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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticMartin, Mona Kadel
Title, AnalyticSchmidt Family Reunions: A Story About a Pioneer German Family in Western Illinois
Journal TitleInfoblatt
Date of PublicationAutumn 2006
Volume ID11
Issue ID4
Location in Work5-8, ill.
Language or Document TypeEnglish
ISSN1528-185X
AbstractThe descendants of Peter (Johann Peter) Schmitt and Elizabeth Katharina Spilger Schmitt gathered every year for a reunion in Weed Park, Muscatine, Iowa . . . beginning in the year 1918. Peter and Elizabeth Schmitt immigrated to America from Bonsweiler, Hesse, Germany (the Odenwald), in 1856, settling in Buffalo Prairie Township, Rock Island County, Illinois.
NotesGerman American Heritage Center, Davenport, Iowa
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Illinois/ Schmidt/ Schmitt/ Hesse/ 20th century/ German Americans -- Iowa