Fred
I have thought for a long time that Adam was the father of Jacob Schmidt
but I can't prove it.
In the Index of Burials at St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Highland
Township, Franklin County, IN there is the following:
Jacob Schmidt died July 14 1864 72 years old.
Adam Schmitt died october 7, 1874 74 years old
John Schmitt died 1875 69 years old
John Adam Schmitt 66 years old died March 21 1892
I have searched passenger and Immigration lists index 1500s - 19001
Adam Smith
Year 1834
Place Baltimore
Source Code 2182
Primary Immigrant Smith, Adam
Name, date, and place of birth, arrival in the United States, lcoations
thereafter, and family inforamtion. Mostly Franklin COunty. Index to
the names is on PP 71 and 72.
Source Bibliography. Franklin County, Indiana, naturalization REcords,
BOok 1, 23 September 1826 - 11 March 1839 (Complied by REbah M.
Fraustein.) In the Hoosier Genealogist, vol 18:4 (Dec 1978), pp 59-72.
Page 66
How do I find more information on the above? Who do I write to?
I also found the following:
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
Ship Charles Ferdinand
Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland September 16, 1833
Adam Schmidt Bechtheim 2 1(child 8-12) 1(child 4-8) 2(child 1-4)
(Jacob at this time would have been about 6)
A note below this entry was that Adam and family settlet in Ripley
County, Indiana. He and wife raised 9 Children. Changed the name to
SMith soon after arrival. Both are buried at St. Paul's Lutheran
Cemetery, STumpke's Corner, Ripley Co. On the markers show Schmidt:
I have never been able to find out anything from Ripley County. I need
to look at Ripley COunty, IN again.
Thank you for any help anyone can give me and also anyone that has
responded to me.
Bev Jones