Caroline Gertrude Schmid Renich Shaw Park was the daughter of Seattle pioneering parents, Vitus Schmid and Sarah Chase Schmid. Caroline's parents had met and married in Chicago, Illinois and had two sons (Conrad and Victor) when they arrived in Mercer Island in 1878 where she and sister Theresa were born. Caroline was three when her mother died. Her father married Ida Dreyer Schmid and had a son, George Mercer Schmid in 1892. Vitus and Ida had a family of five for a few brief years. Both Conrad and Victor died in the sinking of the Schooner Jane Gray off Cape Flattery in 1898. A year later in 1899, six year old George Mercer died. Conrad and Victor were attending the University of Washington at the time of their deaths. Theresa earned her doctorate and was a professor at the U. Caroline attended the University for two years before her first marriage to Fred Lewis Renich. Caroline was later married to dentist Vivian B. Shaw and when she died, she was the widow of Charles Park. Caroline did not have children. She died in Phoenix, Arizona and was returned to be buried in the family plot in Seattle, Washington.
Caroline Gertrude Schmid Renich Shaw Park was the daughter of Seattle pioneering parents, Vitus Schmid and Sarah Chase Schmid. Caroline's parents had met and married in Chicago, Illinois and had two sons (Conrad and Victor) when they arrived in Mercer Island in 1878 where she and sister Theresa were born. Caroline was three when her mother died. Her father married Ida Dreyer Schmid and had a son, George Mercer Schmid in 1892. Vitus and Ida had a family of five for a few brief years. Both Conrad and Victor died in the sinking of the Schooner Jane Gray off Cape Flattery in 1898. A year later in 1899, six year old George Mercer died. Conrad and Victor were attending the University of Washington at the time of their deaths. Theresa earned her doctorate and was a professor at the U. Caroline attended the University for two years before her first marriage to Fred Lewis Renich. Caroline was later married to dentist Vivian B. Shaw and when she died, she was the widow of Charles Park. Caroline did not have children. She died in Phoenix, Arizona and was returned to be buried in the family plot in Seattle, Washington.
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