001
Married into Schmidt Line
Margaret "Madge" Oswald Schmidt
A Hanover, Kansas, Native
b. 28 Oct 1883, Hanover, KS
d. 1956, Encinitas, CA
m. William Edward Schmidt, 1903
Madge was born in 1883 in Hanover, Kansas, the thirteenth of Mathias Oswald and Elmira
Lillibridge's large family. She married William Edward Schmidt in 1903 in Washington, Kansas,
and the couple raised their children — among them Kenneth Oswald Schmidt — before relocating
to San Diego County, California, in the late 1920s. She died in December 1956 and is buried
with William Edward at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego.
002
Mathias Oswald
Madge's Father
b. 1836
d. 1905, Hanover, KS
Madge's father, a farmer at Hanover in Washington County, Kansas. Family records give his
name as Mathias Oswald; the given name has not yet been independently confirmed against
primary records.
003
Elmira Carolina Lillibridge
Madge's Mother
b. 1846
d. 1928, Hanover, KS
Madge's mother, from the Lillibridge family — a line the family is still working to trace
further back. Her given name likewise comes from family records and is not yet independently
confirmed.
004
The Oswald Siblings
Madge's Brothers & Sisters — Hanover, Kansas
Mathias and Elmira raised a large family at Hanover between 1862 and 1891. These are Madge's
siblings who lived beyond infancy; several more died as infants or young children in Hanover.
From family records
William Oswald
1862–1944 · Hanover, KS
Henry Oswald
b. 1870, Hanover, KS
August Oswald
1873–1922 · Hanover, KS
Kate Oswald
b. 1878, Hanover, KS
Frederick Oswald
1884–1907
Ila Oswald
1891–1915 · Hanover, KS
Six others
died in infancy or early childhood, Hanover
Sibling names and dates are drawn from the family's records and have not yet
been independently verified against primary sources.