Emil Schmitt

A photo of Emil Schmitt, who was my great-grandfather. He was born April 27, 1853 in
Potzbach, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. He was the son of Karl and Maria Katharina Boos Schmitt. He changed his spelling of his name around 1902 to Schmidt. He married Gertrude Eva Barbara Meyer "Aunt Betty" or Bertha on April 9, 1887 in Rosita, Custer, Colorado. He died 21 Apr 1938 in Gardner, Huerfano, Colorado.