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JEAN FRANCOIS SCHMIDT BORN 1883 in Marseille.

JEAN FRANCOIS SCHMIDT BORN 1883 in Marseille.

Posted: 4 Feb 2015 5:10PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: SCHMIDT, CAUDERE
Seeking any information on parents, siblings of Jean Francois Schmidt born in Marseille on 26 June, 1883. He is believed to have emigrated to the States with his parents during the 1880's.
Parents names are possibly Louise Caudere and John Schmidt.

I am researching this for a friend and would be so appreciative of any assistance possible.
Chris

Re: JEAN FRANCOIS SCHMIDT BORN 1883 in Marseille.

Posted: 5 Feb 2015 3:55PM GMT
Classification: Query
Bonjour,

Can you verify the date and also the town of birth? Nothing seems match in Marseille 1883 :http://doris.archives13.fr/dorisuec/jsp/system/win_main.jsp


Pierre JACQUOT

Re: JEAN FRANCOIS SCHMIDT BORN 1883 in Marseille.

Posted: 5 Feb 2015 6:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Schmidt, Caudere
Thank you so much for your help!! This is the date that he listed on his WWI and WWII Draft registration. But, his great, great granddaughter thought it might be 1883 OR 1884.
Thank you for ANY help you can give me.
Chris

Re: JEAN FRANCOIS SCHMIDT BORN 1883 in Marseille.

Posted: 6 Feb 2015 10:07AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi,

Well. Not easy.

Family Search says born Jun 26, 1883 in Marseilles-les-Aubigny (= département CHER which the main city is BOURGES)

Can you send me a copy of his draft registrations ?

Pierre

Re: JEAN FRANCOIS SCHMIDT BORN 1883 in Marseille.

Posted: 6 Feb 2015 2:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 6 Feb 2015 2:24PM GMT
I checked the Cher records and there is no one named Schmidt born or married in Marseilles-les Aubigny between 1873 and 1892.

I found the draft registrations for both wars which I'm attaching. On the WWI card, recorded in St Louis, Missouri, he says he is born in Germany. On the WWII card, recorded in Stockton, California, he says he's born in Marseille. Both cards give 26 June 1883 as his birth date and his wife's name as Clara. However, the signatures are not at all similar.

Cheers,

Soosi
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Re: JEAN FRANCOIS SCHMIDT BORN 1883 in Marseille.

Posted: 6 Feb 2015 3:01PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Schmidt, Caudere
Thank you so much for your help. When I read his WWI Draft card, I saw that it said he was a citizen of Germany. Does that mean he was born there? He had been in the States for many years. Not sure why he would have said he was a citizen of Germany.
I so appreciate your help.
Chris

Re: JEAN FRANCOIS SCHMIDT BORN 1883 in Marseille.

Posted: 6 Feb 2015 7:37PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Chris!

Looking at the censuses, he says he and his mother were born in France but his father in Germany. So he would have German citizenship. His father could have been from the Alsace or Lorraine areas of France which were under German rule a few times.

On the 1930 census he says he is from Marcailles, France. Often, if people were from a small town or village they would give the closest large and more well-known city, as their place of birth. I'll try and look around some of the places near Marseille.

Cheers,

Soosi

Re: JEAN FRANCOIS SCHMIDT BORN 1883 in Marseille.

Posted: 6 Feb 2015 8:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Schmidt, Caudere
You are wonderful!!!
Thank you.
Chris
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