Leopold Schmitt

1844 - 1901  (~ 57 years)

• Name	Leopold Schmitt
  Born	Nov 1844	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196734938
  Name	Leopold Schmidt
  Name	Leopold Smith
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Blacksmith
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1866	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1866	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-31593
  Died	15 Nov 1901	Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
  Buried	Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
  Person ID	I31593	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann Konrad "Conrad" Schmidt,   b. 23 Sep 1817, Daisbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 13 Sep 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Christina Loebs,   b. 4 Oct 1827, , Germany ,   d. 15 Mar 1911, , Monroe Co., New York  (Age 83 years)
  Married	1842	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F8269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria "Mary" Koch,   b. 21 Mar 1844, Ober-Beerbach, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 10 Oct 1907, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age 63 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1866	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Conrad C. Schmitt,   b. 12 Mar 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1930, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F19980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leopold Schmitt, one of the oldest horseshoers of this city, died Friday morning at his residence, No. 96 Herman street, aged 57 years. He was born in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in 1844, and came to Rochester He was a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Yonnondio Lodge, Rochester consistory, Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Humboldt Lodge No. 138, I. O. O. F.; the Rochester Maennerchor, Americus Lodge No. 205, A. O. U. W.; Flower City Driving Rochester Lodge of Elks, the Horseshoers' Association and the Select Knights. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Conrad and Edward, and four daughters, Elizabeth, Lillian, Maud and Addie. Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, New York Sat, Nov 16, 1901 Page 17

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, div 3 pg 121. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 10 Page 79. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Leopold Schmidt, 22, res. Berlin, b. Waterloo, son of Conrad and Christine Laches, married 29 Sept 1866 Maria Koch, , res. Berlin, b. Germany, daughter of Valentine and Elizabeth (Eismer) [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 4 Oct 1866. Sept. 29, 1866 Leopold Schmidt and Maria Koch, both of Berlin [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Frederick W. Bindemann. - Minister of the German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church at Greenbush 31 Aug 1842 to 31 Aug 1843 report #25. Conrad Shmitt, Blacksmith, of Waterloo, to Christian Loebs, of Wilmot. Wit. John Ernst, Storekeeper, of Wilmot and Peter Rebscher, Brewer of Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Nov 1844 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Blacksmith - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1866 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1866 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Sep 1866 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Nov 1901 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States Buried - - Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth