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The Schmidt family

The Story of Ernst Friedrich Schmidt is a central source for this branch. Its family recollections, portraits, and accounts of earlier generations are preserved alongside later census and local-history research. The original account and later evidence remain distinct so readers can judge what supports each connection.

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Hattie Schmidt

The 1900 household lists Hattie Schmidt as a daughter of the household head Ernest Schmidt, living in Elkhorn, Dodge County, Nebraska. This entry has not been merged with a later married identity.

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Katie Schmidt Treptow

Katie Schmidt Treptow helped write the family history with Ernest Schmidt. The booklet identifies her as Ernst and Augusta’s second-oldest daughter and credits her with a poem about family prayers, written when she was eighty-seven.

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People and their family connections

Recorded names can include a birth surname, a married surname, or another spelling. Inclusion on this page does not by itself establish that every person belongs to the same ancestral line.

Connected family histories

These families are connected by the relationships currently recorded in the archive. Each profile provides its supporting evidence.

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What the sources can tell us

Original records, family accounts, and compiled genealogy have different evidential value. Unverified connections remain marked in the person profiles. A missing marriage, sibling, child, or date means it is not yet established here.

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  1. The Story of Ernst Friedrich Schmidt · PDF page 3 · printed 2–3 Read cited record Family account Historical excerpt checked against the cited scan; a family compilation rather than an independently verified vital record.
  2. The Story of Ernst Friedrich Schmidt · PDF page 4 · printed 4–5 Read cited record Family account Historical excerpt checked against the cited scan; a family compilation rather than an independently verified vital record.
  3. The Story of Ernst Friedrich Schmidt · PDF page 5 · printed 6–7 Read cited record Family account Historical excerpt checked against the cited scan; a family compilation rather than an independently verified vital record.
  4. The Story of Ernst Friedrich Schmidt · PDF page 7 · printed 10–11 Read cited record Family account Historical excerpt checked against the cited scan; a family compilation rather than an independently verified vital record.
  5. 1900 census · Elkhorn, Dodge County · ED 85, sheet 5 Original record Original household lines reviewed through the alternate index image. Head Ernest was born November 1827; wife Augusta August 1849. This is the same census household as the son’s entry.
  6. History of Dodge and Washington Counties · 1921 · printed pages 703–704 Read cited record · Open external record Historical biography Original published pages visually checked. Names the younger Ernest’s wife Anna Baltz and their children Erna, Ernest R. and Alberta May; the older generation uses Augusta Miller. A historical biography is not a civil vital certificate.
  7. The Story of Ernst Friedrich Schmidt · PDF page 6 · printed 8–9 Read cited record Family account Historical excerpt checked against the cited scan; a family compilation rather than an independently verified vital record.
  8. The Story of Ernst Friedrich Schmidt · PDF page 7 · printed 10 Read cited record Family account Portrait identification comes from the surrounding narrative, not individual printed captions.
  9. 1900 U.S. census, Elkhorn, Dodge County, Nebraska, ED 85, sheet 5, dwelling 87, family 88 Census household image previously checked; age from saved index Minnie Schmidt is listed as a daughter, age 22. The approximate birth year is arithmetic from this age, not a verified birth date.
  10. 1942 draft registration · Ernest Schmidt · Nebraska, box 1276 Original record Original card checked for birth on June 24, 1880, in Dodge County, Nebraska, and self-employment in farming. Mrs. Anna Schmidt is named as a contact; the card does not by itself establish that she is his wife or that he served in the military.
  11. 1900 census · Ernest Schmidt, son · ED 85, sheet 5 Original record Original household lines 34–39 checked: younger Ernest is a son, born June 1880 in Nebraska. The parent identities are a strong match to the family booklet, but the full cross-record identity chain remains provisional.
  12. 1920 census · Earnest Schmidt household · ED 99, sheet 4B Original record Original image checked: Earnest, 39, is head; Anna, 35, is wife; Erna Ruth, 9, is daughter, in Elkhorn, Dodge County. This alone does not verify every birth date or biological relationship.
  13. Who’s Who in Nebraska · 1940 · printed pages 291–292 Read cited record · Open external record Historical transcription NEGenWeb transcription checked; original print not yet inspected. Ernest’s daughter Erna Ruth is explicitly identified as Mrs. Harvey von Seggern. The transcription spells the older parents Ernest Schmidt and August Miller.
  14. 1900 U.S. census, Elkhorn, Dodge County, Nebraska, ED 85, sheet 5, dwelling 87, family 88 Census household image previously checked; age from saved index Hattie Schmidt is listed as a daughter, age 18. The approximate birth year is arithmetic from this age, not a verified birth date.
  15. 1900 U.S. census, Elkhorn, Dodge County, Nebraska, ED 85, sheet 5, dwelling 87, family 88 Census household image previously checked; age from saved index Augusta Schmidt is listed as a daughter, age 12. The approximate birth year is arithmetic from this age, not a verified birth date.
  16. 1920 census · Erna Ruth Schmidt · ED 99, sheet 4B Original record Original image checked for age 9, daughter, and household parents. The index’s approximate birth year is age-derived; it does not contradict a March 1910 birth.
  17. Family tree entry · Erna Ruth Schmidt (1910–1999) Family-tree entry Dates, Fremont/Lincoln places and married surname were observed in the family’s Ancestry tree. They remain family-tree claims pending independent vital-record verification. The tree may require authorized access.
  18. Fremont Tribune · John von Seggern, Sr. obituary · August 2, 2008 · page 2 Newspaper obituary Original clipping visually reviewed. It names Harvey and Erna (Schmidt) as John’s parents, Billie Jean Schulz as his wife, and Stewart among his sons.
  19. Ernst-Friedrich-Schmidt Family History — physical PDF page 2, printed 1 Read cited record Family account; scanned page visually reviewed Relationship and dates checked against the scanned family account.
  20. Ernst-Friedrich-Schmidt Family History — physical PDF page 6, printed 9 Read cited record Family account; scanned page visually reviewed Relationship and dates checked against the scanned family account.
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