NameKatharine Schmitz
Birth10 Aug 1850, Illerich, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany2,3,5
Death17 Dec 1915, Bryant, Bearcreek Township, Jay County, Indiana
BurialHoly Trinity Cemetery, Bryant, Bearcreek Township, Jay County, Indiana
FatherJohann Schmitz (1823-)
Spouses
BirthApr 1846, Germany2,3,5
Deathbef 1905, Jay County, Indiana?
OccupationFarm laborer--1880; laborer in a foundry--1900.
ChildrenBarbara (1872-)
 Mary (~1873-)
 Elizabeth (~1874-)
 John (1878-)
 Cecelia (1892-)
Birth21 Apr 1842, Illerich, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany7,1,2,3,5
Baptismabt Apr 1842, St. Servatius Church, Landkern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death2 Feb 1916, Bearcreek Township, Jay County, Indiana
BurialHoly Trinity Cemetery, Bryant, Bearcreek Township, Jay County, Indiana
FatherJohann Muennich (Minnich) (1814-1874)
MotherAnna Maria (Mary) Jungclas (1814-1902)
Marriageabt 1906, Jay County, Indiana?
Notes for Katharine Schmitz
She immigrated in 1859. Her marriage to Nicholaus Minnich was her second marriage. Her entry on the 1910 census states that she had had seven children of whom six were living. Her daughter Celia Barnes lived with her mother and stepfather in 1910 in Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana.
Notes for Nicholas (Spouse 1)
He immigrated in 1852 and became a naturalized citizen.
In 1880 he and his family lived in North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1900 he and his family lived in Lorain, Lorain County.
Notes for Nikolaus (Spouse 2)
Source: Diane Dymond; Illerich Family Book; Ancestry.com—Jeff Arnold Family Tree; and Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920.
He came to the United States with his family in 1852 and became a naturalized citizen. In 1860 he lived with his parents and siblings in Sheffield, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 he and his family lived in Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana.
The family farm was located in Jay County on the current state highway 67 about 3 miles west of the Indiana-Ohio state line. They had several kilns for making bricks. Ancestry.com transcribed his name as Aickolas Mumick in their web version of the 1870 census. The census pages are out-of-order. The entries for his children Anton and Gertrude are two pages after those for the rest of the family.
In 1910 he lived with his second wife, Katharine, and her daughter Celia Barnes.
Nikolaus died of pneumonia.
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