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The Family of Ralph Schmid & Ann Marie Drexler : You can help make this gallery (aka album) a more complete historical record by adding your photos and documents. Documents of interest include baptism, confirmation and marriage certificates; memorial keepsakes; letters and post cards; baby books; obituaries and other newspaper columns; art work; and almost anything that adds to the life stories of our ancestors. Your great grandchildren and the genealogists who come after you will thank you later! Send jpg or gif image files to Sandy (e-mail SANDYDENNIS plus an at sign plus COMCAST plus a period plus NET) and let her know - as best as you can - WHO is in the image, WHAT was the special event, WHERE the image was taken, and WHEN the image was taken. If you are guessing at any of those details, use words like PERHAPS, ABOUT and POSSIBLY when describing the image. If you are unable to create jpg or gif files, you can have Sandy come to your home with a scanner to create the files for you. Your photos and documents will never leave your possession. The images in this gallery have been categorized with something smugmug.com calls KEYWORDS, and you might think of keywords as you consider which images to add. Examples of keywords used so far include: FAMILY PORTRAIT, SENIOR PORTRAIT, MILITARY PORTRAIT, FORMAL PORTRAIT, CHRISTENING/BAPTISM, FIRST COMMUNION, CONFIRMATION, OBITUARY, MEMORIAL, GRAVESTONE/CEMETERY, LETTER, POST CARD, WEDDING PORTRAIT, WEDDING PARTY, FAMILY HOME, SIBLINGS, SISTERS, and BROTHERS. The keywords make it possible to search for and see - at the same time - all the images which have the same keyword even if they live in different galleries. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword. Please enjoy the images collected here!

The Family of Ralph Schmid & Ann Marie Drexler

You can help make this gallery (aka album) a more complete historical record by adding your photos and documents. Documents of interest include baptism, confirmation and marriage certificates; memorial keepsakes; letters and post cards; baby books; obituaries and other newspaper columns; art work; and almost anything that adds to the life ...

Updated: Aug 17, 2007 10:57pm PST

Schmid & Prokosch Family : John M. Schmid was born in Stadlein, Bavaria in 1850, and in Bavaria, he learned the bricklayer's trade. He emigrated to America in 1868 or 1869 and went directly to the home of his uncle at New Ulm. One year later, he returned to New York to work as a brick layer, but in 1871 - according to one obituary - again took up his residence at New Ulm. He was married in New Ulm in 1876 or 1877 to Anna Losleben. Anna was born in Austria in 1857 and came to the U.S. at the age of 13 years with her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Nicholas Losleben who settled near New Ulm. Some time after their marriage, John and Anna Schmid moved to Home township and took up farming. John also carried on his trade of brick-layer in Sleepy Eye. The Schmids made their home in Home township until the time of John's death in 1924. John M. Schmid passed away at his home six miles northeast of Sleepy Eye, and Anna Losleben Schmid and nine children survived him. One child died in infancy. The surviving children were: Jos. A. Schmid of Lamberton; John T. Schmid of Genola or Buckman, Minn; William J. Schmid of Home Township; Mrs. Ludwig Schirlinger or Schirlmeyer of St. Paul, Andrew J. Schmid of Balaton, Mrs. Henry Baumann of New Ulm or Sigel, George P. Schmid on the home place, Michael M. Schmid of Fairfax, Peter P. Schmid of Milford township. John also had sixteen grandchildren at the time of his death. In 1913, William Joseph Schmid, the son of John M. Schmid and Anna Losleben, married Mary Margaret Prokosch, the daughter of John G. Prokosch and Margaret Kloeckl. William Joseph Schmid was born in Brown County, Minnesota in 1884 and died in New Ulm in 1971. Mary Margaret Prokosch was born in Minnesota in 1891 and died in Sleepy Eye in 1960. Mary Margaret's father, John G. Prokosch, was born in Trohatin, Bohemia, Austria, and as a small child, John came to the U. S. with his parents, Joseph Prokosch and Anna Koeck. In 1890, in Sleepy Eye, John married Margaret Kloeckl, the daughter of Joseph Kloeckl and Mary Knier. Margaret Kloeckl was born in Bohemia, Austria in 1872 and died in New Ulm in 1942. John died in 1903. John G.'s parents - Joseph Prokosch and Anna Koeck Prokosch - were pioneer members of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. Joseph Prokosch was born in 1836, and Anna, the daughter of John and Marie Koeck, was born in 1838. Joseph and Anna emigrated to America from Trohatin, Austria, the family home, with two small sons, George, born in 1862, and John, born in 1866. The family bought and settled a farm in Sigel Township, Brown County. They prospered and bought more land, some in Stark Township. Seven more children were born in the U.S. - Henry, 1868; Mary, 1870; Barbara, 1871; Joseph, 1872; Theresia, 1875; Anna, 1877; and Katherine, 1880. Six of the Prokosch children contracted tuberculosis and only three survived: George, Mary and Theresia. Mary married John Berg, Theresia married Anton Schroepfer and George married to Anna Reminger. The latter couple purchased one of the Stark Township farms from his parents, and the farm later became the home of Cornelius and Mildred Lucille Steffl. Mrs. Steffl is the great granddaughter of Joseph and Anna Prokosch, the granddaughter of George and Anna Prokosch and the daughter of Clara McWilliams. The home place, originally purchased by Joseph, was at one time occupied by the Gerald E. Schroepfer family. Gerald is the great grandson of Joseph and Ann Prokosch, the grandson of Anton and Theresia Schroepfer and the son of Norbert and Agnes Schroepfer. Joseph and Anna Prokosch retired to a home purchased on East Main Street in Sleppy Eye where Joseph passed away in 1912. Mrs. Prokosch died in 1920. Twenty-two grandchildren mourned their deaths. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword.

Schmid & Prokosch Family

John M. Schmid was born in Stadlein, Bavaria in 1850, and in Bavaria, he learned the bricklayer's trade. He emigrated to America in 1868 or 1869 and went directly to the home of his uncle at New Ulm. One year later, he returned to New York to work as a brick layer, but in 1871 - according to one obituary - again took up his residence at N ...

Updated: Aug 13, 2007 3:55pm PST

Drexler & Neid Family : John Drexler was born in 1885 in Austria, and came to the U.S. with his sister, Agnes (nee Drexler) Stumvoll, and her family. The 1910 and 1920 U.S. census schedules have John, a single man, living next to the Stumvolls in McLean County, North Dakota. John married Otillia Neid, the daughter of Charles Neid and Susanna Entinger, in 1921 in Brooks, Minnesota. John and Otillia lived in North Dakota (Cole Harbor) for a time after their marriage, but by 1930, they had moved to Leavenworth, Brown, Minnesota. John and Otillia had six children, Ann Marie, Tom, Frances, Richard, Carl, and Theresa. John died in 1949 in Leavenworth. Otillia Neid Drexler - who was born in 1893 in Murray County, Minnesota - died in 1980 in Redwood Falls, Redwood, Minnesota. Charles Neid, the son of Joseph Neid and Therisia (perhaps Nuing) Neid, was born in 1858 and came to the U.S. in 1882 from Prussia. He married Susanna Entinger in 1883 in Odebolt, Iowa. Susanna Entinger came to the U.S. in 1880 with her parents, Peter Entinger and Katharina Schangel Entinger. She was born about 1862 in the county of Merzig, region of Trier and migrated with her parents to Holstein, Iowa where Charles had settled. Charles and Susanna Neid purchased a farm near Iona, Murray County, Minnesota, where they lived for about six years before Susanna died in 1894. Susanna left four children ages two to nine. The children of Charles and Susanna were Joseph (1884), Maria Juliana (died as child), Katherine Margaret (1888), Katherine Gertrude (died as child), Matthew (1891) and Otillia (1893). Charles married Emma Bertrand in 1896, and they had two sons, Edward (1897) and John (1901). They lived in the Sleepy Eye, Minnesota area until 1917 when they moved to Kissimmee, Florida. Charles and Emma are buried in Kissimmee, Florida. You can help make this gallery (aka album) a more complete historical record by adding your photos and documents. Documents of interest include baptism, confirmation and marriage certificates; memorial keepsakes; letters and post cards; baby books; obituaries and other newspaper columns; art work; and almost anything that adds to the life stories of our ancestors. Your great grandchildren and the genealogists who come after you will thank you later! Send jpg or gif image files to Sandy (e-mail SANDYDENNIS plus an at sign plus COMCAST plus a period plus NET) and let her know - as best as you can - WHO is in the image, WHAT was the special event, WHERE the image was taken, and WHEN the image was taken. If you are guessing at any of those details, use words like PERHAPS, ABOUT and POSSIBLY when describing the image. If you are unable to create jpg or gif files, you can have Sandy come to your home with a scanner to create the files for you. Your photos and documents will never leave your possession. The images in this gallery have been categorized with something smugmug.com calls KEYWORDS, and you might think of keywords as you consider which images to add. Examples of keywords used so far include: FAMILY PORTRAIT, SENIOR PORTRAIT, MILITARY PORTRAIT, FORMAL PORTRAIT, CHRISTENING/BAPTISM, FIRST COMMUNION, CONFIRMATION, OBITUARY, MEMORIAL, GRAVESTONE/CEMETERY, LETTER, POST CARD, WEDDING PORTRAIT, WEDDING PARTY, FAMILY HOME, SIBLINGS, SISTERS, and BROTHERS. The keywords make it possible to search for and see - at the same time - all the images which have the same keyword even if they live in different galleries. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword. Please enjoy the images collected here!

Drexler & Neid Family

John Drexler was born in 1885 in Austria, and came to the U.S. with his sister, Agnes (nee Drexler) Stumvoll, and her family. The 1910 and 1920 U.S. census schedules have John, a single man, living next to the Stumvolls in McLean County, North Dakota. John married Otillia Neid, the daughter of Charles Neid and Susanna Entinger, in 1921 ...

Updated: Aug 13, 2007 10:19pm PST

Photos from Debi Lachenmeier : These photos belonged to Debi Lachenmeier's mom, and Debi came across them after she died. Please help identify the people, places, and dates of these photos. Click on a thumbnail image at left to place the image in the large right viewer. If you recognize somebody or some place or time, please add your comments below.

Photos from Debi Lachenmeier

These photos belonged to Debi Lachenmeier's mom, and Debi came across them after she died. Please help identify the people, places, and dates of these photos. Click on a thumbnail image at left to place the image in the large right viewer. If you recognize somebody or some place or time, please add your comments below.

Updated: Aug 13, 2007 5:29pm PST