David SMITH

Birth:
9 Apr 1843
Adelboden, Bern, Switzerland
Chr:
14 Apr 1843
Adelboden, Bern, Switzerland
Death:
5 Aug 1884
Milton, Dodge, Minnesota
Marriage:
30 Nov 1871
Mantorville, Dodge, Minnesota
Sources:
1870 Census Milton,Dodge,Minnesota
1880 Census Milton,Dodge,Minnesota
Marriage Records of Dodge Co.,Minnesota, (FHL#1316657)
Death Records of Dodge Co.,Minnesota, (FHL#1316663)
Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index (Ancestry.com)
Internet IGI, Sep 2008
Notes:
                   NAME:  Smith/Schmid


Information from Lena Jane Durst Hale (deceased) to daughter-in-law, Sandra Murray, 503-657-9444.

When the family came from Switzerland, they changed their last name from Schmid to Smith. Everyone wanted to be 'American'.

Information sent from Dr. Smith in Ohio to Lena Jane Durst Hale.

Letter from daughter of John Gottlieb Smith,  Mrs. Florence Smith Hagberg, 1029 S.E. 21st Ave., Portland, OR 97214 to Sandra  Murray Hale.

David Smith was bitten by a Copperhead snake and died.
Magdalena BISCHSEL
Birth:
1852
Ohio
Notes:
                   Information from Lena Jane Durst Hale (deceased) to daughter-in-law, Sandra Murray Hale, 503-657-9444.

When Mattie Bixwell's husband, David Smith, died, she married Johannes (John) Durst.  After Mattie Bixwell Smith died, Johanes (John) Durst married his step-daughter, Emma Smith.

1880 Dodge Co. Minn. Census states "Maggie".

Mattie died shortly after or at the birth of son, Frederick "Fritz" Durst.
Children
Marriage
1
Emma SMITH
Birth:
13 Feb 1872
Berne, Dodge, Minnesota
Death:
4 Apr 1926
Long Creek, Grant, Oregon
John DURST 
Marr:
6 Dec 1887
Minnesota 
Notes:
                   Information from Lena Jane Durst Hale (deceased) to daughter-in-law, Sandra Murray, 503-657-9444.

When Mattie Bixwell's husband, David Smith, died, she married Johannes (John) Durst.  After Mattie Bixwell died, Johannes (John) Durst married his step-daughter, Emma Smith.

27 July 1971:  Requested Birth Information from State Capital Bldg., Dept of Vital Styatistics, St. Paul, Minnesota. for Emma Smith, born 13 Feb 1872 in Berne, Minn.  Father- David Smith, Mother: Mattie Bixwell.  Ans:  "Your request of an event which occurred in Minnesota prior to 1908 should be directed to the Clerk of District Court of the county of occurrence."  Sandra Hale, 19905 Bellevue Way, West Linn, OR 97068, 503-657-9444.
2
Elizabeth SMITH
Birth:
1874
Dodge, Minnesota
Death:
Long Beach, Los Angeles, California
Notes:
                   Letter from daughter of John Gottlieb Smith,  Mrs. Florence Smith Hagberg, 1029 S.E. 21st Ave., Portland, OR 97214 to Sandra Murray Hale,  503-657-9444.
3
Bertha SMITH
Birth:
4 Apr 1875
Milton, Dodge, Minnesota
Death:
15 Oct 1884
Milton, Dodge, Minnesota
 
Marr:
 
4
Caroline SMITH
Birth:
Abt 1877
of Milton, Dodge, Minnesota
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
John Gottlieb SMITH
Birth:
Mar 1879
Dodge, Minnesota
Death:
Notes:
                   Letter from daughter of John Gottlieb Smith,  Mrs. Florence Smith Hagberg, 1029 S.E. 21st Ave., Portland, OR 97214 to Sandra Murray Hale, 503-657-9444.  John Gottlieb Smnith married at age 22.
6
David Walter SMITH
Birth:
15 Jan 1883
Dodge, Minnesota
Death:
2 Apr 1938
Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
Notes:
                   Letter from daughter of John Gottlieb Smith,  Mrs. Florence Smith Hagberg, 1029 S.E. 21st Ave., Portland, OR 97214, to Sandra Murray Hale,  503-657-9444.
7
Louise SMITH
Birth:
Abt 1885
Dodge, Minnesota
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Letter from daughter of John Gottlieb Smith,  Mrs. Florence Smith Hagberg, 1029 S.E. 21st Ave., Portland, OR 97214, to Sandra Murray Hale, 503-657-9444.
8
Katie SMITH
Birth:
Abt 1885
Dodge, Minnesota
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Katie Smith stayed in Minnesota.  She did not come to Oregon with the family.
9
Mary SMITH
Birth:
Abt 1886
Dodge, Minnesota
Death:
 
Marr:
 
FCID:6241:20
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David Smith - Magdalena Bischsel

David Smith was born at Adelboden, Bern, Switzerland 9 Apr 1843. His parents were Johannes Schmid and Agatha Pieren.

He married Magdalena Bischsel 30 Nov 1871 at Mantorville, Dodge, Minnesota . Magdalena Bischsel was born at Ohio 1852 daughter of Christian Bischsel and Maria Magdalena Zwahlen .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Emma Smith born 13 Feb 1872.
Elizabeth Smith born 1874.
Bertha Smith born 4 Apr 1875.
Caroline Smith born Abt 1877.
John Gottlieb Smith born Mar 1879.
David Walter Smith born 15 Jan 1883.
Louise Smith born Abt 1885.
Katie Smith born Abt 1885.
Mary Smith born Abt 1886.

David Smith died 5 Aug 1884 at Milton, Dodge, Minnesota .