Daniel Smith

1852 - 1949  (96 years)

• Name	Daniel Smith
  Born	21 Apr 1852	Rainham Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Daniel Schmidt
  Occupation	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1901	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-78607P
  Died	8 Feb 1949	Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario   [3]
  Buried	New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON   [3]
  Person ID	I78607	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Peter Schmidt,   b. 17 Jan 1818, Niederlinxweiler, , Saarland, Germany ,   d. 1 May 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Catherine E. Otterman,   b. 3 Mar 1820, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 24 Nov 1894, Rainham Centre, Rainham Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F30788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catharine Bock,   b. 20 Nov 1858, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Mar 1895, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 36 years)
  Married	1879
  Children	1. Edgar Allan Schmidt,   b. 12 Dec 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Clayton Oscar Schmidt,   b. 27 Feb 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Chester Leonard Schmidt,   b. 25 Nov 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Irwin Daniel Schmidt,   b. 5 Dec 1892, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F6210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Father of Zurich Publisher Dies at 97 There passed away at Clinton, on Tuesday, February 8th, 1949, Daniel Smith, formerly of the Zurich district and one of the oldest persons in the community. Death came without any signs of illness, as he was sitting on the edge of his bed awaiting for his supper, and when it was brought to him, he was found in an unconscious condition, and in a few minutes had passed away. Born in Rainham Twp. Haldimand County on April 21st, 1852, a son of the late Peter Schmidt who emigrated from Germany, and his wife Catherine Otterman, of Alsace, France. In 1874 the family moved to Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, where Daniel later took over the 123-acre farm southeast of New Hamburg on the old Huron-Road. In 1879 he was united in marriage to Catherine Bock of New Dundee, who passed on in 1895. Surviving were four sons, of which the older, Edgar, predeceased in 1904, and the younger, Irvin, in 1947. In the spring of 1902 he sold his farm in Wilmot and during that summer purchased the fine 210 acre farm on the Blue Water Highway, Hay Township, now owned by his son Clayton. After successful farming for some years, and also well known as a fruit grower, having a peach orchard of about 2,000 trees, he sold the farm to his elder living son Clayton, who is still in possession. His other living son is Chester, of Zurich, publisher of the Zurich Herald. He was the last remaining of a family of eight. There are also six grandchildren. During his lifetime he was a great lover of reading, having read the scriptures several times. The remains were laid to rest in the Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, near New Hamburg, on Friday, February 11th, where a public service was largely attended in the adjoining Church. Rev. Harvey Gampp officiated. The Seaforth News \endash February 24, 1949

  
  

• Sources

  [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 9. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 22. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49708201/daniel-smith.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Apr 1852 - Rainham Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Feb 1949 - Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth