Tim,
I just rediscovered this note that I had missed earlier this week. Yes,
you are right this is the same couple. Christina Schmidt was my
grandmother.
I've had a hard time tracking her mother's side of the family and have had
both Volz and Voltz as well as Stoltz somewhere in my files. Also, while
it's
listed as Jacob, or Jakob, it's really Henry Jacob Schmidt. His father's
name
was Henry J. Schmidt so I'm suspecting he must have gone by his middle name.
I have his obituary which is interesting, and lists three of his four wives.
I'm not sure if I can find my documentation, but will look for it. I do
remember as a
child having Smith cousins and being told by my mother that they had changed
it from Schmidt to Smith at some point. I also have in my records that
there
was a third child born to Henry and Catherine, Maria Schmidt, who died in
1881.
Again, I'd have to go digging to make sure where I got that reference.
Sorting
out the Schmidt side of my family has been tedious at best, more often
frustrating!
Carol (Germann) Hoffman
Fairfax, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Singleton [mailto:tsingleton@iclub.org]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 7:50 PM
To: INADAMS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INADAMS] Adams Co. Puzzle
Adams Co. marriage records show that Jacob Schmidt and Catharine Volz had a
daughter, Christina Schmidt, who married August Werling, son of David
Werling and Augusta Bley, in 1893.
Records also show that Jakob Smith and Katharina Voltz had a son, John
Smith, who married Rosena Hoffman, daughter of Daniel Hoffman and Mary Bley,
in 1894.
I suspect that the Schmidt/Volz couple and the Smith/Voltz couple are in
fact the same persons, but I have no proof. Does anyone have any evidence to
support or refute my suspicion?
Interestingly, Augusta Bley and Mary (Maria) Bley were sisters.
Tim Singleton, tsingleton(a)iclub.org
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Richmond, KY 40475-8613
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