Joseph Schmidt, died Aug. 10, 1907, aged 30, is buried in Studt cemetery in Renault. Arendt/Ahrend/Arend Schmidt is also in Studt. His wife, Eve nee Heller, is in St. Joe Lutheran. Eve Heller Schmidt is my great-great grandmother's (Mary Ann Heller Juelfs) sister (children of Joseph Heller & Mary Ann Ritzler.) Obituary: "Mrs. Mary Heller Renault Illinois, December 3. Mrs. Mary Heller (nee Ritzler, my great-great-great-grandmother), born March 6, 1808 at Alsace, France, died November 30, 1901, Age 93 years, 8 months and 24 days. She came to America in 1830, lived in Baltimore, Maryland for two years, was married there to Mr. Joseph Heller in 1831. Afterwards came to Monroe County, Illinois and settled near Waterloo, Illinois in 1833. Remained there until 1853, when they moved on to the Renault Grant. To this union were born seven children, Mrs. Henry Juelfs, Mrs. Mary Juelfs (wife of John Juelfs and my great-great-grandmother), Joseph, Frederick and John Heller who survived her, and Mrs. Eva Smit and Mrs. Ellen Wortmann, deceased. The deceased leaves forty-four grand-children and twenty-nine great grandchildren. "Grandma Heller" as she was commonly called by all who knew her was loved by all. Funeral services were conducted at the Lutheran Church and the remains were then laid to rest in the cemetery. The entire families has the sympathy of all friends. And chair which never can be replaced, again. But it was God's will to take our dear mother and grand-mother. May she rest in peace. - December 3, 1901" Joseph Heller is in the old section of Waterloo City cemetery. ----- Original Message ----- From: <ATXSS@aol.com> To: <ILMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 2:25 PM Subject: [IL-Monroe] Schmidt and Koch ancesters > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Schmidt, > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hh.2ADE/292 > > Message Board Post: > > I am currently researching my fathers family from monroe county, my grandfather was Joseph Schmidt, He married Whilemina Koch in 1904, and died in 1907 when my father was a baby, They lived at Prairie DuRocher at time of his death. I am searching for the cemetery he is buried at. Josephs father was Arend Schmidt and Whileminas father was Edward Koch.If anyone has any information about this family I would love to hear from you. > > > ==== ILMONROE Mailing List ==== > The Commercial Bank in Waterloo was established in 1882. In 1918, it was the oldest bank in the County. Hugh Murphy was a cashier, Jos. w. Rickert, M. Schorr, D.M Harby, Geo. W. Ziebold, and H. Quernheim were partners. > >