I would greatly appreciate a lookup for an Obituary and possible cemetery info for a William SMITH/Schmitt/Schmidt...who was on the 1900 census, with wife Augusta and children William, John, Clara, and Florence, in Ward 2, town of Lorain, in 1900 (possibly Black River area???) , but who apparently had died before 1910, as Augusta is head of household. I suspect this to be my GREAT-grandfather, born Germany. 1900 census data states that William Smith was born 1866 in Germany, wife born 1863 Germany, with children all born Ohio. He apparently came 1888, and she 1883. My grandfather William Louis Smith's World War One draft card 1917 or 1918 gives birth as being in Lorain, August 17, 1889 (there is a slight discrepancy in the census for his age, but birth month on the census given for son Wm was "August"). I would appreciate any help with this. It's taken my family 30 years to get this far in finding information on my Dad's family. My grandfather died just days before Dad was born in 1930, and he was raised by his mother's brother in Mississippi. Thank you, Regards, Willie Smith Hillsboro, TN
Willie, There was a Wilh. Scmidt who arrived at Castle Garden on 9 May 1888 from Bremen, Germany on the Ship "Rhein", age 26, destination Wisconsin. But that was only the first of many at that site... 80-some pages turned up when I searched with the term W* for the first name. If you haven't visited that site, it is at: http://castlegarden.org/ Good luck with your research! Cheryl Bakker ----- Original Message ----- From: "W. D. Smith" <wolfman@blomand.net> To: <ohlorain@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:16 AM Subject: [OHLORAIN] OBIT needed: William SMITH/Schmitt/Schmidt..(?) 1900-1910 >I would greatly appreciate a lookup for an Obituary and possible cemetery >info for a William SMITH/Schmitt/Schmidt...who was on the 1900 census, with >wife Augusta and children William, John, Clara, and Florence, in Ward 2, >town of Lorain, in 1900 (possibly Black River area???) , but who apparently >had died before 1910, as Augusta is head of household. > > I suspect this to be my GREAT-grandfather, born Germany. 1900 census data > states that William Smith was born 1866 in Germany, wife born 1863 > Germany, with children all born Ohio. He apparently came 1888, and she > 1883. My grandfather William Louis Smith's World War One draft card 1917 > or 1918 gives birth as being in Lorain, August 17, 1889 (there is a slight > discrepancy in the census for his age, but birth month on the census given > for son Wm was "August"). > > I would appreciate any help with this. It's taken my family 30 years to > get this far in finding information on my Dad's family. My grandfather > died just days before Dad was born in 1930, and he was raised by his > mother's brother in Mississippi. > > Thank you, > > Regards, > > Willie Smith > Hillsboro, TN > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >