Martin Schiedel descendants

Version: 20 Mar 2021

The Descendants of Johann Martin (Hannes) Schiedel (1770-1846)

By Marcia C. Field and Richard L. Tolman, Ph. D.

Johann Martin (called ‘Hannes’, short for Johannes) Schiedel was the first of his family to emigrate from Germany (Botenheim, Württemberg) to America (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) in 1817.¹,²,³ The genealogy of his descendants has been badly corrupted and is incomplete. It is the objective of this essay to clarify his lineage thru primary sources where possible.

GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY

Generation A

1. Isaak Schiedel⁴(Hans Martin³ Isaak² Hans¹) was born⁴ 10 Mar 1735 and died 4 Jan 1801 at Botenheim, Württemberg. He married⁵ 16 Feb 1762 at Botenheim, Württemberg Elisabetha Martha Leonhard dau of Johann Balthasar and Elisabeth Martha (Bujer) Leonhardt.⁶ She was born⁷ 23 Mar 1740 and died 7 Jan 1810 at Botenheim.

Isaac and Elisabetha Martha (Leonhard) Schiedel had eight children all born at Botenheim, Brackenheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg.

2 i. MARIA MARGARETHA SCHIEDEL was born 5 Nov 1762 and christened⁸ 5 Nov 1762. She married⁹ 6 Feb 1781 at Botenheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg Gebhard Friederich Lippotten.

3 ii. ELIZABETHA BARBARA SCHIEDEL was born 27 Jul 1764 and christened¹⁰ 28 Jul 1764. She married¹¹ 29 Feb 1788 at Botenheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg Johann Gottlieb Eiselen.

4 iii. GEORG BALTHAS SCHIEDEL was born 23 Apr 1768, christened¹² 24 Apr 1768 and died¹³ 15 Jun 1771 at Botenheim.

+ 5 iv. JOHANN MARTIN SCHIEDEL was born 13 Nov 1770 at Botenheim, Württemberg. He emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1817.

6 v. ALEXANDER SCHIEDEL was born and christened¹⁴ 25 Apr 1773 and died¹⁵ 30 Jan 1842 at Michelbach, Württemberg. He married¹⁶ (1) 1 Mar 1799 at Botenheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg Justina Katharena Wizenmann dau of Johann Martin and Maria Catharina (Bercher) Wizenmann. She was christened¹⁷ 23 Sep 1775 and died/was buried¹⁸ 13 Feb 1818. He married¹⁹ (2) 7 Jul 1818 at Botenheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg Eberhardina Rosina Trefz dau of Georg Balthas and Rosina Magdalena (Kiefer) Trefz.

7 vi. SUSANNA CATHARINA SCHIEDEL²⁰ was born 10 Oct 1775, christened²¹ 11 Oct 1775 and died 2 Apr 1801 (age 25). Probably did not marry.

8 vii. ELISABETH MARTHA SCHIEDEL was born 11 Feb 1779, christened²² and died 23 Aug 1808 (age 29). She married 5 Jun 1798 at Botenheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg Jakob Heinrich Kühner.²³

9 viii. GEORG BALTHAS SCHIEDEL was born 25 May 1782 and christened²⁴ 26 May 1782 and died²⁵ 17 Aug 1782.

Generation One

5. Johann Martin⁵ (Hannes) Schiedel(Isaak⁴ Hans Martin³ Isaak² Hans¹) born²⁶ 13 Nov 1770 and christened²⁷ 14 Nov 1770 at Botenheim, Württemberg and died²⁸ 16 Jun 1846 at Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania/buried²⁹ at Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, Kulpsville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He married³⁰ 23 Jun 1794 at Botenheim Rosina Dorothea Jung dau of Johann Jakob Jung. The family of twelve individuals emigrated from Amsterdam (origin: Botenheim, Brackenheim, Württemberg) on the Amazon arriving Philadelphia 7 Jul 1817.³¹,³²

Hannes and Rosina Dorothea (Jung) Schiedel had fourteen children all born at Botenheim, Brackenheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg.³³ The Schiedel Book by Ian H. Schiedel³⁴ provides sketchy details on the descendants of Martin and John Schiedel of Waterloo, Ontario and Michigan (Mennonites).

10 i. JOHANN MARTIN SCHIEDEL was born 4 Feb 1794 and died 8 Feb 1794.

11 ii. SARA FREDERICKA SCHIEDEL was born 19 Jul 1795 and died 19 May 1873 (age 77) at Lower Salford Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; buried³⁵ at Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, Kulpsville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. She married 1815 at Lower Salford Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Abraham Freed Heckler; he was born 7 Sep 1774 and died 7 Nov 1865; buried next to his wife. Six children.³⁶

+ 12 iii. ANDREAS MARTIN (Martin) SCHIEDEL was born 2 Sep 1796.

13 iv. GOTTLIEBIN SCHIEDEL was born 30 Mar 1798. He emigrated to Pennsylvania.³⁷

+ 14 v. JOHANN JACOB SCHIEDEL was born 1 Oct 1799.

15 vi. ESTHER ELIZABETHA (Hester) SCHIEDEL was born 21 May 1801 and died 7 Jun 1888 at Floris, Davis, Iowa. She married 1820 at Somerset, Pennsylvania Adam Minnick. Thirteen children.³⁸

+ 16 vii. JOHANN CHRISTIAN (John) SCHIEDEL was born 27 Oct 1802.

17 viii. JOHANN FRIEDRICH SCHIEDEL was born 13 Jan 1804 and died³⁹ 25 Jul 1807 at Botenheim.

