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Sofia Schmidt 1544–1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 AUG 1544

Birth Location: Seelbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Death Date: AFT 1565

Death Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany

Father: Wilhelm Schmidt

Mother: Lady Röppichau

Spouse(s): Joseph Mettel

Children(s): Sir Heilman-Mettel, Joseph Mettel

In 1544, Sofia Schmidt entered the world in Seelbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, born to Wilhelm Erkhard Schmidt And Lady Justine Justina Von Zerbst Van Roppichau. Sofia Schmidt married Joseph Hans Mettel, and had children including Joseph Hans Mettel, Sir Heitmann Heilman Mettel. Sofia Schmidt passed away in 1565 in North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1544, Sofia Schmidt entered the world in Seelbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, born to Wilhelm Erkhard Schmidt And Lady Justine Justina Von Zerbst Van Roppichau.
  • Sofia Schmidt married Joseph Hans Mettel, and had children including Joseph Hans Mettel, Sir Heitmann Heilman Mettel.
  • Sofia Schmidt passed away in 1565 in North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Wilhelm Schmidt
1518–
Birth Location: Germany
WS
Lady Röppichau
1520–1544
Birth Location: Germany
LR

Spouses(s)

Joseph Mettel
1540–
Birth Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
JM

Children(s)

Sir Heilman-Mettel
1565–1581
Birth Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
SH
Joseph Mettel
1540–
Birth Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
JM

Sofia Schmidt's Ancestors

Self
Sofia Schmidt
1544–1565
Birth Place: Seelbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Parents
Wilhelm Erkhard Schmidt
1518–
Germany
Lady (Justine Justina Von Zerbst van) Röppichau
1520–1544
Germany
Grandparents
Melchior (Rudolph) Schmidt
1495–1570
Darmstadt, Hessen, Deutschland
Elisabetha (Barbara Jostdottir) Jost
1500–1580
Marburg, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Deutschland
Great-Grandparents
Urbanus Schmidt
1450–1502
Frances White
1450–1502
Jost Lyncker
1470–1535
Elisabeth Heidolf
1476–1536
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Schmidt
1430–1493
Elisabeth Weinrich
1430–1494
Robert Whyte
1432–
Lyncker
1450–
Grete Rabe
1445–1499
Heidoff
1450–1484
Raabe
1455–1519

Sofia Schmidt's Descendants

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Sofia Schmidt (17 AUG 1544–AFT 1565) m. Joseph (Hans) Mettel (1540–)
  1. 1. Sir (Heitmann) Heilman-Mettel 1565–1581 m. Anna Engen 1565–1675 m. Lady (Anne Engen) Mettel 1565–1675
    1. 1. Anna (Engen) Mettel 1581–1630 m. Johann Neuss 1580–1640
      1. 1. Elisabeth Bilgener 1608–1678 m. Georg Heimbach 1605–1672
        1. 1. Catharina Heimbach 1630–1680 m. Johannes Fischbach 1631–1680
  2. 2. Joseph (Hans) Mettel 1540– m. Sofia Schmidt 1544–1565

Sofia Schmidt's Timeline

2 Records

1544
17 AUG 1544
Birth of Sofia Schmidt in Seelbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Seelbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1565
AFT 1565
Age 21
Death of Sofia Schmidt in North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 AUG 1544
    Event Place: Seelbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: AFT 1565
    Event Place: North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany
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