For all my Schmidt-Ulrich cousins, I have now cracked our family brick wall wide open. You can contact me via email at familyhistorian at Frontier dot com for more details.
Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt (b. 2 Jul 1796 Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland, d. after 1 Sep 1870), probably in Comal Co, Texas. He was the first born son of Paul Friedrich Schmidt and Marie Elisabeth Kohliß. He was baptized in the Lutheran Church on 4 July 1796 with a baptismal name of Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt.
He emigrated from the town of Frankenhausen in 1846. He was a subject of Prussia when he signed an Immigration Contract in Bremen on August 25. The contract was made with the Verein zum Schutze Einwanderer in Texas, which at that period was bringing many settlers to Texas, and is filed with the German Immigration Contracts at the General Land Office in Austin, Texas.
Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt married Christiana Wilhelmine Ulrich on 28 May 1828 in the Lutheran Church in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland, She was born 25 Jan 1798 Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland. She was listed in the household of her daughter and son-in-law in Guadalupe County, Texas, and may be buried in the Schuchardt family burying ground. No gravestone was found for her, but there were several unmarked graves in the area.
As previously stated, Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt signed an immigration contract in August 1846. In April of that year, Franz Wilhelm Hruger, apotheker of Frankenhausen wrote the Central Administrator of the Verein at Mainz and in his letter mentioned Knauer and Schmidt "v. hier." Since Kruger and Gottlieb Knauer both immigrated to Texas on the same ship that brought Gottlob Schmidt and family - the Elisa Charlotte . It is reasonable to suppose that Gottlob is the "Schmidt" referred to in Kruger's letter.
The Brig Elisa Charlotte sailed from Bremen on August 28 and landed at the port of Galveston, with 120 passengers, on October 26, 1846. Her arrival was noted by the German consul at Galveston in a letter to the Verein. This letter is part of the Solms-Braunfels Archives transcripts which are in the University of Texas Archives in Austin (volume 14, pages 333-334).
Gottlob Schmidt and his family came inland only as fas as Seguin and New Braunfels. On February 16, 1847, he assigned 320 acres of the 640 acres he was entitled to as an immigrant to the German Emigration and Railroad Company. He must have settled in the vicinity of Seguin about this time for on December 6, 1848, his daughter Louise Auguste Christiane Schmidt was married to Emil Carl Lucian Schuchardt by Louis Hipp, Justice of the Peace for Guadalupe County.
On August 27, 1850, "Gottlieb" Schmidt made his first purchase of land: four lots in Block Eight of the Town of Guadalupe (Seguin) - the cost was $38.00 (Deed Book C-266). He was taxed that year (as Gottlob "Smith") for three horses and two cows beside the lots.
In 1851 he bought another lot in block eight and one of the timbered lots in the town, paying $125 for all of it (Deed Book D-226). The city lots are bounded north by Washington Street and west by Bowie Street and lie about three blocks west and a little south of the courthouse. No buildings dating from 1850 are standing. The city lots lie mostly in a creek bottom.
By 1853 he was taxed for eight horses and two wagons besides his land. This may indicate he and his sons were engaged in some sort of freighting necessary to move colonists inland since he appears to have an extra wagon and more horses that would be necessary for a limited farming operation.
On March 11, 1854, Gottlob Schmidt and wife Wilhelmine sold to Michael Erskine, for a bond of $650, three lots in Seguin "Being the same where we live now...also a five-acre river lot...the said Erskine has right to make any improvements on said lots at any time between this and November next provided he does not molest me in the enjoyment of the house and crop." (Deed Book F-312) Presumably, they were preparing to move to Comal County.
In January 1855, Gottlob bought land in Comal County from E. Dale, on the Turkey Creek, a small stream about 15 miles above New Braunfels. The creek empties into the Guadalupe River halfway between Canyon Dam and New Braunfels.
Since the financial difficulties of the Verein had prevented him from locating his grant of land on February 22, Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt sold his interest in his land certificate number 220 (640 acres) to Thomas Dewees for $75.00. The witnesses were Carrol Billingsley and Rudolph Schmidt (File 3454, Bexar Third Class, General Land Office, Austin, Texas).
On February 23, 1855, he registered his brand and mark (No. 40) in Comal County, Texas. No mark and brand registration had been recorded for him in Seguin.
In 1855 the tax rolls showed he owned 360 acres in the Elijah O. Dale survey, seven horses, 18 cows, and one wagon. he paid no poll tax.
On September 1, 1870, F.G. Schmidt deeded to Rudolph Schmidt, 188 acres out of the E. Dale Survey, deed #185 (Comal County Deed Book K-257). On the same day, he deeded to Paul Schmidt, 150 acres "being part of land conveyed by E. Dale to Gottlob Schmidt by deed dated January 5, 1855," adjoining Rudolph Schmidt's land (Deed Book K-259, deed #186). No relationship was stated in either deed.
This was the last record found of Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt. He does not appear on the tax rolls after 1869 and is assumed to have died before the 1880 census was taken, when Wilhelmine alone was listed in her daughter's household. No marked grave has been located.
Based on new research in Lutheran Church records (Evangelische Kirche Frankenhausen Kyffhäuser (AG. Frankenhausen). We now know six of Friedrich and Wilhelmine's children. All the children were born in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland. The children whose names are known were:
1. Male Schmidt child (b. 25 Jan 1829, d. 25 Jan 1829 in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland)
2. Emil Louis Rudolph Schmidt (b. 22 Nov 1829) m Friedericke Heinricke Haag
3. Louise Auguste Christiane Schmidt (b. 10 Dec 1831, d. 19 Sep 1925) m Karl Emil Luzian Schuchardt
4. Gottfried Gottlieb Paul Schmidt (b. 26 Feb 1836)
My great grandfather/mother
5. Friedrich Paul Schmidt (b. 22 Feb 1837, d. 26 Dec 1921) m Christiana Wilhelmine Ulirch
6. Amalie Caroline Anna Schmidt (b. 1 Mar 1839) m Carl Friederich Ferdinand Ecke
Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt (b. 2 Jul 1796 Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland, d. after 1 Sep 1870), probably in Comal Co, Texas. He was the first born son of Paul Friedrich Schmidt and Marie Elisabeth Kohliß. He was baptized in the Lutheran Church on 4 July 1796 with a baptismal name of Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt.
He emigrated from the town of Frankenhausen in 1846. He was a subject of Prussia when he signed an Immigration Contract in Bremen on August 25. The contract was made with the Verein zum Schutze Einwanderer in Texas, which at that period was bringing many settlers to Texas, and is filed with the German Immigration Contracts at the General Land Office in Austin, Texas.
Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt married Christiana Wilhelmine Ulrich on 28 May 1828 in the Lutheran Church in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland, She was born 25 Jan 1798 Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland. She was listed in the household of her daughter and son-in-law in Guadalupe County, Texas, and may be buried in the Schuchardt family burying ground. No gravestone was found for her, but there were several unmarked graves in the area.
As previously stated, Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt signed an immigration contract in August 1846. In April of that year, Franz Wilhelm Hruger, apotheker of Frankenhausen wrote the Central Administrator of the Verein at Mainz and in his letter mentioned Knauer and Schmidt "v. hier." Since Kruger and Gottlieb Knauer both immigrated to Texas on the same ship that brought Gottlob Schmidt and family - the Elisa Charlotte . It is reasonable to suppose that Gottlob is the "Schmidt" referred to in Kruger's letter.
The Brig Elisa Charlotte sailed from Bremen on August 28 and landed at the port of Galveston, with 120 passengers, on October 26, 1846. Her arrival was noted by the German consul at Galveston in a letter to the Verein. This letter is part of the Solms-Braunfels Archives transcripts which are in the University of Texas Archives in Austin (volume 14, pages 333-334).
Gottlob Schmidt and his family came inland only as fas as Seguin and New Braunfels. On February 16, 1847, he assigned 320 acres of the 640 acres he was entitled to as an immigrant to the German Emigration and Railroad Company. He must have settled in the vicinity of Seguin about this time for on December 6, 1848, his daughter Louise Auguste Christiane Schmidt was married to Emil Carl Lucian Schuchardt by Louis Hipp, Justice of the Peace for Guadalupe County.
On August 27, 1850, "Gottlieb" Schmidt made his first purchase of land: four lots in Block Eight of the Town of Guadalupe (Seguin) - the cost was $38.00 (Deed Book C-266). He was taxed that year (as Gottlob "Smith") for three horses and two cows beside the lots.
In 1851 he bought another lot in block eight and one of the timbered lots in the town, paying $125 for all of it (Deed Book D-226). The city lots are bounded north by Washington Street and west by Bowie Street and lie about three blocks west and a little south of the courthouse. No buildings dating from 1850 are standing. The city lots lie mostly in a creek bottom.
By 1853 he was taxed for eight horses and two wagons besides his land. This may indicate he and his sons were engaged in some sort of freighting necessary to move colonists inland since he appears to have an extra wagon and more horses that would be necessary for a limited farming operation.
On March 11, 1854, Gottlob Schmidt and wife Wilhelmine sold to Michael Erskine, for a bond of $650, three lots in Seguin "Being the same where we live now...also a five-acre river lot...the said Erskine has right to make any improvements on said lots at any time between this and November next provided he does not molest me in the enjoyment of the house and crop." (Deed Book F-312) Presumably, they were preparing to move to Comal County.
In January 1855, Gottlob bought land in Comal County from E. Dale, on the Turkey Creek, a small stream about 15 miles above New Braunfels. The creek empties into the Guadalupe River halfway between Canyon Dam and New Braunfels.
Since the financial difficulties of the Verein had prevented him from locating his grant of land on February 22, Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt sold his interest in his land certificate number 220 (640 acres) to Thomas Dewees for $75.00. The witnesses were Carrol Billingsley and Rudolph Schmidt (File 3454, Bexar Third Class, General Land Office, Austin, Texas).
On February 23, 1855, he registered his brand and mark (No. 40) in Comal County, Texas. No mark and brand registration had been recorded for him in Seguin.
In 1855 the tax rolls showed he owned 360 acres in the Elijah O. Dale survey, seven horses, 18 cows, and one wagon. he paid no poll tax.
On September 1, 1870, F.G. Schmidt deeded to Rudolph Schmidt, 188 acres out of the E. Dale Survey, deed #185 (Comal County Deed Book K-257). On the same day, he deeded to Paul Schmidt, 150 acres "being part of land conveyed by E. Dale to Gottlob Schmidt by deed dated January 5, 1855," adjoining Rudolph Schmidt's land (Deed Book K-259, deed #186). No relationship was stated in either deed.
This was the last record found of Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt. He does not appear on the tax rolls after 1869 and is assumed to have died before the 1880 census was taken, when Wilhelmine alone was listed in her daughter's household. No marked grave has been located.
Based on new research in Lutheran Church records (Evangelische Kirche Frankenhausen Kyffhäuser (AG. Frankenhausen). We now know six of Friedrich and Wilhelmine's children. All the children were born in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland. The children whose names are known were:
1. Male Schmidt child (b. 25 Jan 1829, d. 25 Jan 1829 in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland)
2. Emil Louis Rudolph Schmidt (b. 22 Nov 1829) m Friedericke Heinricke Haag
3. Louise Auguste Christiane Schmidt (b. 10 Dec 1831, d. 19 Sep 1925) m Karl Emil Luzian Schuchardt
4. Gottfried Gottlieb Paul Schmidt (b. 26 Feb 1836)
My great grandfather/mother
5. Friedrich Paul Schmidt (b. 22 Feb 1837, d. 26 Dec 1921) m Christiana Wilhelmine Ulirch
6. Amalie Caroline Anna Schmidt (b. 1 Mar 1839) m Carl Friederich Ferdinand Ecke
For all my Schmidt-Ulrich cousins, I have now cracked our family brick wall wide open. You can contact me via email at familyhistorian at Frontier dot com for more details.
Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt (b. 2 Jul 1796 Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland, d. after 1 Sep 1870), probably in Comal Co, Texas. He was the first born son of Paul Friedrich Schmidt and Marie Elisabeth Kohliß. He was baptized in the Lutheran Church on 4 July 1796 with a baptismal name of Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt.
He emigrated from the town of Frankenhausen in 1846. He was a subject of Prussia when he signed an Immigration Contract in Bremen on August 25. The contract was made with the Verein zum Schutze Einwanderer in Texas, which at that period was bringing many settlers to Texas, and is filed with the German Immigration Contracts at the General Land Office in Austin, Texas.
Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt married Christiana Wilhelmine Ulrich on 28 May 1828 in the Lutheran Church in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland, She was born 25 Jan 1798 Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland. She was listed in the household of her daughter and son-in-law in Guadalupe County, Texas, and may be buried in the Schuchardt family burying ground. No gravestone was found for her, but there were several unmarked graves in the area.
As previously stated, Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt signed an immigration contract in August 1846. In April of that year, Franz Wilhelm Hruger, apotheker of Frankenhausen wrote the Central Administrator of the Verein at Mainz and in his letter mentioned Knauer and Schmidt "v. hier." Since Kruger and Gottlieb Knauer both immigrated to Texas on the same ship that brought Gottlob Schmidt and family - the Elisa Charlotte . It is reasonable to suppose that Gottlob is the "Schmidt" referred to in Kruger's letter.
The Brig Elisa Charlotte sailed from Bremen on August 28 and landed at the port of Galveston, with 120 passengers, on October 26, 1846. Her arrival was noted by the German consul at Galveston in a letter to the Verein. This letter is part of the Solms-Braunfels Archives transcripts which are in the University of Texas Archives in Austin (volume 14, pages 333-334).
Gottlob Schmidt and his family came inland only as fas as Seguin and New Braunfels. On February 16, 1847, he assigned 320 acres of the 640 acres he was entitled to as an immigrant to the German Emigration and Railroad Company. He must have settled in the vicinity of Seguin about this time for on December 6, 1848, his daughter Louise Auguste Christiane Schmidt was married to Emil Carl Lucian Schuchardt by Louis Hipp, Justice of the Peace for Guadalupe County.
On August 27, 1850, "Gottlieb" Schmidt made his first purchase of land: four lots in Block Eight of the Town of Guadalupe (Seguin) - the cost was $38.00 (Deed Book C-266). He was taxed that year (as Gottlob "Smith") for three horses and two cows beside the lots.
In 1851 he bought another lot in block eight and one of the timbered lots in the town, paying $125 for all of it (Deed Book D-226). The city lots are bounded north by Washington Street and west by Bowie Street and lie about three blocks west and a little south of the courthouse. No buildings dating from 1850 are standing. The city lots lie mostly in a creek bottom.
By 1853 he was taxed for eight horses and two wagons besides his land. This may indicate he and his sons were engaged in some sort of freighting necessary to move colonists inland since he appears to have an extra wagon and more horses that would be necessary for a limited farming operation.
On March 11, 1854, Gottlob Schmidt and wife Wilhelmine sold to Michael Erskine, for a bond of $650, three lots in Seguin "Being the same where we live now...also a five-acre river lot...the said Erskine has right to make any improvements on said lots at any time between this and November next provided he does not molest me in the enjoyment of the house and crop." (Deed Book F-312) Presumably, they were preparing to move to Comal County.
In January 1855, Gottlob bought land in Comal County from E. Dale, on the Turkey Creek, a small stream about 15 miles above New Braunfels. The creek empties into the Guadalupe River halfway between Canyon Dam and New Braunfels.
Since the financial difficulties of the Verein had prevented him from locating his grant of land on February 22, Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt sold his interest in his land certificate number 220 (640 acres) to Thomas Dewees for $75.00. The witnesses were Carrol Billingsley and Rudolph Schmidt (File 3454, Bexar Third Class, General Land Office, Austin, Texas).
On February 23, 1855, he registered his brand and mark (No. 40) in Comal County, Texas. No mark and brand registration had been recorded for him in Seguin.
In 1855 the tax rolls showed he owned 360 acres in the Elijah O. Dale survey, seven horses, 18 cows, and one wagon. he paid no poll tax.
On September 1, 1870, F.G. Schmidt deeded to Rudolph Schmidt, 188 acres out of the E. Dale Survey, deed #185 (Comal County Deed Book K-257). On the same day, he deeded to Paul Schmidt, 150 acres "being part of land conveyed by E. Dale to Gottlob Schmidt by deed dated January 5, 1855," adjoining Rudolph Schmidt's land (Deed Book K-259, deed #186). No relationship was stated in either deed.
This was the last record found of Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt. He does not appear on the tax rolls after 1869 and is assumed to have died before the 1880 census was taken, when Wilhelmine alone was listed in her daughter's household. No marked grave has been located.
Based on new research in Lutheran Church records (Evangelische Kirche Frankenhausen Kyffhäuser (AG. Frankenhausen). We now know six of Friedrich and Wilhelmine's children. All the children were born in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland. The children whose names are known were:
1. Male Schmidt child (b. 25 Jan 1829, d. 25 Jan 1829 in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland)
2. Emil Louis Rudolph Schmidt (b. 22 Nov 1829) m Friedericke Heinricke Haag
3. Louise Auguste Christiane Schmidt (b. 10 Dec 1831, d. 19 Sep 1925) m Karl Emil Luzian Schuchardt
4. Gottfried Gottlieb Paul Schmidt (b. 26 Feb 1836)
My great grandfather/mother
5. Friedrich Paul Schmidt (b. 22 Feb 1837, d. 26 Dec 1921) m Christiana Wilhelmine Ulirch
6. Amalie Caroline Anna Schmidt (b. 1 Mar 1839) m Carl Friederich Ferdinand Ecke
Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt (b. 2 Jul 1796 Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland, d. after 1 Sep 1870), probably in Comal Co, Texas. He was the first born son of Paul Friedrich Schmidt and Marie Elisabeth Kohliß. He was baptized in the Lutheran Church on 4 July 1796 with a baptismal name of Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt.
He emigrated from the town of Frankenhausen in 1846. He was a subject of Prussia when he signed an Immigration Contract in Bremen on August 25. The contract was made with the Verein zum Schutze Einwanderer in Texas, which at that period was bringing many settlers to Texas, and is filed with the German Immigration Contracts at the General Land Office in Austin, Texas.
Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt married Christiana Wilhelmine Ulrich on 28 May 1828 in the Lutheran Church in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland, She was born 25 Jan 1798 Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland. She was listed in the household of her daughter and son-in-law in Guadalupe County, Texas, and may be buried in the Schuchardt family burying ground. No gravestone was found for her, but there were several unmarked graves in the area.
As previously stated, Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt signed an immigration contract in August 1846. In April of that year, Franz Wilhelm Hruger, apotheker of Frankenhausen wrote the Central Administrator of the Verein at Mainz and in his letter mentioned Knauer and Schmidt "v. hier." Since Kruger and Gottlieb Knauer both immigrated to Texas on the same ship that brought Gottlob Schmidt and family - the Elisa Charlotte . It is reasonable to suppose that Gottlob is the "Schmidt" referred to in Kruger's letter.
The Brig Elisa Charlotte sailed from Bremen on August 28 and landed at the port of Galveston, with 120 passengers, on October 26, 1846. Her arrival was noted by the German consul at Galveston in a letter to the Verein. This letter is part of the Solms-Braunfels Archives transcripts which are in the University of Texas Archives in Austin (volume 14, pages 333-334).
Gottlob Schmidt and his family came inland only as fas as Seguin and New Braunfels. On February 16, 1847, he assigned 320 acres of the 640 acres he was entitled to as an immigrant to the German Emigration and Railroad Company. He must have settled in the vicinity of Seguin about this time for on December 6, 1848, his daughter Louise Auguste Christiane Schmidt was married to Emil Carl Lucian Schuchardt by Louis Hipp, Justice of the Peace for Guadalupe County.
On August 27, 1850, "Gottlieb" Schmidt made his first purchase of land: four lots in Block Eight of the Town of Guadalupe (Seguin) - the cost was $38.00 (Deed Book C-266). He was taxed that year (as Gottlob "Smith") for three horses and two cows beside the lots.
In 1851 he bought another lot in block eight and one of the timbered lots in the town, paying $125 for all of it (Deed Book D-226). The city lots are bounded north by Washington Street and west by Bowie Street and lie about three blocks west and a little south of the courthouse. No buildings dating from 1850 are standing. The city lots lie mostly in a creek bottom.
By 1853 he was taxed for eight horses and two wagons besides his land. This may indicate he and his sons were engaged in some sort of freighting necessary to move colonists inland since he appears to have an extra wagon and more horses that would be necessary for a limited farming operation.
On March 11, 1854, Gottlob Schmidt and wife Wilhelmine sold to Michael Erskine, for a bond of $650, three lots in Seguin "Being the same where we live now...also a five-acre river lot...the said Erskine has right to make any improvements on said lots at any time between this and November next provided he does not molest me in the enjoyment of the house and crop." (Deed Book F-312) Presumably, they were preparing to move to Comal County.
In January 1855, Gottlob bought land in Comal County from E. Dale, on the Turkey Creek, a small stream about 15 miles above New Braunfels. The creek empties into the Guadalupe River halfway between Canyon Dam and New Braunfels.
Since the financial difficulties of the Verein had prevented him from locating his grant of land on February 22, Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt sold his interest in his land certificate number 220 (640 acres) to Thomas Dewees for $75.00. The witnesses were Carrol Billingsley and Rudolph Schmidt (File 3454, Bexar Third Class, General Land Office, Austin, Texas).
On February 23, 1855, he registered his brand and mark (No. 40) in Comal County, Texas. No mark and brand registration had been recorded for him in Seguin.
In 1855 the tax rolls showed he owned 360 acres in the Elijah O. Dale survey, seven horses, 18 cows, and one wagon. he paid no poll tax.
On September 1, 1870, F.G. Schmidt deeded to Rudolph Schmidt, 188 acres out of the E. Dale Survey, deed #185 (Comal County Deed Book K-257). On the same day, he deeded to Paul Schmidt, 150 acres "being part of land conveyed by E. Dale to Gottlob Schmidt by deed dated January 5, 1855," adjoining Rudolph Schmidt's land (Deed Book K-259, deed #186). No relationship was stated in either deed.
This was the last record found of Friedrich Gottlob Schmidt. He does not appear on the tax rolls after 1869 and is assumed to have died before the 1880 census was taken, when Wilhelmine alone was listed in her daughter's household. No marked grave has been located.
Based on new research in Lutheran Church records (Evangelische Kirche Frankenhausen Kyffhäuser (AG. Frankenhausen). We now know six of Friedrich and Wilhelmine's children. All the children were born in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland. The children whose names are known were:
1. Male Schmidt child (b. 25 Jan 1829, d. 25 Jan 1829 in Frankenhausen, Schwarzburg, Deutschland)
2. Emil Louis Rudolph Schmidt (b. 22 Nov 1829) m Friedericke Heinricke Haag
3. Louise Auguste Christiane Schmidt (b. 10 Dec 1831, d. 19 Sep 1925) m Karl Emil Luzian Schuchardt
4. Gottfried Gottlieb Paul Schmidt (b. 26 Feb 1836)
My great grandfather/mother
5. Friedrich Paul Schmidt (b. 22 Feb 1837, d. 26 Dec 1921) m Christiana Wilhelmine Ulirch
6. Amalie Caroline Anna Schmidt (b. 1 Mar 1839) m Carl Friederich Ferdinand Ecke
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