18 ix. JOHANN FRIEDRICH SCHIEDEL was born 25 Jul 1807 and died⁴⁰ (convulsions) 23 Apr 1849 (age 41)/buried at the German Lutheran Burial Ground (reinterred). In 1829 he was living⁴¹ at the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, presumably single.

19 x. ROSINA DOROTHEA SCHIEDEL was born 28 Feb 1808 and died 4 Jun 1808 at Botenheim.

20 xi. ROSINA DOROTHEA SCHIEDEL was born 1 Jan 1809 and died 9 Jun 1809.

21 xii. MARIA HEINRICKA SCHIEDEL was born 25 Jan 1810 and died 30 Mar 1810.

22 xiii. ROSINA DOROTHEA SCHIEDEL was born 22 Mar 1811 and died 12 Dec 1891 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/buried in the German Lutheran Cemetery (reinterred). She married 8 Dec 1856 at St. Michael’s and Zion Church, Philadelphia Christian Peter Pfreund son of Johannes and Barbara Pfreund. He was born⁴² 20 Feb 1805 at Botenheim, Neckarkreis, Württemberg and died/was buried⁴³ 1882 at Greenmount Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (reinterred). Eleven children.⁴⁴

23 xiv. ELIZABETHA MARTHA SCHIEDEL was born 17 Apr 1813 and died 26 Jun 1814 at Botenheim.

Generation Two

12. Andreas Martin (Martin) Schiedel (Martin⁵ Isaak⁴ Hans Martin³ Isaak² Hans¹) was born⁴⁵,⁴⁶ 2 Sep 1796 at Botenheim, Brackenheim, Württemberg and died/was buried⁴⁷ 28 Apr 1863 at Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Ontario, Canada. He married 17 Mar 1825 Susannah Ries. She was born 21 Mar 1796 and died 13 Dec 1872 at Ontario, Canada; buried⁴⁸ next to her husband. In 1825 they moved with the Clemmers family and others to Breslau, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Martin and Susannah (Ries) Schiedel had eight children all born in Breslau, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.⁴⁹

24 i. CATHARINE SCHIEDEL was born 21 Nov 1825 and died 6 Jul 1909 at Breslau, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; buried⁵⁰ at the Breslau Mennonite Cemetery. She married (1) 1844 John Cressman; he was born 1821 and died 1844. She married (2) 19 Jun 1849 at Waterloo, Ontario Jacob Zeller; he was born 24 Feb 1813 at the Bayern (the Palatinate), Germany, and died 24 May 1886.⁵¹ They lived in Breslau, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.⁵² Eleven children by Jacob.

25 ii. SARAH SCHIEDEL was born 22 Dec 1826 and died 15 Sep 1900; buried⁵³ at the Breslau Mennonite Cemetery. She married 28 Feb 1848 at Waterloo, Ontario Johann Phillip Zeller; he was born 1 Aug 1818 Hütschenhausen, Bayern, Germany, and died 1 Mar 1896; buried next to his wife.⁵⁴ Five children.

26 iii. HANNAH SCHIEDEL was born 15 Mar 1828 and died 18 Mar 1897 at Breslau, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; buried⁵⁵ at the Breslau Mennonite Cemetery. She married 1849 Rev. Jacob Hembling Woolner; he was born 25 Sep 1826 at Ilketshall, St. Andrew, Suffolk, England⁵⁶ and died 6 Oct 1917 at Breslau; buried⁵⁷ at Breslau Mennonite Cemetery.⁵⁸ Nine children. Jacob married (2) 1899 Nancy (Reist) Kramp; she was born 1839 and died 1913.

27 iv. SUSANNAH SCHIEDEL was born 7 Jan 1830 at Breslau, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and died⁵⁹ 14 Jul 1870 at Ravenna, Muskegon, Michigan. She married Henry S. Reist; he was born 18 Jul 1831 and died 10 Feb 1918 at Marion, Osceola, Michigan. They lived in Michigan where she died in 1870. Henry married (2) 15 Dec 1874 at St. Johns, Clinton, Michigan Sarah Ann Devenport. Seven children with Susannah; three more with Sarah.⁶⁰

28 v. JOHANN (John) R. SCHIEDEL was born 9 Feb 1832 and died 5 Mar 1916 at Breslau, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He married (1) 27 Feb 1853 at Waterloo, Ontario Elizabeth Shoemacker; she was born 1828 and died 1854 (childbirth?).⁶¹ He married (2) 1855 at Waterloo, Ontario Hannah Miller; she was born 22 Nov 1831 and died 27 Aug 1902/buried⁶² at Martin’s Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.⁶³ They had a beautiful farm near Kossuth, Ontario. After 20 years they left to live with dau Catharina near Waterloo; he was deacon in the Mennonite Church. A dau with Elizabeth, and five children with Hannah.

29 vi. JACOB SCHIEDEL was born 10 Apr 1834 and died May 1912/buried⁶⁴ at Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He married (1) 17 Mar 1857 at Waterloo, Ontario Magdalena Wanner Miller. She was born 13 Oct 1833 and died 22 Apr 1872. He married (2) 13 Apr 1873 at Waterloo, Ontario Magdalena Bechtel.⁶⁵ They left the ‘Old Schiedel Farm’ in 1882 and moved to Shantz Station and left there 1886 for Breslau.⁶⁶ Seven children with Magdalena (1) and ten with Magdalena (2).⁶⁷

30 vii. ISAAC RIES SCHIEDEL was born 10 Nov 1836 and died⁶⁸ 31 Jul 1911 at Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. He married 15 Aug 1859 at Wellington, Hillier, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada Margaret (Maggie) Rogers; she was born 1838 at Ireland and died before 1911. They lived at Big Rapids, Michigan.⁶⁹ He was the proprietor of a large hotel in Detroit.⁷⁰ Three children.

