Lorenz Schmidt

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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.

TXGenWeb, Medina County - Lorenz Schmidt updated on 11/10/2013

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