The following was submitted by Steve and David Schmidt, ancestors of the Schmidt family.
The photograph dates back to the mid-to-late 1800s.
This photograph shows Fredrich and Margarethe Schmidt, the old owners
of the property that surrounds Batchelors Grove cemetery
The following was submitted by Steve and David Schmidt, ancestors of the Schmidt family.
The photograph dates back to the 1890s.
Alvinia Schmidt, Bertha Schmidt, Emil Schmidt, Emma Schmidt, Fredrich Schmidt, Harry Schmidt,
John Schmidt, Louis Schmidt and Margarethe Schmidt (the others have not yet been identified)
The exact order in which each person may be identified is not yet known.
Relatives of the Schmidt family state that this photograph shows the children of Fredrich and Margarethe Schmidt. It is said that the house located behind them in this photograph is the home they lived in at Batchelors Grove. There is strong evidence leaning toward this house being one of the two homes a short distance west of Batchelors Grove cemetery. Ancestors of the Schmidt family also state that there was a second home close by this one. If the evidence of two homes being used is correct then it would help clarify why the remains of the two homes on each side of the old Midlothian Turnpike are so close to each other.
