Heinrich Alexander Hartwig Martin "Henry" Schmidt, Sr.^[1]

Cal 1815 - 1885  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Heinrich Alexander Hartwig Martin "Henry" Schmidt
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	CALC 15 Aug 1815	Niendorf, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212457783
  Residence	1845	Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany   [4]
  Residence	1861	Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany   [5]
  Residence	1873	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-241811
  Died	15 Feb 1885	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I241811	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Magdalena Sophia Friederika Rohde,   b. CA 1820, of, Germany ,   d. , Germany
  Married	21 Nov 1845	Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany   [4]
  Children	1. Johann Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt,   b. 5 Sep 1850, Niendorf, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany ,   d. 23 May 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F28489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Maria Elisabeth Wilhelmine Friederike Möller,   b. 1817, , Germany ,   d. 4 Oct 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1861	Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany   [5]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  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

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

  Born - CALC 15 Aug 1815 - Niendorf, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Residence - 1845 - Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Married - 21 Nov 1845 - Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Residence - 1861 - Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Married - 20 Sep 1861 - Dreveskirchen, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Residence - 1873 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Feb 1885 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth