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Ernst Fredric (Edward Frederick) Schmidt

Male 1811 - 1876  (64 years)


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  • Name Ernst Fredric (Edward Frederick) Schmidt 
    Born 2 Nov 1811  Maria Magdalena (AB) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 May 1876  New Orleans, Louisiana, US Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I31  Schmidt
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2015 

    Father Fredric* Schmidt,   b. 6 Apr 1789, Tyska Sankta Gertrud (AB) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1843, Maria Magdalena (AB) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Louise* Eleonora Skoge,   b. 30 Oct 1787,   d. 6 Mar 1869, Maria Magdalena (AB) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1810  Maria Magdalena (AB) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F15  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elisabeth* Marion Shepard,   b. 1816, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1880, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Children 
     1. Louisa* Ann Schmidt,   b. 12 Apr 1839, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1916, Belton, Bell County, Texas, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Emily* Henrietta Schmidt,   b. 17 Nov 1850, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1889, Houston, Harris County, Texas, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     3. Frederick* Gustavus Schmidt,   b. 17 Sep 1852, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1865, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
     4. George Joseph* Howard Schmidt,   b. 1 May 1856, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1860, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2015 
    Family ID F26  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Received passport 1832-08-07

      Travelled to US over New York 1832-US citizens 1840-07-06Merchant in New Orleans, LA, USHe was first connected with the shipping house of Mr. H.P. Baxter, and afterwards with the firm of Baxter & Lovell. Subsequently he became a partner of Mr. Buddendorff, a respectable merchant of this city.Was one of the founders of the Howard Association of New Orleans & president from 1866 until he died in 1876. HA was a volantary organization for fighting yellow fever. During the epidemic of 1873, he repaired to Shreveport, and at the risk of his own life rendered many invaluable services to the poor and suffering people of that place.

  • Sources 
    1. Kyrkbok Maria 1811 no 143 13 nov.

    2. Daily Picayune 2-May 1876 pg 4 col 4.

    3. Kyrkbok Maria EIIA:3 2/4 1810 No 74.