Hello Everyone... here I come again.. with the fourth set of family names in Niagara Co, NY. This time? The SCHMIDT / SMITH family... and associated families... In Germany: Jochim SCHMIDT and Carolinea FINZ marry 23 Nov 1821. Do not have birth or death dates yet. Suspect they are from Mecklenburg-Schwerin Dukedom in what is now northern Germany. Will use "MS" for this & DEU for Germany in the rest of this listing... Two children that I know of so far: 1. Joachim Johann Carl Cord SCHMIDT b 14 June 1818 in Hohen-Luckow, MS, DEU // d 13 Jul 1893 in Niagara Co, NY + Sophia Christina Henrica OEHMICH b 01 Dec 1821 in MS, DEU // d 06 Feb 1896 in Wilson, Niagara Co, NY (have seen NY, USA records that say her maiden name is "Ermick", etc etc) Their marriage: 23 Oct 1846 in MS, DEU. << Sophia is the dau of Jochim OEHMICH and Elisabeth MARTENS >> 2. Peter SCHMIDT b "abt 1836" in MS, DEU d 21 June 1888 in NY + Sophia "unknown" b "abt 1841 (where?) d 24 Mar 1919 in NY --- The Joachim SCHMIDT above was also called Joseph SMITH, although the gravestone (at St Peter's Lutheran Cemetery next to the church of the same name.. and NorthRidge Cemetery) has the original german spellings. Joachim and wife Sophia were the immigrants. They had 6 children - all born in DEU from 1845 through 1862 as follows: 1a. Johann Jochim Christian SCHMIDT (b 1845 Danneborth, MS, DEU // d 1901 in Wilson, NY) + Dorothea FROHM (b 1843 in ?? // d 1916 in Wilson, NY) << Note: the village name of birth for this first child is in a different lutheran parish than the father's.... >> 1b. Friedrich Christian Theodor SCHMIDT (b 1847 in DEU // d ??? in ???) + Frances SEAMS + 2nd Maria BOLDT << Names of wives from NY family... not yet researched >> 1c. Carl Johann Martin SCHMIDT (b 1849 in DEU // d ??? in ???) + Sophie JENS << Name of spouse from NY family... not yet researched >> 1d. Wilhelm Johann Friedrich SCHMIDT (b 1852 in DEU // d ??? in ???) + Elizabeth JENSS << Name of spouse from NY family... not yet researched >> 1e. Sophia Maria Louise Friedrike SCHMIDT (b 1852 in DEU // d ??? in ???) + ??? 1f. Ludwig Carl Theodor SCHMIDT (aka Louis SMITH) (b 1862 in MS, DEU // d 1913 in Wilson, NY) + Mary Lena HILLMAN (b 1868 in DEU // d 1902 in Wilson, NY) << Don't have marriage information on this couple!! >> << Immigration for the SCHMIDT family appears to be ca. 1873 or so... with Ludwig one of the six children coming to America with his parents. >> << Mary Lena HILLMAN: clues - possibly daughter of Louis HILLMAN and a Dora HILLMANDIR(sp?). Both names from her NY state death certificate. Death certificate also says she was "38 yrs 10 mo 8 days" when she died in 1902 and had been in the US for "36 yrs". Thus, came as a child with immigrant parents ... ca 1866/7?? (don't yet know from where in Germany ...) >> << Their children all born in Wilson, NY from 1890 - 1897 >> ----- Children of Ludwig/Louis SMITH and Mary Lena HILLMAN(1f) are: (all 8 births in Niagara Co, NY... 7 deaths in Niagara Co, NY... exception is Marian Bell PRATT SMITH who died in Ashtabula Co, OH while visiting there.. but is buried in Niagara Co, NY with her husband Edward SMITH. > Louis S SMITH (1890 - 1984) + Max E STRUBING (1884-1973) (1 child) > Anna Whilamena Frederica SMITH (1892-1974) + Benjamin Harrison WEAVER (1891- 1972) (2 children) > Clara Mary Christine SMITH (1896-1995) + Charles HILLMAN (1890-1956) (1 child) > Edward Frederick SMITH (1897-1957) + Marian Bell PRATT (1893-1962) <<note: this is where my PRATT line ends>> (2 children) ------------- Anyone see anything familiar? 1) Can anyone help with the marriage for Ludwig SCHMIDT (Louis SMITH) and Mary Lena HILLMAN? 1880s? (My thought is possibly a record at St Peter's Lutheran Church...) 2) Does anyone know about HILLMAN families in Niagara Co, NY. I think there are two different sets of HILLMANs in my family... one is family of the Mary Lena HILLMAN talked about just above. Possibly looking for a Louis HILLMAN and Dora ___??___ . The other is the Charles HILLMAN that Clara SMITH married in 1924. Thanks again for reading... debbie