Ludwig Schmidt, Jr.^[1]

1840 - 1924  (84 years)

• Name	Ludwig Schmidt  [2]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	15 Jan 1840	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Louis  [1]
  Census	1870	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Census	1880	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Census	1900	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [6]
  Census	1910	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [7]
  Occupation	Farmer  [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Death	31 Dec 1924	Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Burial	Jan 1925	Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [8]
  	South 8A
  Person ID	I119	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Ludwig Schmidt           b. 26 Dec 1807, Landesbergen, Stolzenau, Hannover, Germany           d. 9 Apr 1867, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Louisa Fischer           b. 12 Feb 1803, Hannover, Germany           d. 23 Jul 1854, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F8334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Ahrbecker           b. 20 Aug 1843, Hannover, Germany           d. 21 Mar 1880, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	22 Oct 1865	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [2, 9]
  Notes	The biographical sketch of Louis in History of DuPage County (Blanchard) gives marriage year of 1867. [3]
  Children	+ 1. Ida Caroline Schmidt           b. 10 Apr 1866, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 13 Jan 1945, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 78 years)   2. Herman August Schmidt           b. 18 Sep 1868, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 9 Apr 1904, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 35 years) + 3. Emma Caroline Dorothy Schmidt           b. 29 Mar 1871, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 21 Jan 1941 (Age 69 years)   4. Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Schmidt           b. 2 Jun 1874, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 16 May 1875, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 0 years)   5. Louisa Schmidt           b. 12 Jul 1876, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 25 Apr 1914 (Age 37 years)   6. Edward Schmidt           b. 23 May 1879, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 3 Dec 1879, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F2124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Gesina Frederika Franzen           b. 30 Dec 1844, Schale, Westfalen, Germany           d. 20 Jul 1887, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	29 Aug 1880	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [2, 3, 9, 10]
  Research Notes	Blanchard’s History of DuPage County identifies Ida, Emma, and Annie as Frederika’s children by Louis, though they are most certainly by her first husband, Henry Schuette.  [11]
  Children	1. Edna Schmidt           b. 23 Jul 1883, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA           d. 27 Dec 1975 (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F78	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family 3	Caroline Luetkamann           b. 3 Jun 1833, Hannover, Germany           d. 2 Aug 1904, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1903	Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F2125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2005

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Jan 1840 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Marriage - 22 Oct 1865 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1870 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1880 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Marriage - 29 Aug 1880 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1900 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Marriage - 15 Oct 1903 - Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Census - 1910 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Death - 31 Dec 1924 - Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Burial - Jan 1925 - Churchville Cemetery, Bensenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Fought in the Civil War: Cpl Co. I 105 Ill. Vol. [8]

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Michael Martens Kirchhoff, The Franzen Family from Schale, Co Tecklenburg, Westphalia: a family tree of descendants of Johan Frantzen. [S153] Gloria Landwer Scott, Families from Schale, Westfalen & Sonneborn, Lippe. [S549] Rufus Blanchard, History of Du Page County, Illinois, (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1882), Part II, page 244. [S634] 1870 US Census - Household of Louis Schmidt. [S638] 1880 US Census - Household of Louis Schmidt. [S639] 1900 US Census - Household of Louis Schmidt. [S643] 1910 US Census - Household of Louis Schmidt. [S548] Necrology Records of Selected Townships in DuPage County, (DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society). [S52] Illinois State Archives & Illinois State Genealogical Society, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900. [S4321] username Calcat, Find A Grave memorial for Gesina Friedericke Franzen Schmidt, #93653624. [S549] Rufus Blanchard, History of Du Page County, Illinois, (O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1882).