24 F        ii.   Louisa SCHMIDT[68] was born in Apr 1896 in Fifield, Price County, Wisconsin. She died in 1910 in Park Falls, Price County at age 14.

             25 F       iii.   Ulricka SCHMIDT[69] (Isador and Barbara, George and Jacob, Jacob) was born on 14 Jan 1899 in Fifield, Price County, Wisconsin . She died on 25 Aug 1988 in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and was buried at St. Anthony's, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Ulricka married Richard FINGEL about 1941. Richard was born[70] on 8 Feb 1911 in Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin. He died[71] on 7 Jan 1995 in New Berlin, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and was buried in St. Anthony's. Ulricka and her cousin Josephine Schmidt took lunches to the men at the paper mill in Park Falls when they were young[72]. The Fingels lived in Menomonee Falls.

             26 F       iv.   Margaret SCHMIDT[73] was born on 15 Feb 1901 in Fifield, Price County, Wisconsin. She died in Oct 1986 in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and was buried in Oct 1986 in St. Anthony's, Menomonee Falls. Margaret never married, she was a secretary at Schlitz Brewery and traveled quite a bit.  She lived with her sister Ulricka's family for many years. It’s possible she didn’t marry because she couldn’t have children.

           27 M         v.   George Isidor SCHMIDT[74] (Isador and Barbara, George and Jacob, Jacob) was born on 23 Sep 1906 in Park Falls, Price County, Wisconsin . He died on 23 Feb 1961 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee. George worked at Cutler Hammer. He married Hazel Anna BARRINGTON[75] on 25 May 1940 (License #192193) in Milwaukee. Hazel was born on 15 Aug 1908 in Milwaukee. She died on 11 Nov 1995 in Milwaukee and was buried on 13 Nov 1995 in Calvary Cemetery. Hazel's parents were Charles and Mary (Daley) Barrington. Hazel was married 1st to Tony?

             28 F       vi.   Helen SCHMIDT[76] was born in 1909 in Park Falls, Price County, Wisconsin. She died in 1910 in Park Falls

             29 F      vii.   Florence Elizabeth SCHMIDT (Isador and Barbara, George and Jacob, Jacob) was born[77] on 27 Nov 1910 in Park Falls, Price County, Wisconsin. She died on 3 Aug 1983 in Minocqua, Oneida County, Wisconsin and was buried on 5 Aug 1983 in Evergreen Cemetery, Minocqua. Florence married[78] Rudy Hugo HERZFELD, son of Max HERZFELD and Helene LEOPOLD, on 29 May 1937 in Holy Rosary Rec., Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Rudy was born on 3 Sep 1899 in Bielefeld, Westfalia, Germany. He died in Feb 1981 in Minocqua and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Florence made her First Communion 8 May 1921 and was confirmed 4 Jun 1922, both events took place at St. John's Cathedral in Milwaukee, Wisconsin She died of a heart attack at her home in Minocqua.

 

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