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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Margaretha Betz |
| Married Name |
Margaret Smith |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[2][3] |
23 Oct 1831 |
Feilbingert, Rheinbayern, Germany |
| Emigration? |
Abt 1838 |
1888 Deposition: residence of 5th ward 30 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Dec 1850 |
St. John's Evang Lutheran Church - Buffalo, NYMarried by Rev. F.H. Guenther, pastor; Witnesses: Johann Schlotzer, John Minkel
to Karl Schmidt |
| Other? |
1857 |
Godparents of Carl Schmidt (son of Leonhard & Elisabeth) |
| Census? |
1860 |
Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States5th ward, p. 141 |
| Residence? |
Bet 1865 and 1867 |
Buffalo, Erie, New York, United StatesHickory Drive (home of Philip Betz, brother-in-law) |
| Census[6] |
1870 |
Buffalo, Erie, New York, United Statesage 38 keeping house, 5th ward, Buffalo, NY with husband, Charles; and son "Willie" |
| Census? |
1880 |
Buffalo, Erie, New York, United Statesage 48 keeping house, just with Carl/Charles |
| Residence[7] |
1888 |
Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States23 Watson Drive (residence of 5th ward for 30 years) |
| Residence[8] |
1890 |
Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States794 Prospect Ave |
| Census[9] |
1892 |
Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States8th ward, Age 60, with Maud Smith, 15 |
| Alt Death[10] |
20 Oct 1906 |
Buffalo, New York |
| Residence? |
Bet 1906 and 1910 |
Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States105 North Division Street |
| Census[11] |
1910 |
Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States6th ward, 527 Clinton St., age 78, widow "Smith" |
| Death[4][5] |
30 Oct 1910 |
Buffalo, NYCause: Myocardites (inflammation of heart muscle) |
| Burial? |
1910 |
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United StatesSection 10, Lot 706 |
Shows up in 1850 Buffalo Census, age 19, living in Ward 2 (per Sharon Centanne July 1999 email to Jillaine Smith). This would be right before she marries Carl/Charles Schmidt/Smith. Jillaine now has photocopy of this census record. But is this the right Margaret Betz? Yes: Jillaine Smith found her tombstone, with her name as "Margaret Smith," at Forest Lawn Cemetery, with that of her husband, "Charles Smith". She and her husband share a same cemetery plot with Phillip Betz and his wife Johanna (Hanna) Schlotzer.
In an 1888 deposition (appeal for pension), she refers to a step-brother, Peter Cook, on Seneca Drive. This is actually the step-brother of her husband (see notes for Charles Schmidt's father).
1880 Census Place: Buffalo, Erie, New York
Chas. SMITH Self M M W 52 GERM Occ: Car Shop Fa: GERM Mo: GERM
Margret SMITH Wife F M W 48 GERM Occ: Keeping House Fa: GERM Mo: GERM
Forest Lawn Cemetery Record:
Name: Margaret Smith
Place of birth: Germany
Place of Death: Buffalo, NY
Date of Death: Oct 20, 1906 (conflicts with date on internment record and on tombstone)
Marital Status: Widow
Late residence: 105 North Division St., Buffalo, NY
Age: 79 years
Cause of death: Myocardites
Location: Sesction 10, Lot 706
Undertaker: Not stated
Parents: Not stated
References
- ↑ Evangelische Kirsche Feil (Feilbingert). Feilbingert Kirchenbuch, 1681-1876. (LDS)
Vol. 5, Year 1831.
Daughter of Heinrich Betz & Maria Christina ? : Margaretha Betz
- ↑ Forest Lawn Cemetery Headstone Reading.
- ↑ Evangelische Kirsche Feil (Feilbingert). Feilbingert Kirchenbuch, 1681-1876. (LDS)
Vol. 5, Baptisms Year 1831, entry 24.
Born: October 23, 1831 in Bingert
- ↑ Forest Lawn Interment Record.
Date of death: 10/30/1910
- ↑ Forest Lawn Cemetery Records.
- ↑ 1870 U.S. Census - NY.
- ↑ Civil War Pension Records.
1888 Deposition: states that she was living at that time at 23 Walson Drive.
- ↑ Buffalo City Directory.
Mrs. Margaret Schmidt, (business?) 794 Prospect Ave.
- ↑ 1892 Buffalo City Census
1st ED, 8th ward, p. 12.
Margarethe Smith, 60, born Germany; on next line is Maud Smith, 15, born U.S.
- ↑ Forest Lawn Cemetery Records.
Date of death: Oct 20, 1907 (Conflicts with what is on interment record and on her tombstone.)
- ↑ Julie E. Shields.
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