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Saturday Oct 7 - LAKE MINNETONKA - Details Who, What, WHY
Who: Cousins whose Ancestors grew up on this farm: Elizabeth (Leuthard), Joseph Jr, Thomas, Maria (Schmieg), Magdalena (Vos) Frank, and Henry Schmid
Surnames: Schmid, Leuthard, Vos, Voss, Schmieg, Schmidt, list below for more
AND, welcome cousins in the Benedict Schmid, Mary Schmid Pfeiffer Clans!
We met many cousins for the first time. We browsed Photo Story Boards of the SEVEN Families
** YOUTUBE PLAYLIST of brief video excerpts ** Click here for Playlist
Photos from Oct 7 are above
We gathered upstairs for presentations by Three Rivers Park District Representatives
• Jonathan Vlaming | Associate Superintendent for Three Rivers Park District
• Nathaniel “Nate” Straka | Project Manager for Schmid Farmstead Project
• Melissa Ekman | Miller Dunwiddie architect for Schmid Farmhouse Project
• Zack Mohlis |Historical Interpreter for Three Rivers Park District
Specials Guests
• Liz Vandam, Historian | Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
• Tom McCarthy, Treasurer | Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
To order a bronze replica of Joseph's Civil War Grave Marker,
go to the bottom of this page or CLICK HERE
THANK YOU TO the following cousins & friends who made this day possible:
Barb JOHNSON Coyle, Patty GEYEN Dongoske, Chuck & Deb SCHMID, Jan EBERT & Bob Nelson, Jody EBERT; Gordon Stevenson (Mr Toni), and Rich SCHMID (Benedikt Schmid Descendant) for storing our story boards & supplies; Liz Vandam, Lake Minnetonka Historical Society for continued support and advise. And to Lake Minnetonka Regional Park and Three Rivers Park District staff who bent over backward to make our special day a success
Oct 7 - Lake Minnetonka Regional Park, 4610 County Rd 44, Minnetrista, MN 55364 Google Map
This gathering will be smaller and less structured than in 2018
TIME: Noon until 4pm * wear your 2018 name badge if you wish *
Location in the Park: NO PETS PLEASE; "RENTAL FACILITY" is our primary meeting place; indoor; elevator is available; scroll down for Maps & Parking info; Signage in the park is helpful
Alt location Osprey Picnic Area for young children who want to play outdoors
You are welcome to bring lunch, snacks. beverage (no alcohol please)
"Pack it in, Pack it Out" as they say. * see Three Rivers Zero Waste rules *
We will provide coffee, tea, water
We will offer a variety of Jimmy John's "mini" subs & chips for $5 cash donation. First Come first serve without pre-order. Contact Toni IN ADVANCE if you wish to reserve a sandwich. bring cash
"ALSO* just a few miles away is St Victoria Cemetery, where Joseph & Elisabeth Schmid are buried, and two of their children, the Schmieg family, and other pioneer families from the 1850s and 1860s.
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins - is on the National Register of Historic Places
Sunday, Oct 8 - AVON, sTEARNS cOUNTY - DETAILS who What, why
Who: Cousins whose ancestors are connected to Stearns County - Vos, Voss, Schmid, Thome, Muyres Stearns Co SURNAMES and Century Farms - see lists below
** YOUTUBE PLAYLIST of video excerpts ** Click here for Playlist
Photos from Oct 7 are above
THANK YOU TO the following cousins & friends who made this day possible:
Barb JOHNSON Coyle, Chuck & Deb SCHMID, Laura SCHMID Tyler, Lisa VOS Wallraff, Gordon Stevenson (Mr Toni); Rich SCHMID (Benedikt Schmid Descendant) for storing our story boards & supplies; Jacob VOSS and Fisher's staff who bent over backward to make our special day a success.
We met SCHMID and VOS COUSINS for the first time, mixed, mingled, and enjoyed a delicious lunch by Fisher's.
