Philip Schmidt
(1736-1790)
Margaret Formwald
Balthaser Schmidt
(1768-1850)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catharina Held

Balthaser Schmidt 2 3

  • Born: 8 Nov 1768, Reading, Berks, PA 2
  • Marriage (1): Catharina Held on 14 Apr 1793 in , Berks, PA 1
  • Died: 7 Sep 1850, Reading, Berks, PA at age 81 4
  • Buried: 20 Sep 1850, Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA 2

   Other names for Balthaser were Baldarsar Schmidt 5 and Baltazer Smith.1

   FamilySearch ID: LR5G-MW4

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Balthaser is an executor of his brother Peter's will in 1809 in 1809 in , Berks, PA. 5

2. Census in 1810 in Reading, Berks, PA. 2 6 The 1810 census recorded Balzer Smith with this household:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 sons
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2 sons
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 son
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 father Baldasar
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2 daughters
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 daughter
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 mother.

3. Obituary: Reading Adler: Died. Last Saturday. Balhaser Schmidt, 82, local. on 10 Sep 1850 in Reading, Berks, PA. 4


Balthaser married Catharina Held, daughter of Ludwig Held and Unknown, on 14 Apr 1793 in , Berks, PA.1 (Catharina Held was born on 17 Mar 1769 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,7 8 died on 6 Jan 1857 in Reading, Berks, PA 7 8 and was buried in Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA 8.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.), https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2204/records/383347.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95748571.

3 Reading Adler Newspaper (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania.), 9 Sep 1823, obituary of Peter Schmidt, son of Balthaser Schmidt.

4 Reading Adler Newspaper (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania.), 10 Sep 1850, obituary of Balthaser Schmidt.

5 Berks County Register of Wills (Berks County, Pennsylvania. http://rwills.co.berks.pa.us/geneology), Will book 5 page 228. Will of Peter Schmidt 1809.

6 1810 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2B-4Z8 Balzer Smith, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 593.

7 Reading Adler Newspaper (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania.), 13 Jan 1857, Obituary of Catharine Schmidt.

8 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/292955316.


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