Regina Schmid was one of four in her family of eleven children who came to America. Two died in infancy, so there were five who remained with their parents after emigration. George, Nickolaus, Agnes, and Ursula shared her life in Saint Louis, Missouri and Edwardsville, Illinois. Some background on Regina Schmid siblings: Tragedy befell the Schmid family in America, when Ursula was killed by her third husband. Her first husband, Moritz Schmid, had died of sunstroke, and apparently her second, Charles Schumacher, also died. She had been married to Joseph Burkhardt for about six years and the marriage was not a happy one. They had separated several times. When they argued over a $100 debt she said that he owed her and she called an attorney. Joseph became angry. He shot her twice in the chest, killing her instantly. He then shot himself in the head and the bullet lodge in the brain. He died several hours later. The murders occurred at a friend's house where Ursula had been visiting. Her obituary stated that her parents had died earlier. Her father twenty years prior and her mother died in 1880. The obituary states that she is survived by her four siblings that came to America and a brother and sister in Germany. If this is correct I must conclude that two of her four siblings back in Winzeln died before 1897. Ursula was Regina's second youngest sister, eleven years younger than Regina, and the youngest of the immigrants. Her violent death at 39 must have been a devastating blow to the whole family. (Note parts of this account was taken from Ursula's obituary in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, in January of 1897, Regina's brothers, George and Nickolaus Schmid, operated a meat and grocery marker in South Saint Louis. Regina worked there and possibly it was there was there that she met her future husband. We know that they moved to Edwardsville immediately after the wedding. But we don't know why? We certainly know of no other family members on either side who lived there. But we don't know about scouts. "Scouts" were members of a village who made the voyage to the new country, wherever it was, to look for favorable settlements spots for the rest of the prospective immigrants. We have no idea who came first from Winzeln or Sonneberg. Perhaps it was Matthaus Gaus, who came with his wife and children in 1850 or was it the Dippold family. From Johann Nicol Hess naturalization papers we know that he was a friend living in Edwardsville, Martin Dippold. In later years, Ed and John Dippold came to Regina aid when she was trying to get her widow's pension, after Ed Dippold was a pallbearer for her husband. Regina did not get matters settled with the pension board before she died on March 31, 1901, Regina died while walking to St. Boniface Catholic Church to attend vespers. She started feeling ill and sat down upon the steps of Louis Hartung's Vandalia Street shop. She was taken inside by a passing woman and placed on a sofa, within 5 minutes a doctor arrived and pronounced her dead. Minutes after her passing her daughter, Miss Augusta had arrived from the church and saw her mother before her eyes were closed. Our family has Regina Schmid Report Card from her last year in School at Saint Moritz in Winzeln. She attended school from 1843-1850. Schmid family: Husband: Moriz Schmid **** (See note below) born 05 September 1806 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Married: 22 April 1833 in St. Moritiz, Winzeln Died: 22 October 1870 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerteemburg Father: Joseph Schmid Mother: Helena Ott Wife: Katharina Schmid born 13 April 1809 in: Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg died: 04 November 1880 in: Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Father: Adam Schmid Mother: Agnes Lehman Children: 1 Name: Margaretha Schmid F born: 20 Feb. 1834 in: . died: 04 April 1834 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg at 43 days 2 Name: Georg Schmid m born 24 April 1835 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Married: 26 June 1853 in Saint Louis, Missouri Spouse: Mary Idecker 3 Regina Schmid f born 05 September 1837 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Married: 03 March 1862 in: St. Joseph Church, Saint Louis, Missouri died: 31 March 1901 in Edwardsville, Illinois Spouse: Johann Nicol Hess 4. Basilia Schmid F born: 23 June 1839 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Married: 30 April 1872 in Winzeln, Baden Wuerttemburg Spouse: Anton Schneiderhan 5. Agnes Schmid F born: 18 January 1841 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Married: 20 September in United States Spouse: John Bishop 6. Nikolaus Schmid M born: 07 December 1842 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Married: 20 September 1870 Died: in United States Spouse: Zelina Schmid 7. Salomon Schmid M born: 08 February 1844 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Married: 08 February 1870 8. Albertina Schmid F born: 05 November 1845 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Married: 19 October 1863 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Spouse: Moriz Heim 9. Ursula Schmid F born: 20 October 1848 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Married: ABT 1894 last time in: Illinois Died: 12 January 1897 in: Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, U.S. A. Spouses: Moritz Schmid, Charles Schumacher, and Joseph Burkhardt 10. Wendelin Schmid M born: 20 October 1848 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Died: 12 February 1849 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg, at almost 4 months 11. Justina Schmid F born: 04 June 1851 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg Married: 19 July 1880 Died: 11 February 1896 Spouse: Christian Beh Moriz Schmid Ancestors: Joseph Schmid: b. 27 February 1774 in Staffelbach, Baden Wuerttemburg m. 25 February 1800 in Winzeln, Germany d. October 29, 1936 spouse: Helena Ott b. 30 April 1774 d. 29 October 1836 Joseph Schmid FATHER Stephen Schmid b. January 1741/1742 m. June 22, 1768 in Oberndorf, Baden-Wuerttemburg d. 14 March 1814 spouse: Agatha Ott b. 30 January 1739/40 d. 24 May 1816 Joseph Schmid Grandparents Johannes Schmid b. 15 November 1701 m. 08 November 1738 spouse: Maria Magdalena Gaus b. 11 June 1708 Joseph Schmid Great Grandparents Lorenz Schmid b. 07 August 1670 spouse: Maria Eit b. 14 August 1672 c. 08 June 1723 Joseph Schmid Great-Great Grandparents m. Before 1656 spouse: Ursula Melber We have been also able to trace back each generation of Regina Schmid ancestors from her mother family back 4 generations and in each generation we find the family originated in Winzeln, Germany all the way back to 1653. If you have more information on this family or even information on the village of Winzeln, we would be very interested. David