Person:Christian Smith (6)

While there are several Christian Schmidts contemporary to this one, marrying in St. Johns, I have narrowed it to this one:

Christian Schmidt marries Mariann Bernhard 4 Oct 1849; witnesses: Carl Schmidt, Philipp Koch.

Further evidence that this is him is the 1880 census: he's found at 387 Swan with wife, Marion, and that address matches the address that Karl Schmidt's brother, Christian, gave in an 1888 deposition.

Starts going by SMITH in 1850 census, and is listed that way in all subsequent census records.

1850 census, ward 2, Buffalo, NY: Christian Smith, 25, laborer, b. Germany Mary A. Smith, 26, b. France

1860 census, ward 3, Buffalo, NY, p. 418: Christian Smith, 34, Rail road agent, b. Hesse Darmstadt Mary Ann, 30, b. NY William, 9, b. NY

1870 Census, Ward 3, Buffalo, NY: Christian Smith, 44, Railroad Yard Master, b. Hesse Darmstadt Mary A., 46, keeping house, b. NY William C., 19, bookkeeper, b. NY Emma, 10, b. NY

1880 Census, 387 Swan Street, Buffalo, NY: [living in same house as Julia & George P. Gilbert) Smith, Christian, 52, RR engineer, b. Prussia Smith, Marion, 50, wife, b. NY; parents b. France Smith, Emma, 20, daughter, b. NY Wallace, Charles H, boarder, 23, b. NY; father born Ireland; machinist

1900 Census, 24th? ward, 12 Oxford, Buffalo, NY (boarding with Amelia & Frederick Krapp) Smith, Christian, boarder, b. Apr 1826, 74, married 50 years; self and parents b. Germany; emig 1831; 69 years in the area; retired Smith, Mrs. Mary A., boarder, b. Mar 1830, 70, m 50 years; 1 birth, 1 living, b. NY; parents b. France

1. ↑ Civil War Pension Records
   Appeal by Margaret Smith of denied pension.

   1888 deposition by Christian Smith of 287 Swan (Supervisor of the 3rd ward); age 65 or 62? Identified in the deposition as brother of Charles Smith.

2. ↑ St. John's Evangelical & Lutheran Church, Buffalo, NY. St. John's Evangelical & Lutheran Church, Buffalo, NY Church Records 1829-1868. (Mormon Church)
   Baptisms.

   Christian, born 2 April 1826 to Peter Schmidt and Margaret Hayl, who are also parents of a Karl Schmidt, born 22 Jan 1828.

3. ↑ Civil War Pension Records
   1888 Deposition by Christian Schmidt.

   Identifies himself as 65 in 1888.

4. ↑ St. John's Evangelical & Lutheran Church, Buffalo, NY. St. John's Evangelical & Lutheran Church, Buffalo, NY Church Records 1829-1868. (Mormon Church)
   Baptisms.

   Identifies his birth as 2 April 1826, son of Peter Schmidt and Margaretha Hayl, but does not indicate where he was born.

5. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census - NY.

   Place of birth: Prussia.

6. ↑ 1870 U.S. Census - NY
   3rd Ward.

   place of birth: Hesse-Darmstadt

7. ↑ Civil War Pension Records
   1888 Deposition by Christian Schmidt.
8. ↑ Civil War Pension Records
   1888 Deposition by Christian Schmidt.

   Identifies his occupation as "supervisor of the 3rd ward."

9. ↑ New York. Secretary of State. State census of Erie County, New York, 1865. (New York, New York: s.n.], 1970).

   District 01, Ward 03, Buffalo, Erie county, Family 223, Lines 1-5

10. ↑ Erie, New York, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    3d Ward Of The City Of Buffalo, Erie county, Family 551, NARA microfilm publication M653

11. ↑ Erie, New York, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Ward 2, Buffalo, Erie county, Family 724, Lines 4-5, NARA microfilm publication M432, Roll 501

12. ↑ Erie, New York, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Election District 3 Buffalo city Ward 24, Erie county, ED 204, Sheet 8B, Family 172, Lines 83-84, NARA microfilm publication T623