Family Group
Sheet
Subject:
Lorenz
Schmidt
Birth: circa __ ___ 1824 Germany.1
Immigratn:
22 Oct 1845 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Bremen
1845 on the "Herschel."2
Lot: circa __ ___ 1849 Castroville,
Medina County, Texas; original owner of Lot #6, Block 4, Range 8.3
Census: __ ___ 1850 Medina County,
Texas; household #9 Quihi.1
Deed: 6 Feb 1851 Medina County,
Texas; File 935, Sections 76 (Abstract 851) and 378 (Abstract 852)
320 acres; Grantee - Lorenz Schmidt. Patentee - Louis Huth. CC
Cert. #54.4
Father: Johan Baptist Schmidt (circa 1804- )
Mother: Elizabeth ? (circa 1804- )
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No Known Children
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Endnotes
1. Family Quest,
1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.:
Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850 Census.
2. Maria Claves,
Albertina, Neptune and Herschel, Ship Passenger Lists, departing
1845, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis
County, Texas.
3. Ruth Curry
Lawler, compiler, The Story of Castroville (Lacoste, Texas:
Lacoste Ledger, 1974). Hereinafter cited as Story of Castroville.
4. Texas General
Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm.
Hereinafter cited as TX GLO. |