31 viii. NOAH SCHIEDEL⁷¹ was born 15 Jun 1839 at ‘Old Schiedel Farm, Breslau, Ontario and died 23 May 1928/buried⁷² at Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He manufactured brooms in Breslau. He married 6 Aug 1859 Nancy Ferrier. She was born 29 Aug 1841 of Kitchener, Ontario and died 22 Mar 1915 at Bridgeport/also buried at Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery (single stone w/husband). Ten children.⁷³

14. Johann Jacob Schiedel (Martin⁵ Isaak⁴ Hans Martin³ Isaak² Hans¹) was born 10 Jan 1799 at Botenheim, Württemberg and died/was buried⁷⁴ 26 Dec 1867 (68 yrs.) at German Lutheran Cemetery (Zion Lutheran) Philadelphia, Philadelphia. He was a baker in Philadelphia until 1848 and after that a farmer/grocer in Lancaster County (owned 14 acres).⁷⁵ They moved back to Philadelphia in 1863. He married⁷⁶ (1) 9 Apr 1826 at Philadelphia MM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dorothea Gohlin; she was born Nov 1801. She immigrated⁷⁷ in 1817 and was living⁷⁸ at the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society in Jan 1826 before her marriage. She died⁷⁹ of ‘disease of the brain’ 22 Jan 1844. No children⁸⁰ (also checked MCF DNA matches).⁸¹

He married⁸² (2) 2 May 1844 also at St. Michael’s and Zion Lutheran Church, Philadelphia Margareth Conley/Kuhnley. She was born Oct/Nov 1825 at Pennsylvania and died/buried⁸³ 21 Sep 1877 at German Lutheran Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (reinterred).

Jacob and Margaret (Conley) Schiedel had ten children all born in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.⁸⁴

32 i. EDWARD FREDERICK SCHIEDEL was born 1845 at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died⁸⁵ 1 Apr 1867 (age 22, single) of congestion of brain (cerebral edema) at Philadelphia (1913 Pine St., 7th Ward); interred 3 Apr 1867 at German Lutheran Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (reinterred).

33 ii. ELIZABETH (Lizzie) SCHIEDEL was born 19 Oct 1846 and died⁸⁶ 22 Jul 1943 (age 96) of acute myocardial failure at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; buried⁸⁷ at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. She married⁸⁸ 22 Feb 1870 at Philadelphia Albert Armstrong, a baker; he was born 1847. Eight children: Edward L., b. 1871; Fannie, b. 1874; Amanda, b. 1874; Mary, b. 1876; Harry (William Henry), b. 1877; George, b. May 1880, Albert R., b. 1882 and; Frank, b. 1887.⁸⁹

34 iii. ALICE/ALLACE SCHIEDEL was born 10 Apr 1849 and died⁹⁰ 31 Oct 1942/buried⁹¹ 1942 at Bellevue Memorial Park, San Bernardino County, California. She married⁹² (1) 18 Mar 1875 (div) at Church of the Mediator William John Cumpston; he was born 1851 and died⁹³ 24 Apr 1888 of phthisis/buried at Mt. Moriah cemetery. She married (2) abt 1892 William Henry Horst.⁹⁴ They moved after 1900 to Ontario, San Bernardino, California. William died there 19 Dec 1923 (age 73)⁹⁵/buried⁹⁶ at Bellevue Memorial Park, San Bernardino County, California. They raised Emma’s dau Madge, see Emma below.

35 iv. AMANDA LOUISE SCHIEDEL was born 2 Apr 1850 and died 18 Mar 1940 of myocarditis. She married⁹⁷ 6 Jan 1880 at Philadelphia James Spencer.⁹⁸ Three children: Clarence Martin b. 1881, d. 1966, m. Nov 1907 Ellen Eliza Cadwallader Smith; James Burbank b.1887, d. 1968, m. Eleanor Wilhelmina Josephina Rohner; and Elsa Matilda b. 1892, d. 1990.⁹⁹

36 v. EMMA SCHIEDEL was born 4 May 1852, baptized¹⁰⁰ 19 Feb 1865 and died¹⁰¹ of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) 13 Nov 1883/buried¹⁰² at Mt. Moriah Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married¹⁰³ 26 Sep 1878 William Henry Horst; he was born 14 Feb 1851 at Pennsylvania and died 19 Dec 1923 at Alta Loma, San Bernardino, California. William married (2) Emma’s sister Alice vide supra. In 1870 he was living with the Schiedels and working in the bakery (age 22).¹⁰⁴ One child: Margaret (Madge), b. 23 Jul 1879 at Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, raised by her sister Alice; Margaret died 1954/buried Bellevue Memorial Park, San Bernardino County, California (see Alice).

Figure 4. The seven Schiedel sisters (early 1879; five sisters plus 2 in-laws or potential in-laws): In an arc L-R: Emma Steele, (closest to the camera), Matilda, Emma Schiedel (pregnant), Amanda (middle), Elizabeth, Alice, Annie (Curley) Schiedel (close to the camera again).

