Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter

Notes:

Church records, roughly translated:

Father: Karl August Schmidt, carpenter, born 28 Jun 1884 in Sonnefeld, son of Johann Peter Schmidt of Hofstaedten born in Esbach and his wife: Anna Gertraud Thomæ from here.

Mother: Hermine Hauck, born 02 Nov 1884, daughter of Johann Friedrich "Karl" Hauck, clerk of Hofstaedten and his wife: Margaretha Barbara nee' Metzner.

ON 10 May 1910 they were married in the Kloster Church.

Father: died on 11 Jan 1960 aged 76 years.
Mother: died 03 Jun 1969 aged 85 years

Karl married Hauck, Hermine on 10 May 1910 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Hermine (daughter of Hauck, Johann Friedrich and Metzner, Margaretha Barbara) was born on 1 Nov 1884 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 3 Jun 1969 in Saxe-Coburg (Historical), Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lumberjack and Farm Hand

Notes:

Lived in houses 48 and 49 in Hofstaedten.
Death of John Peter Schmidt, roughly translated

Johann Peter Schmidt Evangelical Lutheran husband of lumberjack in Hofstaedten.

Died Tuesday 13 April 1886 in the forest around 8:00 O'Clock in the morning when a tree that he was cutting down hurt him in the brain. He died around 1:30 PM. Buried Thursday the 15th of April 1886 at 1o'clock in the afternoon on the God's Way with talk. He was born in Esbach on 14 Mar 1831. He lies behind his wife Anna Gertruad Thoma, 2 sons Peter Wilhelm a farmhand at Furth at the mountain and Carl 2 years old; 2 daughters Augusta a maid here, and Sophie not yet 1 year old.

Johann married Thomæ, Anna GERTRAUD on 27 Aug 1871 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Anna (daughter of Schulz, Johann Nicol and Thomæ, Anna BARBARA) was born on 3 Feb 1845 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage record, roughly translated.

On 27 Aug 1871 comes to the Kloster Church Sonnefled
Johann Peter Schmidt, farm hand of Sonnefeld, born 14 Mar 1831 in Esbach, son of day laborers Conrad Schmidt of Esbach and his wife Anna Barbara Weber of Wisenfeld with
Anna Gertruad Thomæ, illegimate child born 03 Feb 1845, daughter of day laborer Anna Barbara Thomæ, now married to Johann Nicol Schulz, day laborer of Hofstaedten.

About house Number 124 at Herrngasse 11 in Sonnefeld, Germany
The house itself is built in mud bricks, has the size of the so-called drip houses and stands with the gable side to the road which leads in the direction of Weidhausen. Each room consisted of three rooms with a total of 13 persons. With the separately constructed Nebegebäuden, (Schuppen) were wooden storage, a goat as well as pig stall, besides cattle were accommodated. In addition, there were still a few square meters of garden.

Birth:
House 124

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Day Laborer

Conrad married Weber, Anna Barbara in UNKNOWN in Saxe-Coburg (Historical), Germany. Anna was born in UNKNOWN in Wiesenfeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Day Laborer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Day Laborer

Johann married Thomæ, Anna BARBARA on 2 Mar 1862 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Anna (daughter of Thomæ, Johann Ludwig and Schrauter, Kunigunda) was born on 13 Mar 1814 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was christened on 18 Mar 1814 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 29 Feb 1888 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried after 28 Feb 1888 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage record, roughly translated
On 02 Mar 1862 comes Johann Nichol Schulz, day laborer of Hofstaedten, born on 04 Sep 1819, son of Margaretha Barbara Kessel, step-son of Georg Knauer with
Anna Barbara Thoma, day laborer , born 13 Mar 1814 in Hofstaedten, daughter of Johann Ludwig Thomæ of Hofstaedten and his wife born Schrauter of Grossgardnstadt, to be married here in the Kloster Church.

Death and Baptism records, roughly translated

died 29 Feb 1888, Anna Barbara Thoma, daughter of the master potter: Johann Ludwig Thomæ of Hofstaedten and his wife Kunigunda Schrauter who was born in Großgarnstadt.

Born 18 Mar 1814, witnessed by Johann Kiesser.

Ownership of house number 124 in Sonnefeld.

1855 - Barbara Thomæ, Mr. Schulz
1864 - Wife Barbara Schulz
1873 - 1/2 Georg Forkel, brick mason (Mauer)
- 1/2 Gertraud nee' Thomæ Schmidt
1919 - 1/2 Ernst Mueller, day laborer
- 1/2 Auguste Schmidt,
- Dorothea nee' Siegelin Mueller
1919 Erbengemeinschaft Mueller
The house is a clay and lattice framework. It size is due to the so-call Tropical House and stands with the gable side facing towards Wiedhausen. Each apartment was composed of three rooms which were occasionally occupied by 13 people. In the separate annexes or sheds were timber yards, a goat, pigsty and ? house. Some square meters is still gardened.

Died:
House 124

Georg married Kessel, Margaretha Barbara in UNKNOWN in Germany. Margaretha was born in UNKNOWN in Germany; died in UNKNOWN in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Potter

Notes:

In 1778 Johann Paul Thomæ was living in House 51a in Hofstädten. In 1811 after the death of Johann Paul it came into the possession of Johann Ernst Thomæ and his wife Sabine. After the death of Maria Sabina nee’ Bechmann Thomæ it came into the possession of Johann Ludwig Thomæ. And Barbara Thomæ was awarded the Brennhaus. In 1835 Johann Ludwig came into possession of both House 51a and 51b. In 1852 the house came into the possession of Lorenz Thomæ, Sr. and in 1844 passed into the house of Lorenz Thomæ, Jr. Finally in 1854 it came into the possession of Ludwig Thomæ, Sr. (the father of the potter). Then in 1855 in passed to Margaretha Thomæ and her brothers and sisters.

Johann married Schrauter, KunigundaSonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Kunigunda was born in 1784 in Großgarnstadt, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 12 Nov 1854 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried after 12 Nov 1854 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife