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Jacob SCHMITT 1806–1883 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 08 Aug 1806

Birth Location: Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany

Death Date: 20 May 1883

Death Location: Kickapoo, Peoria, Illinois, USA

Father: Jacobus III

Mother: Anna Schonhard

Spouse(s): Maria PFEIFER

Children(s): Anna Schmitt

Jacob SCHMITT was born in 1806 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, the child of Jacobus Schmitt Iii And Anna Schonhard. Jacob SCHMITT married Maria Juliana Pfeifer, and had children including Anna Marie Mary Schmitt. Jacob SCHMITT passed away in 1883 in Kickapoo, Peoria, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob SCHMITT was born in 1806 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, the child of Jacobus Schmitt Iii And Anna Schonhard.
  • Jacob SCHMITT married Maria Juliana Pfeifer, and had children including Anna Marie Mary Schmitt.
  • Jacob SCHMITT passed away in 1883 in Kickapoo, Peoria, Illinois, USA.

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Jacob SCHMITT's Ancestors

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Jacob SCHMITT
1806–1883
Birth Place: Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Parents
Jacobus Schmitt III
1785–1849
Oberschledorn, Hochsauerlandkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Anna Schonhard
1792–1861
Oberschledorn, Hochsauerlandkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Grandparents
Johannes Schmidt
1748–1826
Oberschledorn, Hochsauerlandkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Anna (Maria) Helwig
1753–1788
Nieder Schleidern, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Kassel, Hessen, Germany
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Jacob SCHMITT's Descendants

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Jacob SCHMITT (08 Aug 1806–20 May 1883) m. Maria (Juliana) PFEIFER (03 March 1809–31 Aug 1895)
  1. 1. Anna (Marie (Mary)) Schmitt 1842–1910 m. Franz ((Frank) Stenger) Jr. 1837–1918
    1. 1. Anna Volz 1881–1952 m. John (O) Volz 1877–1952
      1. 1. Celia Volz 1909–1957 m. Herbert Jacobson 1905–1963
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann) Jacobson 1932–2002
      2. 2. Emila Volz 1915–
      3. 3. William Volz 1922–
      4. 4. Amelia Volz 1915–2006
      5. 5. Florence Volz 1919–1999
      6. 6. William (Joseph) Volz 1921–2008
      7. 7. Emma (M) Volz 1907–1923
      8. 8. Infant Volz 1924–1924

Jacob SCHMITT's Timeline

2 Records

1806
08 Aug 1806
Birth of Jacob SCHMITT in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
1883
20 May 1883
Age 77
Death of Jacob SCHMITT in Kickapoo, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Kickapoo, Peoria, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 08 Aug 1806
    Event Place: Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
    Record Source: U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-19

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Illinois
    Record Source: U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-19

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa
    Record Source: U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-19

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 May 1883
    Event Place: Kickapoo, Peoria, Illinois, USA

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