• Born: November 23, 1876, Varnhalt, Baden, Germany ⁴
• Baptized: November 26, 1876, Steinbach, Baden, Germany
• Marriage: Nettie Christine URNESS on January 3, 1910 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA ¹
• Died: June 6, 1965, Holmes County, Ohio at age 88 ^{5 6}
• Buried: Brook Park, Ohio - Holy Cross Cemetery

  General Notes:

Conrad left Paris, Arkansas and headed North to Minnesota where he met and married Nettie Christine Urness. Conrad and Nettie had four children; two boys and two girls.

At some point Conrad and Nettie moved to Belle Fourche, South Dakota. When they arrived in Belle Fourche they lived in a covered wagon while Conrad built their house. They homesteaded and farmed 80 acres, growing wheat and raising cattle. Conrad went to Texas on occasion and drove a heard of cows back to South Dakota to replenish the heard on his farm. Nettie didn't like being alone for the long time it took Conrad to go and return from Texas so he stopped going and let his farm hands do the trail drives.

During their time in Bell Fourche Conrad and Nettie were in an auto accident in which Nettie required medical attention not available in the area. They moved the family back to Red Wing around 1920 so they could be closer to the Mayo Clinic and the medical help Nettie needed. Their home in Red Wing was located at 1037 Sturdevant St.

They moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1931. In Cleveland, Conrad owned a restaurant at 17313 Euclid . At that time there was a crooked police chief using extortion to intimidate the local businessmen in the area and the police chief's two brothers regularly threatened Conrad in order to get him to sell his business so that the police chief's cronies could control all the businesses in the area. Eventually the police chief was able to buy all the properties on the block and evicted Conrad from the building where the restaurant was located. Subsequently Elliot Ness came in, ousted the corrupt Chief and his gang of hoodlums and cleaned up the corruption in the area. I enjoyed hearing this story... Especially when Lucille Schmalz, who was relating the tale, got a sort of smirk on her face and a gleam of satisfaction in her eyes as she got to the part about Elliot Ness getting rid of that police chief. Conrad was able open a new restaurant after he was forced to close the old one.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Conrad immigrated to America on March 29, 1880.
He emigrated to America from Baden-Baden, Germany. Baden-Baden is a small town near the Black Forest in south western Germany. Click here to read more about the history of Baden-Baden and how it got it's name.

Gabriel Schmalz, Louise, Konrad and Felix are listed on the New York Passenger List. Arrival Date: 29 Mar 1880 - Port of Departure: Rotterdam, Netherlands - Destination: United States of America - Place of Origin: Germany - Ship Name: Maas - Port of Arrival: New York - Line: 23 - Microfilm Roll: 423 - List Number: 321

MAAS
The "Maas" of 1873 was a 1,705 gross ton ship, length 255.3ft x beam 35.1ft, straight stem, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There was accommodation for 8-1st and 288-3rd class passengers. Built by Henderson, Coulborn & Co, Glasgow for the Dutch company, Plate, Reuchlin & Co, she was launched on 19/8/1872. She left Rotterdam on her maiden voyage to Halifax (for coal) and New York on 20/11/1872. In April 1873, Plate, Reuchlin ceased operations due to lack of capital and she went, with the rest of their assets, to the newly formed Holland America Line. On 1/6/1873 she commenced her first voyage for her new owners, from Rotterdam to New York, and her last voyage started on 8/4/1883. Later the same year she was renamed "Maasdam" and on 25/8/1883 resumed Rotterdam - New York sailings. On 24/10/1884 she was destroyed by fire at sea with no loss of life. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3, p.909]

• He appeared on the census on June 27, 1900 in Short Mountain, Logan, Arkansas - District 61.

The following Schmaltz family are members are listed on this page:
Gabriel Smaltz, Head, Born May 1835, Age 65
Louise E., Wife, Born Feb 1852, Age 48
Caroline, Daughter, Born May 1877, Age 23
Felix A., Son, Born Oct 1878, Age 21
Frank M., Son, Born Jan 1882, Age 18
Mary E., Daughter, Born Dec 1886, Age 13
Adolp, Son, Born Nov 1884, Age 15
Leo, Son, Born May 1888, Age 12
Frances M., Daughter, Born Oct 1992, Age 8

This is the most messed up census I found. Even with all the errors in the census data and the transcription of the data, I am
convinced this IS the Gabriel Schmalz family. It looks like when the census taker came around somebody just made their best
guess at birth month and year for each person in the family but were off by a year or so for most and off by about 9 years for
Gabriel. The names also have errors indicating that whoever was giving the information to the census taker didn't even have a
good knowledge of the family membrs names. The errors are:
- Gobrie Smatty: I can't make out the first name but the last name looks like "Smaltz" with the l and the t crossed thus the name
Smatty.
- "Caroline, Daughter" should be "Conrad, Son".
- Felix A. should be Felix C.
- Adolp should be Adolph
- Mary E. should be Mary S.
It's also interesting that Mary also shows up in the 1900 Fort Smith Census indicating she was not even living at Gabriel's
house in 1900. I also suspect Conrad had already spread his wings and flew the coop by 1900 which would explain why
someone who didn't know the family might have been confused about "Caroline/Conrad".

• Conrad registered for the WW1 military draft on September 12, 1918 in Arpan, South Dakota.

• He appeared on the census on April 9, 1920 in Orman, Butte, South Dakota - District 12.

The following Schmalz family members are on this page:
Conrad Schmalz, Head, Age 44
Nettie, Wife, Age 34
Herman, Son, Age 8
Lucille, Daughter, Age 5
Benjamin, Son, Age 2

• He appeared on the census on April 19, 1930 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota - District 25.

The following Schmalz family members are on this page:
Conrad Schmalz, Head, Age 52
Nettie, Wife, Age 42
Herman, Son, Age 18
Lucille, Daughter, Age 15
Benjamin, Son, Age 12
Marie Daughter, Age 8

• Conrad was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Brook Park, Ohio.

Conrad married Nettie Christine URNESS, daughter of Peter Andrea URNESS and Rabaekke Gurine Concordia "Rose" PEDERSEN, on January 3, 1910 in Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA.¹ (Nettie Christine URNESS was born on December 14, 1884 in Minnesota, died on January 17, 1970 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA ^{7 8} and was buried in Brook Park, Ohio - Holy Cross Cemetery.)