Catherine Schmidt

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      Sex: F

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: Abt 1811 - Baden, Germany
    Christening: 
          Death: 25 Mar 1889 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Ludwig Hufft
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Valentine Hufft
                2. Frederick Hufft
                3. Catherine Hufft

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Notes

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General:

Per New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945
Name: Valentin Hufft
Arrival Date: 20 Dec 1860
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Ship Name: Evening Star
Port of Arrival: New Orleans, Louisiana
National Archives' Series Number: M259_50
Per image the family was from Bavaria, and consisted of 50 year old Ludw Hufft, 49 year old Cathar Hufft, 16 year old Valentin Hufft, 9 year old Freder. Hufft, and 3 year old Cathar Hufft.

Per 1870 US Census: 6/14/1870, 11th Ward, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Lewis Hufft, age 60, white male employed as a tailor, male citizen 21 or older, value of personal estate $1,000, born in Baden (Germany), parents were of foreign birth.
Catharine Hufft, age 59, white female, keeps house, born in Baden (Germany), parents of foreign birth.
Catharine Hufft, age 14, white female, born in Baden (Germany), parents of foreign birth.
Mattise Reister, age 59, white male employed as a butcher, real estate value $4,000, personal estate value $500, born in Louisiana, parents of foreign birth, male citizen 21 or older.
Lena Reister, age 45, white female, keeps house, born in Switzerland, parents of foreign birth.
Kate Reister, age 9, white female, born in Baden, parents of foreign birth, attends school.
Fritz Gorman, age 38, white male employed as a butcher, personal estate value $300, parents of foreign birth, male citizen 21 or older.
George Williams, age 21, white male employed as a butcher, born in Baden (Germany), parents of foreign birth, male citizen 21 or older.

Per 1880 US Census: 6/10/1880, 759 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Peter Kaiser, 63, shoe maker from Louisiana, parents from Hess D.
Elizabeth Kaiser, 67, wife, keeps house, self and parents from Hess D.
Peter Kaiser, 29, son, shoemaker, born in Louisiana.
Charles Kaiser, 27, son, shoemaker, born in Louisiana.
Stonewall Kaiser, 16, son, shoemaker, born in Louisiana.
Francis Gray, 20, laborer, born in Louisiana, parents in Ireland.
Catherine Hufft, 68, widow, seamstress, self and family born in Bavaria.
Catherine Smith, 76, widow, seamstress, self and parents born in Ireland, cannot read or write.
[NOTE two months later, on 8/31/1880, Catherine's daughter, Catherine, marries Peter Kaiser, Jr. the 29 year old son listed above]

Per New Orleans death index:
Hufft, Catherine SchmidtAge 77 yrs FW
Date: 03/25/1889
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