Married Henry Cornelius Bartel on Nov. 4, 1900.
Mother of Loyal Houlding Bartel, Paul Henry Bartel, Agnes (Bartel) Wieneke, Elsie (Bartel) Eisenbraun, and Jonathan Bartel.
In 1901 Henry and Nellie Bartel went to China as missionaries with Horace Houlding of the South Chihli Mission. In 1905 they founded the first Mennonite mission in China, later known as the China Mennonite Mission Society. This was an independent faith mission organization with a board made up of a few friends and supporters. It drew both its missionaries and its support from members of the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren, Mennonite Brethren, Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, and Missionary Church Association. The mission was located in Shandong (Shantung) and Henan (Honan) provinces with its center in Caoxian, Shandong.
In 1941 the Bartels began work in West China along the Sichuan-Gansu-Shaanxi border; this became the West China field of the Mennonite Brethren Church in 1945.
Died of weak heart and poor circulation, and was buried on the mission compound at Shuang Shih P'u (now Fengxian).
A cenotaph for her appears in Hillsboro, Kansas next to her husband.
Married Henry Cornelius Bartel on Nov. 4, 1900.
Mother of Loyal Houlding Bartel, Paul Henry Bartel, Agnes (Bartel) Wieneke, Elsie (Bartel) Eisenbraun, and Jonathan Bartel.
In 1901 Henry and Nellie Bartel went to China as missionaries with Horace Houlding of the South Chihli Mission. In 1905 they founded the first Mennonite mission in China, later known as the China Mennonite Mission Society. This was an independent faith mission organization with a board made up of a few friends and supporters. It drew both its missionaries and its support from members of the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren, Mennonite Brethren, Evangelical Mennonite Brethren, and Missionary Church Association. The mission was located in Shandong (Shantung) and Henan (Honan) provinces with its center in Caoxian, Shandong.
In 1941 the Bartels began work in West China along the Sichuan-Gansu-Shaanxi border; this became the West China field of the Mennonite Brethren Church in 1945.
Died of weak heart and poor circulation, and was buried on the mission compound at Shuang Shih P'u (now Fengxian).
A cenotaph for her appears in Hillsboro, Kansas next to her husband.
Gravesite Details
Information from Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1946; Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia.
Family Members
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Johann J. "John" Schmidt Sr
1873–1952
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Frank A Schmidt
1874–1946
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Nellie Schmidt Bartel
1876–1946
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Andrew J. Schmidt
1877–1957
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George J. Schmidt
1879–1963
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Elizabeth Schmidt
1880–1897
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Mary Schmidt
1882–1953
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Anna Schmidt Kiehn
1884–1966
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Eva Smith Dixon
1886–1952
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Dr Aaron Jacob Smith
1887–1960
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Susie S Schmidt Boese
1889–1979
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Rev Paul J. Smith
1890–1973
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Catherine Schmidt Nankivell
1892–1972
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Jacob A Schmidt
1894–1978
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