Reeve Milton Arthur "Milt" Schmidt

1888 - 1962  (73 years)

• Name	Milton Arthur "Milt" Schmidt
  Prefix	Reeve
  Born	4 Jun 1888	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Elected Office	councillor -1925, 1943, 1947-1957. 1960-1 Deputy Reeve 1935-1940, Reeve 1944-1946,
  	Years on Wilmot council: Councillor 1925-1931, 1943, 1947-1957, 1960-1; 1932-34 D Reeve; 1935-1940 Reeve; 1944-46 D Reeve Years on Waterloo County Council: 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1944 1945 1946
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  Name	M. A. Schmidt
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farm Laborer
  Residence	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Baptist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-79952
  Died	13 Jan 1962	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	First St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I79952	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Lorentz Schmidt,   b. 13 Mar 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Oct 1931, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Veronica Wilhelm,   b. 26 Feb 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1947  (Age 83 years)
  Married	11 Nov 1885	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F20814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Marie "Lizzie" Reibling,   b. 9 Jun 1888, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Sep 1961, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Helen Louise Schmidt,   b. 7 Jul 1914, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 2003  (Age 89 years)   2. Ruth Alena Marie Schmidt,   b. 1919,   d. 2002  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F31500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Milt Schmidt, Ex-Wilmot Reeve, Dies By Record Correspondent BADEN - Milton A. Schmidt, 73, a former municipal official of Wilmot Township for 33 years, died Saturday at the K-W Hospital. He had been ill since May. Mr. Schmidt was born in Wilmot and farmed near Wellesley before moving to Baden in 1948. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Schmidt. He had served as reeve of Wilmot for six years. Before that he was deputy reeve and was a councilor until his retirement last December. He had also been a member of the K-W Hospital Commission and the Wilmot Agricultural Society. Mr. Schmidt was a member of First St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wellesley of the church board and of the Lutheran Laymen's League. He is survived by two sons, Howard of Baden, and Wallace of RR2, Wellesley, two daughters, Mrs. Oscar 9Helen) Wagner of Wellesley, and Mrs. Howard (Ruth) Neeb, RR4, Stratford, a brother Edison, New Hamburg, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His wife, the former Elizabeth Reibling, predeceased him in September last year. The body is at the Futher-Omand Funeral Home, New Hamburg. The funeral will be conducted by Rev. Ronald Reisdorf Tuesday at 2:30 pm at First St. Paul's Lutheran Church, ?Wellesley. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The casket will remain open at the church until the time of the service. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Jan 15 1962 pg 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 8. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 8. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 31. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Lorenz Schmidt Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 11 Oct 1885 Event Place: Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 26 Birth Year (Estimated): 1859 b. Wilmot Father's Name: Valentine Schmidt Mother's Name: Maria Spouse's Name: Veronica Wilhelm Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 22 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1863 b. Wilmot Spouse's Father's Name: Valentin Wilhelm Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaretha

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jun 1888 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farm Laborer - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Jan 1962 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth