Son of Charles SCHMIDT who emigrated from Germany and settled
near Lowden, Cedar, Iowa, USA. (Springfield township?)
William C. SCHMIDT married Louise W KREINBRING
and they lived near their family where they raised 4 children:
Gladys (SCHMIDT) who married Frank O'Donnell,
Mildred Marie SCHMIDT (who married 1st, Earl Strong POWELL and later Lester "Les" WICKEY.
Arthur SCHMIDT, who married Wilma ______,
and lastly LaVera "Vera" SCHMIDT.
They lived for many years in Cedar County Iowa, near Lowden.
The family moved to Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA - prior to 1930.
Their first house was just west of the stone railroad "arch"
on the north side of 1st Street (?) just a few blocks west of the main "Dixon Arch".
They later moved to a house at 419 (?) S Van Buren in Dixon,
near Terry Nichols greenhouse, just east of the railroad tracks.
The 1930 census shows this house (at 419 Van Buren) rented by
son, Arthur SCHMIDT (Art & Wilma, & their two kids, Bob & Marilyn). Presumably, Art & Wilma moved to Harmon around 1930 and his parents
may have moved to (or already owned) the house at 419 Van Buren, but…
,it could be they moved to a different house on Van Buren.
William Schmidt died there (at the house on Van Buren), possibly after shoveling some snow in November or so. His wife, Louise (Kreinbring) SCHMIDT, didn't want to stay in the house, so she travelled around and visited her four children. She died "of a broken heart" just a few months later, in January or February, in a bed at the home of her daughter, Mildred.
Mildred had gone back to live with her mother & father in Dixon after her divorce, so she stayed in the Van Buren house for several years while she walked to work at JC Penney (?) in downtown Dixon where she worked as a seamstress - hemming pants and drapes, etc..
She would have been raising her son, William, alone, or with the help of her mother, Louise & her father, William Charles SCHMIDT.
After Mildred married Les Wickey, they moved (with her son, William "Bill" to various houses, including the one on Lincoln Way.
near Lowden, Cedar, Iowa, USA. (Springfield township?)
William C. SCHMIDT married Louise W KREINBRING
and they lived near their family where they raised 4 children:
Gladys (SCHMIDT) who married Frank O'Donnell,
Mildred Marie SCHMIDT (who married 1st, Earl Strong POWELL and later Lester "Les" WICKEY.
Arthur SCHMIDT, who married Wilma ______,
and lastly LaVera "Vera" SCHMIDT.
They lived for many years in Cedar County Iowa, near Lowden.
The family moved to Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA - prior to 1930.
Their first house was just west of the stone railroad "arch"
on the north side of 1st Street (?) just a few blocks west of the main "Dixon Arch".
They later moved to a house at 419 (?) S Van Buren in Dixon,
near Terry Nichols greenhouse, just east of the railroad tracks.
The 1930 census shows this house (at 419 Van Buren) rented by
son, Arthur SCHMIDT (Art & Wilma, & their two kids, Bob & Marilyn). Presumably, Art & Wilma moved to Harmon around 1930 and his parents
may have moved to (or already owned) the house at 419 Van Buren, but…
,it could be they moved to a different house on Van Buren.
William Schmidt died there (at the house on Van Buren), possibly after shoveling some snow in November or so. His wife, Louise (Kreinbring) SCHMIDT, didn't want to stay in the house, so she travelled around and visited her four children. She died "of a broken heart" just a few months later, in January or February, in a bed at the home of her daughter, Mildred.
Mildred had gone back to live with her mother & father in Dixon after her divorce, so she stayed in the Van Buren house for several years while she walked to work at JC Penney (?) in downtown Dixon where she worked as a seamstress - hemming pants and drapes, etc..
She would have been raising her son, William, alone, or with the help of her mother, Louise & her father, William Charles SCHMIDT.
After Mildred married Les Wickey, they moved (with her son, William "Bill" to various houses, including the one on Lincoln Way.
Son of Charles SCHMIDT who emigrated from Germany and settled
near Lowden, Cedar, Iowa, USA. (Springfield township?)
William C. SCHMIDT married Louise W KREINBRING
and they lived near their family where they raised 4 children:
Gladys (SCHMIDT) who married Frank O'Donnell,
Mildred Marie SCHMIDT (who married 1st, Earl Strong POWELL and later Lester "Les" WICKEY.
Arthur SCHMIDT, who married Wilma ______,
and lastly LaVera "Vera" SCHMIDT.
They lived for many years in Cedar County Iowa, near Lowden.
The family moved to Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA - prior to 1930.
Their first house was just west of the stone railroad "arch"
on the north side of 1st Street (?) just a few blocks west of the main "Dixon Arch".
They later moved to a house at 419 (?) S Van Buren in Dixon,
near Terry Nichols greenhouse, just east of the railroad tracks.
The 1930 census shows this house (at 419 Van Buren) rented by
son, Arthur SCHMIDT (Art & Wilma, & their two kids, Bob & Marilyn). Presumably, Art & Wilma moved to Harmon around 1930 and his parents
may have moved to (or already owned) the house at 419 Van Buren, but…
,it could be they moved to a different house on Van Buren.
William Schmidt died there (at the house on Van Buren), possibly after shoveling some snow in November or so. His wife, Louise (Kreinbring) SCHMIDT, didn't want to stay in the house, so she travelled around and visited her four children. She died "of a broken heart" just a few months later, in January or February, in a bed at the home of her daughter, Mildred.
Mildred had gone back to live with her mother & father in Dixon after her divorce, so she stayed in the Van Buren house for several years while she walked to work at JC Penney (?) in downtown Dixon where she worked as a seamstress - hemming pants and drapes, etc..
She would have been raising her son, William, alone, or with the help of her mother, Louise & her father, William Charles SCHMIDT.
After Mildred married Les Wickey, they moved (with her son, William "Bill" to various houses, including the one on Lincoln Way.
near Lowden, Cedar, Iowa, USA. (Springfield township?)
William C. SCHMIDT married Louise W KREINBRING
and they lived near their family where they raised 4 children:
Gladys (SCHMIDT) who married Frank O'Donnell,
Mildred Marie SCHMIDT (who married 1st, Earl Strong POWELL and later Lester "Les" WICKEY.
Arthur SCHMIDT, who married Wilma ______,
and lastly LaVera "Vera" SCHMIDT.
They lived for many years in Cedar County Iowa, near Lowden.
The family moved to Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA - prior to 1930.
Their first house was just west of the stone railroad "arch"
on the north side of 1st Street (?) just a few blocks west of the main "Dixon Arch".
They later moved to a house at 419 (?) S Van Buren in Dixon,
near Terry Nichols greenhouse, just east of the railroad tracks.
The 1930 census shows this house (at 419 Van Buren) rented by
son, Arthur SCHMIDT (Art & Wilma, & their two kids, Bob & Marilyn). Presumably, Art & Wilma moved to Harmon around 1930 and his parents
may have moved to (or already owned) the house at 419 Van Buren, but…
,it could be they moved to a different house on Van Buren.
William Schmidt died there (at the house on Van Buren), possibly after shoveling some snow in November or so. His wife, Louise (Kreinbring) SCHMIDT, didn't want to stay in the house, so she travelled around and visited her four children. She died "of a broken heart" just a few months later, in January or February, in a bed at the home of her daughter, Mildred.
Mildred had gone back to live with her mother & father in Dixon after her divorce, so she stayed in the Van Buren house for several years while she walked to work at JC Penney (?) in downtown Dixon where she worked as a seamstress - hemming pants and drapes, etc..
She would have been raising her son, William, alone, or with the help of her mother, Louise & her father, William Charles SCHMIDT.
After Mildred married Les Wickey, they moved (with her son, William "Bill" to various houses, including the one on Lincoln Way.
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William C. Louise w.
May 16, 1874. Jan. 25, 1879
Nov. 22, 1956. Jan. 9, 1957
SCHMIDT
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