37 vi. MATILDA ANGELINA (Tilly) SCHIEDEL was born 10 Jun 1855, baptized¹⁰⁵ 19 Feb 1865 and died 6 Jun 1942; buried¹⁰⁶ at Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Never married. She did beautiful and intricate crocheting and sewing.¹⁰⁷

38 vii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SCHIEDEL was born 18 Oct 1856 and baptized¹⁰⁸ 19 Feb 1865. In 1870 he was an apprentice farmer (age 14).¹⁰⁹ He died¹¹⁰,¹¹¹ of phthisis pneumonia (tuberculosis) 14 Dec 1887 (age 31), buried at Mt. Moriah, a widower, at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married¹¹² 24 Jan 1878 at Philadelphia MM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Anne Curley. She was born abt 1857 and died¹¹³ of smallpox 7 Dec 1882/buried¹¹⁴ at Mt. Moriah, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

39 viii. JOHN JACOB SCHIEDEL was born 16 Jan 1859 and baptized¹¹⁵ 24 Nov 1864. He died¹¹⁶ 8 Jan 1933 (73 yrs.) at Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania. He married 23 Sep 1883 at Church of the Mediator, Philadelphia Emma Elizabeth Steele dau of George and Emma E. (Kinster) Steele.¹¹⁷ She was born 23 Sep 1865 of Pennsylvania and died 4 Jan 1921 of hemiplegia/pulmonary tuberulosis/buried¹¹⁸ at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Five children: John, b. Feb 1884; Charles, b. Oct 1887; Alice, b. Sep 1889; ‘Elizebeth’, b. Aug 1893, Morris F., b. Feb 1897.¹¹⁹

40 ix. GEORGE MARTON SCHIEDEL was born 13 Mar 1861, baptized¹²⁰ 24 Nov 1864 and died¹²¹ 25 Nov 1864 (age 4) at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania buried at the German Lutheran Cemetery.

41 x. MARGARET REBECCA SCHIEDEL was born 4 Jan 1863 and christened 19 Feb 1863; she died of spinal meningitis 12 Aug 1868 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania buried 14 Aug 1868 at the German Lutheran Cemetery.¹²²

16. Johann Christian (John) Schiedel (Martin⁵ Isaak⁴ Hans Martin³ Isaak² Hans¹) was born 27 Oct 1802 at Botenheim, Brackenheim, Württemberg and died 25 Jan 1885 at Kent, Caledonia, Michigan/buried¹²³ at Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia. He was raised in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and married¹²⁴ 18 Jul 1824 at Falkner Swamp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Mary Kühler dau of John and Eva (Sussholtz) Kühler; she was born 18 Aug 1804 at Pennsylvania and died 27 Mar 1881 at Caledonia, Kent, Michigan.¹²⁵ In 1841 they moved to Ontario, Canada (Waterloo County) a few miles east of Elmira. They farmed there until 1861 when they moved again to farm in Caledonia, Kent, Michigan.¹²⁶

John and Mary (Kühler) Schiedel had fourteen children born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Waterloo Twp, Ontario, Canada.¹²⁷

42 i. JOSHUA SCHIEDEL was born 16 May 1825 at Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and died 30 Jun 1870 at New Dundee, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada/buried¹²⁸ at Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario. He married 5 Mar 1848 at Waterloo, Ontario Elizabeth (Eliza) Hewitt of Woolwich; she was born 13 Dec 1824 and died 29 May 1907/buried¹²⁹ at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario. They lived at Wilmot Twp, south of Petersburg, Ontario. He was a shoemaker. Eight children.¹³⁰

43 ii. CATHARINE SCHIEDEL was born 24 Nov 1826 at Caledonia, Kent, Michigan and died 28 Apr 1871 at Breslau, Waterloo, Ontario/buried at Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Ontario next to her husband. She married 24 Nov 1826 Henry S. Moyer son of Henry Friedt and Susannah (Souder) Moyer; he was born 1 Oct 1816 and died 30 Nov 1851 at Breslau, Waterloo, Ontario/buried¹³¹ at Hagey Cemetery. Six children.¹³²

44 iii. JACOB SCHIEDEL was born 10 Jul ‘1830’/1828 and died¹³³ 23 Oct 1867 at Remus, Mecosta, Michigan/buried¹³⁴ at Roberts Cemetery, Mecosta, Michigan. He married Oct 1849 at Waterloo, Ontario Sarah Schmitt; she was born 1833 of Waterloo and died at 24 Jan 1904 at Wheatland, Mecosta, Michigan.¹³⁵ They lived near Remus, Michigan¹³⁶ with one dau Angeline, b. 1850 Canada.¹³⁷

45 iv. SARAH ANN SCHIEDEL was born 26 Sep 1830 at Philadelphia Co., Philadelphia¹³⁸ and died 8 Feb 1912 Caledonia, Kent, Michigan/buried¹³⁹ Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan.¹⁴⁰ She married 29 Feb 1848 Rev. Samuel S. Shirk son of Samuel and Magdalena (Break) Shirk; he was born 3 Nov 1822 at Waterloo, Ontario and died 16 Jan 1900/also buried Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan. Five children.¹⁴¹

46 v. MARTIN SCHIEDEL was born and died 1832 at Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.¹⁴²

47 vi. MARY ANN SCHIEDEL was born 15 Oct 1833 at Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania and died 17 May 1920 at Buffalo, Erie, New York/buried¹⁴³ Tonawanda City Cemetery, Erie, New York. She married 11 Feb 1851 at Greenbush, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Rev. Johannes (John) Stumpf; he was born 1827 at Germany and died 1910 at Tonawanda, Erie, New York.¹⁴⁴ Eleven children.¹⁴⁵

48 vii. JOHN SCHIEDEL was born 20 Sep 1835 at Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania and died 24 Feb 1872 probably at Kent County, Michigan (census). He married Feb 1857 at Woolwich, Waterloo, Ontario Henrietta (aka Nancy)¹⁴⁶ Smith¹⁴⁷; she was born 1839 at Canada West.¹⁴⁸ He was a blacksmith. Three children.¹⁴⁹,¹⁵⁰,¹⁵¹

49 viii. WILLIAM SCHIEDEL was born 20 Jul 1837 at Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania and died 8 Nov 1908 at Millbrook, Mecosta, Michigan/buried¹⁵² at Roberts Cemetery, Mecosta County. He married 5 Jul 1857 at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Louisa Reichert dau of Phillip and Margaret (Fishinger) Reichert¹⁵³; she was born 15 Sep 1839 at Canada and died 12 Jan 1917 (age 77) at Mecosta County, Michigan/ buried next to her husband.¹⁵⁴ They lived near Remus, Michigan with eleven children.¹⁵⁵

50 ix. ABRAHAM A. SCHIEDEL was born 2 Dec 1838 at Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania and died 19 Aug 1895 at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.¹⁵⁶ He died unmarried.¹⁵⁷,¹⁵⁸

51 x. HENRY KUEHLER SCHIEDEL was born 3 Nov 1840 at Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania and died 26 Jan 1926 at Caledonia, Kent, Michigan/buried¹⁵⁹ at Lakeside Cemetery, Kent County, Michigan. He married¹⁶⁰ (1) Esther Wenger Dettweiler dau of John W. and Barbara (Wenger) Dettweiler; she was born 1 Mar 1844 and died 28 Sep 1884/buried with her husband. He married (2) 6 May 1890 at Caledonia, Kent, Michigan Catherine Herchberger; she was born 23 Jun 1849 and died 29 Feb 1904/buried at Lakeside Cemetery. Twelve children with Esther.¹⁶¹

52 xi. ELIZABETH SCHIEDEL was born 9 Dec 1843 at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and died 15 Dec 1920 at Green Twp, Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan/buried¹⁶² at Highland View Cemetery, Mecosta County, Michigan. She married¹⁶³ (1) 23 Jun 1861 (div) at Waterloo, Ontario Johann (John) Stange; he was born 1836 and died 1906. She married¹⁶⁴ (2) 11 Oct 1883 (div) at Reed City, Osceola, Michigan Henry G. Herman. She married (3) 16 Nov 1888 at Mecosta County, Michigan Henry Saneholtz; he was born 1843 and died 29 Feb 1924/buried¹⁶⁵ at Highland View Cemetery, Mecosta County, Michigan. They lived at Big Rapids, Michigan.¹⁶⁶ Five children with John.¹⁶⁷

53 xii. SAMUEL SCHIEDEL was born 14 Oct 1845 at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and probably died after 1910 at Kent County, Michigan.¹⁶⁸ He married (1) 24 Dec 1865 at Barry, Michigan Barbara Adams dau of Valentine and Leah (Bechtel) Adams; she was born 1846 at Canada and died¹⁶⁹ 23 Jul 1887 at Kent County, Michigan; they lived near Grand Rapids, Michigan with four children.¹⁷⁰,¹⁷¹ He married¹⁷² (2) 29 Oct 1904 at Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan Alferetta (Sadie) Moore dau of James and Mary (Young) Moore as her 2nd husband; she was born 1856 at Canada.¹⁷³,¹⁷⁴ Sadie married (1) 1886 George L. Mapes; he was born 1854 at Michigan and died abt 1903 at Algoma, Kent, Michigan.¹⁷⁵

54 xiii. SUSANNA SCHIEDEL was born 16 Oct 1847 and died 3 Nov 1847 at Woolrich, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.¹⁷⁶

55 xii. CAROLINE SCHIEDEL was born 12 Jul 1850 at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and died 19 Jun 1924 at Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan/buried¹⁷⁷ at Highland View Cemetery, Mecosta County. She married (1) Mar 1867 (div) at Caledonia, Kent, Michigan Jacob Heinrich (Henry) Fullweiler son of Anton and Catherine (Switzer) Vollweiler; he was born 1846 and died 1924/buried¹⁷⁸ at Lakeside Cemetery, Kent County. Three children.

He married (2) 15 Oct 1877 at Grand Rapids Mary C. Soper and (3) 20 Nov 1813 at Caledonia, Kent, Michigan Emma Stoffs.

Caroline married¹⁷⁹ (2) 18 Feb 1883 at Alaska, Kent, Michigan Jehu Canaan son of John and Ruth (Cumpston) Canaan; he was born 21 Mar 1821 at Hanging Rock, Lawrence, Ohio and died 4 Dec 1911 Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan/ buried at Highland View Cemetery, Mecosta County. The family of four lived in Big Rapids, Michigan.¹⁸⁰ Two children with Jehu. Caroline was Jehu’s 2nd wife; he married (1) 14 Sep 1843 at Hardin County, Ohio Sarah Louise Scott. He was a veteran of the Civil War.

NOTES

1. Eby, Ezra E. A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other Townships in the County, Vol. 2 (Kitchener, Ontario: Eldon D. Weber, 1896) image 132/326 online at Ancestry; hereafter Waterloo History.

2. Waterloo History, says immigration was in 1815—this is contradicted by U. S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500-1900; ‘Johann Martin Schiedel’, arrival North America in 1817, Filby, p. 362; online at Ancestry.

3. Württemberg, Germany Emigration Index, ‘Johann Martin F. Schiedel, birth Botenheim’, Brackenheim District, appl’n date Feb 1817, destination North America, #560449; online at Ancestry.

4. Württemberg, Germany, Family Tables 1550-1985 FHL Film 1184748 image 829/1474, reprises all births and early deaths; online at Ancestry.

5. Schiedel/Leonhardt marriage: Germany, Select Marriages 1558-1929, FHL Film 1184748, online at Ancestry.

6. FamilySearch Family Tree.

7. Württemberg, Germany, Family Tables 1550-1985 FHL Film 1184748 image 829/1474; online at Ancestry.

8. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748 https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5FK-MX1.

9. Lippotten/Schiedel marriage: Germany Marriages 1558-1929, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748 https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JH64-7PL.

10. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748 https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NCQG-KSH.

11. Eiselen/Schiedel marriage: Germany Marriages 1558-1929, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748 https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JH64-Q4Y.

12. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748 https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL9F-8W5, mother listed as ‘Elisabetha Magdalena’, probably an error.

13. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748 https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPG4-252S.

14. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748, image 998/1343, https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NCQG-23P.

15. Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials 15500-1985, online at Ancestry.

16. Schiedel/Wizenmann marriage: Germany Marriages 1558-1929, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748, image 998/1343, https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLB-Y3ZS.

17. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,720, image 564/1018, https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPG4-JYY7.

18. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748, image 1298/1587, https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPG4-7PCP; indexed incorrectly.

19. Schiedel/Trefz marriage: Germany Marriages 1558-1929, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748, https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCYS-M1X.

20. Note that FamilySearch Family Tree lacks a record for Susanna Catharina Schiedel but has in its place a fictitious person, Johanna K. Schiedel, for whom no record exists.

21. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748, birth and death in same record, https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NCQG-LMG.

22. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748 birth and death in same record, https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL9F-K1M.

23. Germany Marriages 1558-1929, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748, marriage record of Elisabetha’s dau Elisabetha Marthe Kühner, https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCYS-6LR.

24. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748 https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNZQ-FSZ.

25. Germany Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748 image 441/1587 https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ5-BP2?cc=3015626.

26. Württemberg, Germany, Family Tables 1550-1985 FHL Film 1184748 image 828/1474, reprises all births and early deaths; online at Ancestry.

27. Germany Select Births and Baptisms 1558-1898, online at Ancestry.

28. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, Death; online at Ancestry.

29. Findagrave #122144456.

30. Schiedel/Jung marriage: Germany Marriages 1558-1929, online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,748, image 420/1587, https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ5-BSS1?cc=3015626.

31. The Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia 1800-1819: The Philadelphia Baggage Lists, ed. Michael H. Tepper, transcribed by E. P. Bentley (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986; online at Ancestry.

32. The Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia 1800-1819: The Philadelphia Baggage Lists, ed. Michael H. Tepper, transcribed by E. P. Bentley (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986; online at Ancestry.

33. Württemberg Emigration Index, Vol. 2, p. 352, 2-1817, International Europe Reference, 947.47 W22st v.2, Feb 1817: 12 Schiedels listed

34. Ian H. Schiedel, The Schiedel Book (Maple Ridge, British Columbia: I. H. Schiedel, 1986).

35. Findagrave #90079553; husband Abraham #90079502.

36. ‘Runstedler Family Tree’, owner macdela, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/88878770, and sources therein (accessed 9 Feb 2021).

37. The emigration party in 1817 consisted of 12 persons. This count included Hannes and his wife and 10 children. Since there were only 9 living children at that time, it must have included Gottliebin although there are no findable records in Pennsylvania to demonstrate his presence.

38. ‘RL Richardson Family Tree’, owner Christine Richardson, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/23754714, and sources therein (accessed 9 Feb 2021).

39. Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials 1500-1985, image 403/1587; online at Ancestry.

40. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1803-1915, FHL Film 1906880; online at Ancestry.

41. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, Residence; online at Ancestry.

42. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, Marriages; online at Ancestry.

43. Findagrave #172760737.

44. ‘Studzinski Tree’, owner Neal Studzinski, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/159347046, and sources therein (accessed 9 Feb 2021).

45. Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials 1500-1971; online at FamilySearch FHL Film 1184,749; https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPGW-RDH3.

46. Württemberg, Germany, Family Tables 1550-1985 image 828-829/1474, reprises all births and early deaths; online at Ancestry.

47. Findagrave #26516831, nice bio.

48. Findagrave #26516898, all vitae.

49. 1860 U. S. Census of Lancaster, South West Ward, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Page 646, Family 652, FHL Film 805126; online at Ancestry.

50. Findagrave #35503725, nice bio and sources.

51. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas 1869-1948; online at Ancestry.

52. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

53. Findagrave #35985249.

54. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

55. Findagrave #19071968.

56. 1891 Canada Census, online at FamilySearch https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWGK-W59.

57. Findagrave #35503725, nice bio and sources.

58. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

59. Michigan Deaths and Burials, online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPQ-QVF.

60. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

61. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

62. Findagrave #367755652.

63. Waterloo History, p. 251.

64. Findagrave #36574851.

65. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

66. Waterloo History, p. 252.

67. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

68. Michigan, Death Records 1867-1952, widowed; online at Ancestry.

69. Waterloo History, p. 253.

70. 1910 U. S. Census of Detroit Ward 3, Wayne, Michigan, online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTN-Q9J.

71. FamilySearch Family Tree has him with middle name BECHTEL; this is unreasonable (bro Jacob’s 2nd wife?) and there is no source.

72. Findagrave #36184588; Nancy #36184810.

73. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

74. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, (Statewide/General Records) The Church of the Mediator (Episopal); image 186/229 online at Ancestry.

75. Personal communication from Marcia Case Field.

76. Pennsylvania Marriages 1709-1940, online at FamilySearch Film 1312,258 (Vol. 5) https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V26B-6BJ.

