Joseph Leonard Schmitz b. 23 Sep 1885 Bear Valley, Richland, Wisconsin, USA d. 2 Aug 1958 Brockton, Roosevelt, Montana, USA: Our Family History

Joseph Leonard Schmitz

1885 - 1958 (72 years)

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Name	Joseph Leonard Schmitz [2, 3, 4]
Birth	23 Sep 1885	Bear Valley, Richland, Wisconsin, USA [2]
Gender	Male
Death	2 Aug 1958	Brockton, Roosevelt, Montana, USA [2]
Burial	Richland County, Montana, USA [2]
Person ID	I292066049429	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Family Anna Alvin, b. 13 Jan 1891, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA d. 9 May 1978, Roosevelt County, Montana, USA (Age 87 years)

Marriage 22 Feb 1911 Bear Valley, WI

Children

	1. Stephen N Schmitz, b. 25 Dec 1913, Richland County, Montana, USA d. 28 Feb 1989, Brockton, Roosevelt, Montana, USA (Age 75 years)
	2. Raymond Wilford Schmitz, b. 10 February 1916, Richland County, Montana, USA d. 13 August 1993, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA (Age 77 years)
	3. Frances Gertrude Schmitz Prevost, b. 6 October 1919, Brockton, Roosevelt, Montana, USA d. 4 January 2011, Sidney, Richland, Montana, USA (Age 91 years)
	4. Cecilia Marie Schmitz, b. 15 March 1923, Montana, USA d. 7 March 1944, Richland County, Montana, USA (Age 20 years)

Family ID F4865 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

Sources
[S965666108] Ancestry Family Tree.

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[S981863439] Montana State Historical Society; Helena, Montana; Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950.

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.