SCHMIDT, Wilhelm Heinrich
1857 - 1930 (72 years)-
Name SCHMIDT, Wilhelm Heinrich Birth 18 Dec 1857 Prussia 
Gender Male Death 2 Jun 1930 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY Person ID I61268 Laur from Germany Last Modified 23 May 2022
Father SCHMIDT, Ernst F W, b. 22 Sep 1823, Prussia d. 19 Apr 1906, Niagara County, NY (Age 82 years) Mother Louisa Friedericke, b. 13 Dec 1829, Prussia d. 11 Oct 1917, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 87 years) Family ID F22163 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MILLEVILLE, Albertine Wilhelmine Auguste, b. 5 Feb 1859, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 10 Apr 1934, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (Age 75 years) Marriage 26 Oct 1882 Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY Children 1. SCHMIDT, Johann Wilhelm, b. 8 Oct 1883, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 28 Oct 1965, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 82 years)2. SCHMIDT, Albert Philipp Eduard, b. 18 Jan 1885, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 15 Jul 1925, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (Age 40 years)3. SCHMIDT, Helene Louise Albertine, b. 7 Mar 1887, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. 1 Jul 1930, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 43 years)4. SCHMIDT, Agatha Lydia Mathilde, b. 15 Mar 1889, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. Yes, date unknown5. SCHMIDT, Theodore Nathaniel, b. 19 Feb 1892, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. Oct 1975, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 83 years)6. SCHMIDT, Ella Martha Maria, b. 4 Apr 1894, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. Oct 1983, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 89 years)7. SCHMIDT, Anna Sophia Auguste, b. 20 Aug 1896, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY d. Feb 1986, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY (Age 89 years)Family ID F18492 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Jan 2025
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Notes - NF Gazette
Funeral of W. H. Schmidt
Lockport, June 4-The funeral of William H. Schmidt, Ward road, town of Wheatfield, Niagara court crier and justice of the peace, who succumbed Monday to injuries in an automobile accident, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, standard time. Services will be conducted at the Lutheran church at Bergholtz.
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NF Gazette
Peace Justice William Schmidt, 71, Dies Here Few Hours After Collision.
DRIVER ARRESTED
Joseph Szeraj (sic) May Face Manslaughter Charge; Victim Well Known in County.
Peace Justice William Schmidt, 71 years old, of the Ward road, Town of Wheatfield, court crier of Niagara County, died at 10:30 o'clock today in Memorial hospital (sic) of injuries received in an automobile accident at 7:30 o'clock this morning, Hulmuth Mallenthine, also of the Ward road, driver of the automobile in which Mr. Schmdit (sic) was riding when the accident occurred, received minor cuts and bruises.
Driver is held.
Joseph Czekaj, who lives at the intersection of the Town Line road and the Lockport road, driver of the automobile which crashed into the machine in which Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Mallenthine were riding, was arrested by Undersheriff Ira Cowdrick following the crash. He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Treichler, of Sanborn, and was held in $1,000 bail on a charge of reckless driving. Undersheriff Cowdrick said the charge would probably be changed to one of manslaughter.
The accident occurred at the intersection of the Lockport road and the Ward road. Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Mallenthine were on their way to Lockport, Mr. Schmidt to serve as court crier and Mr. Mallenthine to answer a summons for duty on the grand jury. The Mallenthine car was being driven north in the Ward road when it was struck by Czekaj's car, which was coming east in the Lockport road. Mallenthine's car was overturned by the impact and Mr. Schmidt was pinned beneath the wreckage,
Undersheriff Cowdrick said that his investigation showed that Czekaj neglected to heed a stop sign before he drove onto the intersection.
Draper Investigating
Dr. W. L. Draper, coroner, of Niagara. Falls, is investigating the fatality. Dr. William Peart attended Schmidt.
Mr. Schmidt was born in Germany and came to the United States 61 years ago. He has lived in Niagara county since coming to this country and was one of the best known residents of the county. He was a former supervisor for the Town of Wheatfield and served as court crier and justice of the peace for many years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Albertine Milleville Schmidt, of the town of Wheatfield; two sons, John and Theodore Schmidt, both of the Town of Wheatfield, and four daughters, Mrs. William Lynch and Mrs. Ella Read of Niagara Falls, Mrs. Charles Runge, of St. Johnsburg, and Mrs. Anna Schendel, of the Town of Wheatfield.
- NF Gazette