Regina Schmid was one of four in her family of eleven children who came to
America. Two died in infancy, so there were five who remained with their
parents after emigration. George, Nickolaus, Agnes, and Ursula shared her life in
Saint Louis, Missouri and Edwardsville, Illinois.
Some background on Regina Schmid siblings:
Tragedy befell the Schmid family in America, when Ursula was killed by her
third husband. Her first husband, Moritz Schmid, had died of sunstroke, and
apparently her second, Charles Schumacher, also died. She had been married to
Joseph Burkhardt for about six years and the marriage was not a happy one. They
had separated several times. When they argued over a $100 debt she said that
he owed her and she called an attorney. Joseph became angry. He shot her
twice in the chest, killing her instantly. He then shot himself in the head and
the bullet lodge in the brain. He died several hours later. The murders
occurred at a friend's house where Ursula had been visiting. Her obituary stated
that her parents had died earlier. Her father twenty years prior and her
mother died in 1880. The obituary states that she is survived by her four
siblings that came to America and a brother and sister in Germany. If this is
correct I must conclude that two of her four siblings back in Winzeln died before
1897. Ursula was Regina's second youngest sister, eleven years younger than
Regina, and the youngest of the immigrants. Her violent death at 39 must have
been a devastating blow to the whole family. (Note parts of this account was
taken from Ursula's obituary in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, in
January of 1897,
Regina's brothers, George and Nickolaus Schmid, operated a meat and grocery
marker in South Saint Louis. Regina worked there and possibly it was there was
there that she met her future husband. We know that they moved to
Edwardsville immediately after the wedding. But we don't know why? We certainly know of
no other family members on either side who lived there. But we don't know
about scouts. "Scouts" were members of a village who made the voyage to the new
country, wherever it was, to look for favorable settlements spots for the
rest of the prospective immigrants. We have no idea who came first from Winzeln
or Sonneberg. Perhaps it was Matthaus Gaus, who came with his wife and
children in 1850 or was it the Dippold family. From Johann Nicol Hess naturalization
papers we know that he was a friend living in Edwardsville, Martin Dippold.
In later years, Ed and John Dippold came to Regina aid when she was trying to
get her widow's pension, after Ed Dippold was a pallbearer for her husband.
Regina did not get matters settled with the pension board before she died on
March 31, 1901, Regina died while walking to St. Boniface Catholic Church to
attend vespers. She started feeling ill and sat down upon the steps of Louis
Hartung's Vandalia Street shop. She was taken inside by a passing woman and
placed on a sofa, within 5 minutes a doctor arrived and pronounced her dead.
Minutes after her passing her daughter, Miss Augusta had arrived from the church
and saw her mother before her eyes were closed.
Our family has Regina Schmid Report Card from her last year in School at
Saint Moritz in Winzeln. She attended school from 1843-1850.
Schmid family:
Husband: Moriz Schmid **** (See note below)
born 05 September 1806 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Married: 22 April 1833 in St. Moritiz, Winzeln
Died: 22 October 1870 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerteemburg
Father: Joseph Schmid
Mother: Helena Ott
Wife: Katharina Schmid
born 13 April 1809 in: Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
died: 04 November 1880 in: Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Father: Adam Schmid
Mother: Agnes Lehman
Children:
1 Name: Margaretha Schmid
F born: 20 Feb. 1834 in: .
died: 04 April 1834 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg at 43 days
2 Name: Georg Schmid
m born 24 April 1835 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Married: 26 June 1853 in Saint Louis, Missouri
Spouse: Mary Idecker
3 Regina Schmid
f born 05 September 1837 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Married: 03 March 1862 in: St. Joseph Church, Saint Louis, Missouri
died: 31 March 1901 in Edwardsville, Illinois
Spouse: Johann Nicol Hess
4. Basilia Schmid
F born: 23 June 1839 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Married: 30 April 1872 in Winzeln, Baden Wuerttemburg
Spouse: Anton Schneiderhan
5. Agnes Schmid
F born: 18 January 1841 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Married: 20 September in United States
Spouse: John Bishop
6. Nikolaus Schmid
M born: 07 December 1842 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Married: 20 September 1870
Died: in United States
Spouse: Zelina Schmid
7. Salomon Schmid
M born: 08 February 1844 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Married: 08 February 1870
8. Albertina Schmid
F born: 05 November 1845 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Married: 19 October 1863 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Spouse: Moriz Heim
9. Ursula Schmid
F born: 20 October 1848 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Married: ABT 1894 last time in: Illinois
Died: 12 January 1897 in: Edwardsville, Madison County,
Illinois, U.S. A.
Spouses: Moritz Schmid, Charles Schumacher, and Joseph
Burkhardt
10. Wendelin Schmid
M born: 20 October 1848 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Died: 12 February 1849 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg, at
almost 4 months
11. Justina Schmid
F born: 04 June 1851 in Winzeln, Baden-Wuerttemburg
Married: 19 July 1880
Died: 11 February 1896
Spouse: Christian Beh
Moriz Schmid Ancestors:
Joseph Schmid:
b. 27 February 1774 in Staffelbach, Baden Wuerttemburg
m. 25 February 1800 in Winzeln, Germany
d. October 29, 1936
spouse: Helena Ott
b. 30 April 1774
d. 29 October 1836
Joseph Schmid FATHER
Stephen Schmid
b. January 1741/1742
m. June 22, 1768 in Oberndorf, Baden-Wuerttemburg
d. 14 March 1814
spouse: Agatha Ott
b. 30 January 1739/40
d. 24 May 1816
Joseph Schmid Grandparents
Johannes Schmid
b. 15 November 1701
m. 08 November 1738
spouse: Maria Magdalena Gaus
b. 11 June 1708
Joseph Schmid Great Grandparents
Lorenz Schmid
b. 07 August 1670
spouse: Maria Eit
b. 14 August 1672
c. 08 June 1723
Joseph Schmid Great-Great Grandparents
m. Before 1656
spouse: Ursula Melber
We have been also able to trace back each generation of Regina Schmid
ancestors from her mother family back 4 generations and in each generation we find
the family originated in Winzeln, Germany all the way back to 1653.
If you have more information on this family or even information on the
village of Winzeln, we would be very interested.
David