We browsed Story boards of photos, maps, plats our Dutch Immigrants Joannes & Gertrudis VOS and their 12 children; their 1863 farm in Carver Co; German Immigrants Joseph & Elizabeth SCHMID and their 7 children; their 1856 Farm in Minnetrista, and our Stearns County settlers Anton & Elizabeth VOS, Reinhard & Magdalena (Schmid) VOS, Frank & Gertrude (Vos) SCHMID, Henry & Christina (Katzner) SCHMID,
** VIEW YOUTUBE PLAYLIST of brief video excerpts ** Click here for Playlist
We had a flatbed scanner with us, (thank you Lisa!) for scanning vintage ancestor FAMILY PORTRATS, WEDDING PORTRAITS, old photos of the Farm, or business, etc. They are priceless and we want to share them on the web site.
After lunch several cousins drove over to Holdingford Museum & St Mary's Cemetery
Oct 8 - NOON Lunch at Fisher's Club Advance RSVP Required for lunch
Arrive 11:45am or later; Lunch Noon until 1:00pm. Visit until 4:00pm-ish
425 Stratford Street W, Avon, MN Google Map Weather Forecast
COST of lunch: $25 each at the door; cash, check, Zelle, or Venmo
Meal choices: Walleye or 1/4 Chicken w sides & beverages
** Meals must be pre-ordered with Toni ** one week out
PRE-PAYMENTS are welcome Venmo to @tschmid7515 or Zelle to 512-796-1123
RSVP BUTTON BELOW, or call / text w Questions toni.schmid@gmail.com (512) 796-1123
RSVP if you will skip lunch, or arrive late, so we know for table count AND pre-print your Name Badges. Optional 10:30am Mass, Church of St Benedict
Fisher's Club on Middle Spunk Lake, Avon, MN
fun tidbits
Avon or Lake Wobegon?
A FUN LISTEN! Avon or Lake Wobegon? and our Great Grampa FRANK
Garrison Keillor interviews Avon local Historian, Jeanette Blonigen Clancy
LINK to AUDIO Jeanette’s Recording: http://jeanetteblonigenclancy.com/speaking-and-interviews
Local Historian, Jeanette Blonigen Clancy was in Garrison Keillor’s 35th anniversary “Prairie Home Companion”® show in Avon, MN on July 4, 2009, as the historian of Avon. She researched and wrote Nestled between Lakes and Wooded Hills: The Centennial History of the Avon Area..
Hear the entire show https://www.prairiehome.org/shows/56781.html#
Stearns County Century Farms
Stearns County Century Farms have been in continuous family ownership for at least 100 years and are 50 acres or more.
Lists:
2012 MN Farm Bureau CLICK HERE FOR LIST
Stearns History Museum CLICK HERE FOR LIST
We know of a few Century farms in our vast family
Ebnet, Joel & Kathy-Holdingford 1906 Reinhard VOS family > Frank EBNET
Voss, Craig & Rosanne-Albany 1897 Anton VOS, Jr > Clarence VOSS Farm
Bredeck Farm, Bill & Joan (Zeis) - Albany 1911
Do we have any others? On this list we see several familiar names: Luethmers, Mader, Katzner, and more? Please notify Toni if you know of others in our families
Marriages between neighbors - VOS, SCHMID, SCHMIEG
in the late 1800s,
Two VOSs married two SCHMID siblings. Two SCHMIEG siblings married two SCHMID siblings
Dutch immigrant, Peter Joannes VOS, and German immigrant Joseph SCHMID, Sr, were contemporaries; their farms were only abt 12 miles apart. Joannes (John) was older, his children were born in Netherlands and traveled over with him and their mother, Gurtrudis. Joseph was only 18 when he emigrated from Germany. He married Elisabeth and his children were born in Hennepin County.
Reinhard Peter VOS, the younger (by 19 years) brother of Anton VOS, Sr. married Magdalena "Lena" SCHMID, daughter of Joseph SCHMID, Sr.
