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- Ida was called "Tante Ida" (pronounced Eda) by the Nagel children. The Schmidt family lived in Chicago but came frequently to visit the relatives in St. Charles, so that Freda and Dora Nagel were close to their cousins Elsie and Lily. Elsie, Lily, and Dora would holler (flirtatiously) at the boys; Freda was embarrassed by this, so the others called her a sourpuss. Uncle Emil Heinz also thought they were too wild with their flirting.
The U.S. Census of 1910, Chicago, Illinois shows the family living at 2016 23rd Street composed of Herman Schmidt, age 50, married 27 years, came to the United States in 1878, a naturalized citizen, a teamster for a lumber company; his wife Ida, age 48, mother of 10 children, 7 living, came to the United States in 1880; son George, age 23, also a teamster for a lumber company; daughter Olga, age 14; daughter Elsie, age 11; daughter Lilly, age 9; daughter Laura, age 6; and son Alfred, age 4/12.
The U.S. Census of 1930, Chicago, Illinois shows the family living 330 W. Cullerton Street composed of Edward Gehrke, age 34, age 27 at first marriage, born in Illinois, parents born in Germany, laborer at odd jobs; his wife Elsie, age 31, age 24 at first marriage; son Edward Jr., aged 6 9/12, born in Illinois; mother-in-law Ida Schmidt, age 67, widowed, born in Germany, came to the United States in 1880, naturalized; brother-in-law Alfred Schmidt, age 20, born in Illinois, a shoe salesman; sister-in-law Loretta, age 25, born in Illinois, doing general office work in the telephone apparatus industry.
Ida's birthdate is shown as December 14, 1864 in the Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. However, her the Stolper Heimatkreise Globalindex shows her birth in 1861 to parents Heinrich Heinz and Auguste Burow. Her residence at time of death shown on her death certificate was 2521 North Tripp Avenue, Chicago. The informant for her death certificate was Lillian Hansen, of the same address, presumably her daughter Lily.
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