77. U. S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500-1900; ‘Dorothe Gohlin’, arrival Philadelphia, Filby, p. 264 online at Ancestry. She arrived Philadelphia from Amsterdam 7 Sep 1817 on the Christopher Gore. She was traveling with (and is listed in order with Barbara Gohlin, Catharina Gohlan (age 2), and Dorothe Gohlin; the 2 year old may belong to Barbara.

78. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, residence at The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society; online at Ancestry.

79. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates 1803-1915, online at FamilySearch https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKQ1-6MV.

80. 1840 U. S. Census of Philadelphia North Mulberry Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roll 481, Page 31, FHL Film 20554, 2 persons 20-44 yrs. (no children), online at Ancestry.

81. See ‘The Ancestry of James Spencer Jr. (1840-1925) of Chester County, Pennsylvania’, online at www.29deadpeople.com.

82. Pennsylvania Church Marriages 1682-1976, online at FamilySearch Film 1312,259 (Vol. 8) https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WF-1L3Y.

83. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013: burial; online at Ancestry.

84. 1860 U. S. Census of Lancaster, South West Ward, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Page 646, Family 652, FHL Film 805126; online at Ancestry.

85. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1803-1915, online at Ancestry and at FamilySearch https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKZG-6PB.

86. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1803-1915, certificate # 67126, mother: Margaret Kunkle; online at Ancestry.

87. Findagrave #202823764.

88. Armstrong/Schiedel marriage: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, (Statewide/General Records) Marriage, Church of the Mediator (Episcopal), Official Acts of Rev. Samuel E. Appleton; image 189/269 online at Ancestry.

89. 1880 U. S. Census of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roll 1168, Page 412C, E. D. 061, Albert, Lizzie and 5 children; online at Ancestry and 1910 U. S. Census of Philadelphia ward 32, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roll T624_1403, Page 1B, E. D. 756, FHL Film 137416, 3 of 8 children alive, and Personal communication from Marcia Case Field.

90. California Death Index 1940-1997, Riverside, father: Schiedel, mother: Kuhnley; online at Ancestry.

91. Findagrave #20880289; husband #20879047, dau Madge #150816608.

92. Cumpston/’Scheidel’ marriage: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, (Statewide/General Records) Marriage, Church of the Mediator (Episcopal), Official Acts of Rev. Samuel E. Appleton; image 192/269 online at Ancestry.

93. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Death Certificates 1803-1915; online at FamilySearch https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-63KT-DJ?cc=1320976&wc=9FRK-PTL%3A1073321501.

94. 1900 U. S. Census of Philadelphia Ward 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Page 4, E. D. 0553, FHL Film 1241,466, Wm H. and Alice (mother) with Emma’s dau Margaret S. Horst and 1910 U. S. Census of Cucamonga, San Bernardino, California, Roll T624_93, E. D. 95, FHL Film 1374106, married 18 yrs.; online at Ancestry.

95. ‘Veteran Rancher Dies at Age of 72 in Alta Loma Home’ The San Bernardino County Sun, Friday, 21 Dec 1923, p. 14, survived by widow and dau Margaret ‘Hoist’; online at Newspapers.com.

96. Findagrave #20879047.

97. Spencer/’Scheidel’ marriage: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, (Statewide/General Records) Marriage, Church of the Mediator (Episcopal), Official Acts of Rev. Samuel E. Appleton; image 194/269 joonline at Ancestry.

98. For much more detail see ‘The Ancestry of James Spencer Jr. (1840-1925) of Chester County, Pennsylvania’, online at www.29deadpeople.com.

99. Ibid.

100. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, (Statewide/General Records) Baptisms, Church of the Mediator (Episcopal), Official Acts of Rev. Samuel E. Appleton, image 56/269, online at Ancestry.

101. infoweb@newsbank.com obit: Philadelphia Inquirer, mortuary notice 1883-11-15, Special Collections, Temple Univ., Philadelphia.

102. Findagrave #207250699.

103. Horst/’Scheidel’ marriage: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, (Statewide/General Records) Marriage, Church of the Mediator (Episcopal), Official Acts of Rev. Samuel E. Appleton; image 194/269 online at Ancestry.

104. 1870 U. S. Census of Philadelphia Ward 7, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ58-P4K.

105. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, (Statewide/General Records) Baptisms, Church of the Mediator (Episcopal), Official Acts of Rev. Samuel E. Appleton, image 56/269, online at Ancestry.

106. Findagrave #138774599.

107. Personal communication from Marcia Case Field.

108. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, (Statewide/General Records) Baptisms, Church of the Mediator (Episcopal), Official Acts of Rev. Samuel E. Appleton, image 56/269, online at Ancestry.

109. 1870 U. S. Census of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZLT-QJK.

110. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates 1803-1915, widower, occupation: cutter, online at FamilySearch https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK9P-65W.

111. infoweb@newsbank.com obit: Philadelphia Inquirer, mortuary notice 1887-12-17, Special Collections, Temple Univ., Philadelphia.

112. Schiedel/Curley marriage: Pennsylvania Marriages 1709-1940, online at FamilySearch https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V261-ZT4.

113. Annie M. ‘Scheidell’ death: Pennsylvania Historical Society, Deaths and Burials 1856-1971, Greens and Browns Collection, Call Ph 33A, Smallpox deaths, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. ca 1879-1882; online at FamilySearch https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZQ-ZD9F?cc=4138690.

114. Findagrave #204841131.

115. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, (Statewide/General Records) Baptisms, Church of the Mediator (Episcopal), Official Acts of Rev. Samuel E. Appleton, George and John Jacob were baptized on the same day, birthdates are also listed; image 55/269 online at Ancestry.

116. Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1906-1963, Certificate 6502, has a birth date w/place and death date w/place, widower; online at Ancestry. The proof that the John J. Schiedel who died in 1933 is the one born in 1859 to John Jacob and Margaret (Conley) Schiedel lies in the fact that his baptismal record has the same birth date and year as the one on his death certificate.

117. 1930 U. S. Census of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; online at FamilySearch, John J. (age 71, widower) living w/dau-in-law Alice (age 37); https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHWG-31Q.

118. Findagrave #185263189; husband John J. buried same stone #186388584.

119. 1910 U. S. Census of Philadelphia Ward 28, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGHS-5HN and 1900 U. S. Census of Philadelphia Ward 28, Philadelphia, Roll 1470, Page 4A, E. D. 691, FHL Film 1241,470, 5 of 5 children alive; online at Ancestry.

120. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, (Statewide/General Records) Baptisms, Church of the Mediator (Episcopal), Official Acts of Rev. Samuel E. Appleton, George and John Jacob were baptized on the same day, image 55/269 online at Ancestry.

121. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Certificates 1803-1915, FHL Film 1986,714; online at Ancestry.

122. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013. Episcopal, The Church of the Mediator, Death: age 4 yrs. 7 mos., image 187/229 online at Ancestry.

123. Findagrave #144565670; wife Mary buried adjacent #14456671.

124. Schiedel/Kühler marriage: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013, Montgomery, New Hanover, Lutheran, New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran, image 748/1154; online at Ancestry.

125. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

126. Waterloo History, p. 249.

127. Waterloo History, pp. 249-251.

128. Findagrave #203424530.

129. Findagrave #163110086.

130. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

131. Findagrave #50204124, husband Henry #49497758.

132. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

133. Michigan Death Records 1867-1952, birth listed 1828 (age 39), parents John and Mary ‘Scheidel’.

134. Findagrave #92262666, wife Sarah (same stone with death year ), but she is NOT listed by the sexton.

135. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

136. Waterloo History, pp. 249-250.

137. Findagrave #136126855.

138. 1870 U. S. Census of Caledonia, Kent, Michigan; online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHY-T8V.

139. Findagrave #14456780; husband #14456778.

140. Waterloo History, p. 249.

141. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

142. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

143. Findagrave #95623952; husband John (single stone, #95623951.

144. Waterloo History, p. 249.

145. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

146. Henrietta and Nancy are probably same person and not two different wives: they are both born 1839 in Canada; there are no marriage records for either one and no death records for a Henrietta during this period and the Smith boys are working on the farm with Nancy although Henrietta is a Smith.

147. Waterloo History, pp. 250.

148. 1870 U. S. Census of Courtland Twp, Kent, Michigan, John and ‘Nancy’ w/3 children: Annie b. 1857, Matilda b. 1858, Wm b. 1860, and 2 Smith workers (brothers of Nancy?); online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHY-GZV.

149. William Schiedel death: Washington, Death Certificates (Spokane), lists parents as John Schiedel and Henrietta Smith; online at Ancestry.

150. 1860 U. S. Census of Courtland Twp, Kent, Michigan, ‘Scheidel’, no Annie b. 1857; online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6Q-HWT.

151. ‘Ackley/Sullenbarger/Nienhuis/Nelson’, owner RickAckely51, www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/69159056, and sources therein (accessed 15 Feb 2021).

152. Findagrave #92190817, wife Louisa #92190469.

153. Michigan, Death records 1897-1929; online at Ancestry.

154. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

155. Waterloo History, p. 250.

156. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

157. Waterloo History, pp. 250.

158. Canada, City and Area Directories, Ontario, Berlin and Waterloo, 1893, Abram A. Schiedel, clerk; online at Ancestry.

159. Findagrave #14456669; (single stone) wives Esther #14456668 and Catherine #14456667.

160. Schiedel/Hershberger marriage: Michigan marriages, online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC2G-W7H.

161. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

162. Findagrave #62800162, Elizabeth Saneholtz.

163. ‘Stanger’/’Schudel’ marriage: Ontario Canada Marriage Records 1826-1938; online at Ancestry.

164. Herman/Schiedel marriage: Michigan Marriages 1867-1952, record 153; online at Ancestry.

165. Findagrave #62789934.

166. Waterloo History, pp. 250.

167. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

168. He is not findable in the 1920 census; no grave is discoverable.

169. Michigan Deaths 1867-1897, online at FamilySearch https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3X5-27Z.

170. Waterloo History, pp. 250.

171. 1880 U. S. Census of Algoma, Kent, Michigan; online at FamilySearch https://FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSJ-FJG.

172. Schiedel/Moore marriage: Michigan Marriages 1867-1952; online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N368-7V5.

173. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

174. FamilySearch Family Tree has him married a 3rd time to Catherine; this author can find nothing to support this except a widow Catherine Schiedel in Flint, Michigan in 1921; they also have him dying in West Virginia, w/o source.

175. 1880 U. S. Census of Algoma, Kent, Michigan, Page 7, E. D. 33 FHL Film 1240721, Samuel, widower, is a boarder with Sadie and George Mapes and Samuel and Sadie ‘Shuller’ 1910 U. S. Census of Solon, Kent, Michigan, Roll T624_655, Page 2B, E. D. 138 FHL Film 1374,668; online at Ancestry.

176. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.

177. Findagrave #35033947; husband Jehu #34461152.

178. Findagrave #14457075; buried next to Mary C. Soper.

179. Canaan/Schiedel marriage: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925; online at FamilySearch https://www.FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ3R-266.

180. FamilySearch Family Tree and sources therein.