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I have been looking for my Prussian ancestors non-stop for weeks. I need help looking for Theodor(e)SCHMIDT/SCHMITZ (b. abt 1804), his wife Anna Maria (b. abt 1819), their children, Julia (might be from a privous marriage of Theodor' as she was b. abt 1833). Mary A (b. abt 1841), Elizabeth Louise (my gg-grandmother) (b. abt 1840-1843)(these children were from Prussia). The next list of children were born in Wisconsin. There was John (b. abt 1845), Julia (b. abt 1849), Franklin C. and Joseph D., the twins, were born abt 1852, Henry was b. abt 1857 and George was b. abt 1860. My Smith family came from Prussia probably bet 1843-1845 and first settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1860 census Theodor was dead, and the family is in La Crosse, Wisconsin and they have americanized their surname to Smith from SCHMIDT or SCHMITZ. 1860 census, both children named Julia are gone, the youngest is dead but the oldest, I don't know what happened to her. Married, dead? Anna Maria and her children, minus Julia are living in La Crescent, Houston Co., Minnesota. Anna Maria is a housekeeper there. She is back in La Crosse, Wisconsin by the 1880 census. The 1880 census shows, my gg-grandmother is married, so I know where she is. John is missing, as are son' Henry and George. Franklin and Joseph are in La Crosse. The mother Anna Maria is living with her son Joseph, he work on the Railroad. Franklin is married to a Rebecca Lee and he also works on the railraod. Both Frank and Joseph look to be dead by 1890 as they are missing from a address directory in 1890. Rebecca Lee, wife to Franklin is listed as widow in 1900. I'd like to be able to find Julia, John, George and Henry and their families if they had any. The info listed with them may provide the missing links to where in Prussia the family came from and birth dates and such. I've tried the LDS site to no avail in regards to records from Prussia (Germany) and in the US. My gg-grandmother Elizabeths death record provided no added help. Though, on a census for Elizabeth' son Lucius, my g-grandfather, in the 1900's it does list Berlin, Germany, which in the old days, bef. WWII it was still called Prussia? I know no further info on this family. No birth dates, deaths, places of births, etc. The only info mentioned like I stated above was Berlin. Any help is appreciated.
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