Waterloo Region Generations
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Heinrich Alexander Hartwig Martin "Henry" Schmidt, Sr.[1]

Male Cal 1815 - 1885  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Heinrich Alexander Hartwig Martin "Henry" Schmidt 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born CALC 15 Aug 1815  Niendorf, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212457783 
    Residence 1845  Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1861  Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1873  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-241811 
    Died 15 Feb 1885  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I241811  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Family 1 Magdalena Sophia Friederika Rohde,   b. CA 1820, of, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 21 Nov 1845  Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Johann Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt,   b. 5 Sep 1850, Niendorf, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F28489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Maria Elisabeth Wilhelmine Friederike Möller,   b. 1817, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1861  Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F188121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ...Henry Alexander Hartwig Martin Schmidt, a wagon maker by trade. Young Henry's [son of Henry Alexander Hartwigh Martin Schmidt] mother, whose maiden name was Mary Rode, died when he was about five years of age. His father married a second time. The stepmother died of smallpox in 1873.

      In the fall of 1863 the Schmidt family departed from their native land bound for Canada, taking a train from Weissmer to Hamburg, where they took a vessel. They were eleven weeks on the Atlantic, not including one week their ship was in quarantine off Pearl Island owing to sickness. on board. After reaching Quebec they came on to New Hamburg, and from which place they finally moved to Mannheim, their residence in the former place being about two months. In Mannheim the elder Schmidt purchased seventeen acres of land, which he tilled in addition to working at his trade, until he retired in 1873, when he took up his home with Henry, jr., who had just been married and founded the home he at present occupies, lot No.6, one mile and a half west of Mannheim. Here he lived until his demise, which occurred about fifteen years ago, aged 69 years....

      Waterloo County Chronicle, 18 Jan 1900, p. 6

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Heinrich Schmidt Born: Waterloo Township Age: 23 Est. Birth: abt 1851 Father: Heinrich Schmidt Mother: Magdalene Rode married Hanna Spaetzel Age:: 25 Est. Birth: abt 1849 Born: Wilmot Township Father: William Spaetzel Mother: Elizabeth Natural Born Meisner Spaetzel married 15 Mar 1874 Marriage Place: Waterloom New Dundee

    2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 5 Mar 1885.
      15 Feb 1885 Heinrich Schmidt, Sr., died in Wilmot at age of 69 years and 6 months

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212457783.

    4. [S2304] Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929.
      NameHeinrich Alexander Martin Hartwig Schmidt
      Marriage Date21. Nov 1845 (21 Nov 1845)
      Marriage PlaceDreveskirchen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
      FatherJohann Heinrich Schmidt
      SpouseMagdalena Sophia Friederika Rohde
      Father Joachim Friederich Rohde

    5. [S2304] Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929.
      NameHeinrich Alexander Martin Hardwig Schmidt
      GenderMale
      Marriage Date20. Sep 1861 (20 Sep 1861)
      Marriage PlaceDreveskirchen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
      FatherJohann Heinrich Schmidt
      Spouse
      Maria Elisabeth Wilhelmine Friederike Möller
      Father Johann Möller

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - CALC 15 Aug 1815 - Niendorf, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1845 - Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Nov 1845 - Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1861 - Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Sep 1861 - Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1873 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Feb 1885 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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