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Bloodline — Oswald

The Oswald Line

Placeholder — dedicated research not yet started

Margaret "Madge" Oswald's family, rooted in Hanover, Kansas. Her marriage into the Schmidt family is covered on the Schmidt Line; this page will hold her own ancestry once that research begins.

Ancestor Records
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Married into Schmidt Line

Margaret "Madge" Oswald Schmidt

A Hanover, Kansas, Native
b. 1883, Hanover, KS d. 1956 m. William Edward Schmidt, 1903

Madge was born in 1883 in Hanover, Kansas, to a father surnamed Oswald and a mother from the Lillibridge family. She married William Edward Schmidt in 1903 in Washington, Kansas, and the couple raised seven children before relocating to San Diego County, California, sometime between 1925 and 1930. She died in December 1956 and is buried with William Edward at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego.

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[Father] Oswald

Hanover, Kansas

Madge's father — surname confirmed, given name not yet identified. Dedicated research into the Hanover, Kansas, Oswald family is flagged for a future session.

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[Mother] Lillibridge

Hanover, Kansas

Madge's mother, from the Lillibridge family — a line the family is still working to trace further back.

Open Questions & Discrepancies
Lionel's Birth Year

William and Madge's eldest child, Lionel, was born in 1894 — nine years before their 1903 marriage. Unresolved.