Anton VOS's daughter Gertrude Anna VOS married Frank SCHMID who was a brother of Magdalena SCHMID Vos, and a son of Joseph SCHMID, Sr.
in 1853, John SCHMIEG from Germany, arrived in Saint Victoria Parrish, Carver Co around the same time as Joseph SCHMID, Sr. They became friends and were both farmers.
Two SCHMID children, (Maria) Mary SCHMID and Thomas SCHMID married two SCHMIEG children, Frank SCHMIEG and Mary M SCHMIEG
Famiies combining was a common occurance.
A German Immigrant, A Gentleman Farmer and A Professional Wrestler
CLICK HERE to view an INFORMATIVE History Story of this area
Presented by Liz Vandam, Westonka Historical Society
Minnetrista Minnesota’s “Section 35, a rich history"
1876 Fieldstone Farmhouse Ruins - links to articles/videos
Links of Special Interest (SCHMID)
CLICK HERE to VIEW Documents, Plats, Maps, Charts, Benedict's Diaries, 1882-1890 Ezra Fitch Pabody Diaries, Oral Histories, and more on Google Drive
CLICK HERE TO VIEW Beautiful Powerpoint Presentation of our Schmid Ancestors, created by George Buehl, Westonka Historical Society
Seven Schmid children grew up on this farm in Minnetrista
Click Here for info & photos of the 7 CHILDREN of Joseph & Elisabeth SCHMID
All were born between 1857 and 1868, before the new fieldstone house was built.
Surnames: Schmid, Leuthard, Vos, Schmieg, Schmidt, Leuthardt, Fuchs, Amberg, Ritter, Rudisill, Grossman, Mader, Fairbairn, Geyen, Kelly, Leizinger, Logelin, Dale, Ridgway, Schech, Schumen, Helsper, Ebnet, Meyer, Gruidl, Krekelberg, Ehrlichmann, Ross, Randall, Welle, Brouns, Pischke, and many more
Saint Victoria Cemetery
5 miles south of the park, in Victoria, MN, is the resting place of immigrants, Joseph & Elisabeth Schmid, as well as several of their children, Schmid and Schmieg. Their memorial stone has been restored and maintained by our cousin, Doug SCHMID, who is in the Joseph Schmid Jr Line.
Link to grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93217146/joseph-schmid
THOME Family of Avon, MN
View THOME Notes on google drive
Our Thome Ancestors came from Prussia. Settled in Avon, Stearns County, MN
Barbara LENERTZ 1858-1944
b. 19 Dec 1858 in Germany;
d. 29 Apr 1944, in Avon, Stearns Co, MN
1883 Emmigrated from Rheinland, Preußen, Germany to America
John Peter THOME married Barbara LENERTZ on 6 Nov 1883, Avon, Stearns Co, MN.
Their seven children were born in Avon, Stearns County, MN
John Peter THOME - 1843-1913 went by the name of John
b. 11 Nov 1843 in Germany
d. 5 Jun 1913 in MN
John Served in the Prussian Military Service while in Germany
1882 Emmigrated from Rheinland, Preußen, Germany to America
Parents: George THOME and Catherine ENNERSCH; Married 30 March 1835, Rhineland, Prussia
Grandparents: Petrus THOME and Anna Maria BECKER; Married 16 Feb 1808 in Gerolstein, Rhineland, Prussia
John Peter had a younger brother, Peter John THOME, 1848-1919, buried in St Cloud
7 Children of John and Barbara:
Peter THOME (1885-1970), Mary K THOME Machtemes (1886-1956), Catherine Elizabeth THOME Schmid (1888-1981), Louise THOME Omann (1890-1980), Michael A THOME (1891-1938), Anna THOME Kandels (1893-1989), Katherine 'Katie' THOME Mergen (1895-1973). Baby Thome, who died as an infant? (no information)
Family of Barbara LENERTZ Thome, circa 1910 to 1912, Avon, MN