Andrew Schmidt
(1844-1926)
Photograph Gallery
Elizabeth (Doscher), Andrew and Kate Schmidt, circa 1888
Andrew Schmidt portrait, 1924
Andrew Schmidt with grandchildren George (8) and Mildred (7) Keohn in the garden, July 1925
Andrew Schmidt's Family in the 1900 US Census
1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, New York, Queens, Ward 2, District 0645, image 18 of 39, downloaded 24 Apr 2023.
Transcription
City of New York, Borough of Queens, 2nd Ward, enumerated 7 Jun 1900 by William A. Weiss
139 Trotting Course Lane
Schmidt, Andrew - Head, white, male, born Nov 1843, age 56, married 28 years, born Germany, parents born Germany, immigrated 1854, 46 years in US, Farmer, 0 months not employed, can read and write, owns farm, no mortgage
Schmidt, Elizabeth - Wife, white, female, born Oct 1846, age 53, married 28 years, 8 children, 6 living, born New York, parents born Germany, can read and write
Schmidt, John - Son, white, male, born Feb 1873, age 27, Farm Laborer, 0 months not employed, can read and write
Schmidt, Andrew - Son, white, male, born Aug 1874, age 25, Farm Laborer, 0 months not employed, can read and write
Schmidt, Dorothea - Daughter, white, female, born Mar 1877, age 23, can read and write
Schmidt, Catherina - Daughter, white, female, born Jul 1883, age 16, Farm Laborer, 0 months not employed, can read and write
Schmidt, George - Son, white, male, born 1886, age 13, can read and write
Schmidt, Elizabeth - Daughter, white, female, born Dec 1888, age 11, at school 9 months
Andrew Schmidt’s Farm in 1909
In the 1909 Atlas of the Borough of Queens, New York, digitized by the New York Public Library, one can identify the location of Andrew Schmidt's farm. The first map shows his relative location in Queens on Plate 11. The rightmost arrow on the second map points to his four acre plot of land on Trotting Course Lane.
Andrew's daughter Elizabeth married Otto Koehn in 1915, and they moved to a house on 38 Furman Ave, indicated by the leftmost arrow. Andrew sold the farm and then moved in with the Koehns, along with his single daughter Dorothea, by 1920.
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1909). Outline and Index Map of the Borough of Queens, City of New York; https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0bbb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 : downloaded 26 Apr 2023.
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1909). Plate 11: Bounded by Juniper Avenue ..., North Hempstead Plank Road, Caldwell Avenue, Madison Street, Valentine Street, Adams Street, Locust Avenue, Hoffman Boulevard, Remsen Street, Trotting Course Lane, Middle Village Road (St. Johns Cemetery), Dry Harbor Road and (Lutheran Cemetery) Metropolitan Avenue; https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-12aa-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 : downloaded 26 Apr 2023.
Andrew Schmidt's Last Will and Testament, 1926
Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]. > Queens > Mixed Proceedings, Case #2262-2277 1926, images 435-437 of 1024: downloaded 24 Apr 2023
Elizabeth (Doscher) and Andrew Schmidt Headstone
Andrew and his wife Elizabeth were buried together in the All Faiths (nee Lutheran) Cemetery in Middle Village, Queens, New York.
Elizabeth and Andrew Schmidt, FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127898214/andrew-schmidt : downloaded 29 Apr 2023