SCHMIDT - MATTHEW SCHMIDT, aged 65, of 32 Straight-av., S.W., died Monday morning at St. Mary's hospital, after a two weeks illness. The deceased has been a lifelong resident of this city and has for many years conducted a monument business on the west side.
Surviving him are his widow and three sons, ROBERT A., FRANK W., and VINCENT; two daughters, MRS. LOUIS KIRCHHOFF and MISS FLORENCE SCHMIDT; two brothers, AUGUST P. and ANTHONY F., of this city and a sister, MRS. CAROLINE PULTE of Muenster, Texas.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Interment Mt. Calvary cemetery.
THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon., Feb. 5, 1923, Pg. 20, Column 6, Obit. 11
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KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN, MARRIAGE RECORDS (1885), Pg. 159, Record No. 3576 - MATTHEW SCHMIDT & ELISABETH BERLES, married 12 November 1885, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI. MATTHEW (Stone Cutter), 27, b. Grand Rapids. ELISABETH, 22, b. Darlar(?), Prussia.
*****
SILENT CITIES.
ADORNED BY MEMORY AND WITH MEMORIALS OF LOVE.
"There's a city, vast yet voiceless,
Growing ever, street on street.
Friends with friends are ever meeting,
Ever meeting, never greet."
Grand Rapids, busy and stirring, has yet found time, and its pulsing heart found the love to corporate several beautiful silent cities and to sadly people them with their loved and lost. They are beautiful cities, made so by the tender care of those who have mourned, but who have found relief in making the loved ones' last earthly haven majestic.
A beautiful monument, designed by CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS., seen yesterday, led an Evening Leader representative to pass a half day in observation and enquiry, and the subject, always interesting (for who has not an interest in some silent city?), is worthy of note.
Monuments. Memorials. No better exponents of art in marble are known in Michigan then the firm mentioned above. Years of experience, during which the demand has steadily grown, have placed them in the van, and skilled draughtsmen and workers in marble and granite have evolved the shaft, monument, sarcophagus and vault of modern design and original conception. With the beginning of the present year MESSRS SCHMIDT BROS. largely extended their works and erected at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets a large building, L shaped, each part 60 feet in length by 20 wide as an extension of their well known Canal street establishment, here many skilled men, under the direct supervision of MR. MATTHEW SCHMIDT, are busy creating in granite the varied designs that are so celebrated, every modern appliance is at hand, and work is finished, carefully finished as quickly as the art has known. Years of experience have given MR. CHARLES SCHMIDT, of the firm, knowledge invaluable and his opinion and criticism is of great worth, and have given them a prestige not only in the state, but far reaching, as their work erected in many great cities testify.
And in this business, perhaps more than in others, good taste is more than necessary. It is demanded often as a religious duty by those who love the lost.
Cultured people, and those of prominence have seemed to be especially their customers. Names are perhaps improper in this article, but were but a few of them given they would well illustrate the fact that the firms' clientele are of the highest class. This fact is of importance to all who desire memorials, and is, in the truest sense a test and proof of the superb, perfect work done.
At 93 Canal street the visitor sees in marble and granite many beautiful things, and examines designs drawn by a master hand. "Excellence" is the aim, and the aim has been fully attained.
THE EVENING LEADER, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon., Mar. 4, 1889, Pg. 11, Col. 2, Art. 1 (Silent Cities.)
*****
RED GRANITE
QUARRIED IN MISSOURI WILL BE MANUFACTURED HERE
BY CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS.--THE STONE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND WELL ADAPTED FOR MONUMENT PURPOSES.
CHARLES SCHMIDT & BROS. have secured the exclusive agency in Grand Rapids for the sale of the Missouri red granite, which is quarried by the Syenite Granite Company, of Graniteville, Iron county, Missouri.
The stone will be shipped here in the rough and manufactured by the SCHMIDT BROS., at their factory on the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets.
This granite has been used extensively for monument and other purposes and gives universal satisfaction. In color and texture it is superior to the Scotch. It is hard in substance, and as a polished stone it is very beautiful. The price is a little higher than that of the American gray granite, but, whenever used it is considered well worth the extra cost which is only a trifle.
Only the highest skilled workmen are employed by the SCHMIDT BROS. in their factory, and a few beautiful samples of their workmanship on red granite monuments are on exhibition in the salesroom, 93 Canal street.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., Apr. 14, 1897, Pg. 2, Col. 3, Art. 2 (Red Granite)
*****
CUTTING GRANITE BY AIR.
CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS. have added to their granite works the latest improved pneumatic tools for cutting, carving and lettering granite. These tools which are the only ones of the kind in use in the west, make it possible to do a much finer grade of work at a considerable reduction in price. They are driven by air forced through pipes by electricity and are a wonderful improvement over the old method of cutting with hammer and chisel. The tool cuts scrolls and letters out of the hardest granite in much the same manner that a sharp pencil runs over smooth paper. Hence the great saving in time and labor, and the general reduction in prices is easily understood. Chas. Schmidt & Bros. have now on hand a large assortment of monuments, tablets and markers in red Syenite Granite which has gained a reputation wherever it is used as also of all other popular granites. Parties wishing to purchase anything in their line it will be to their interest to visit them before buying. Office and salesroom, 93 Canal street. Workshop corner West Fulton and Straight streets.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Mar. 27, 1898, Pg. 3, Col. 6, Art. 3
*****
Announcement, Saturday, April 8, '99
MEMORIAL OF THE DEAD--SPRING AND THE ROBINS ARE WITH US AT LAST.
With the arrival of the beautiful spring days we think it appropriate to mention some thing about the decoration of the last resting places of the dear departed. Not a pleasing thing to think about, but, nevertheless, one which demands the attention of all well meaning people.
DECORATION DAY
Is not very far away and we desire to call the attention of those who need anything in the line of imported and domestic granite or marble monuments, vases, urns, etc, etc, in the big stock we are carrying and which we offer at prices that defy all competition.
Our firm is the oldest in the city, and is known all over Michigan and surrounding country for its strictly honest and business-like methods, and as we employ only the most skilled and artistic workmen in this line of work, have the most modern improved machinery, including a new and positively wonderful pneumatic tool propelled by electricity, which enables us to shape or "work" any size or design out of rough granite in the shortest possible time. This effects a big saving to the purchaser. It is not generally known that we work direct from the rough stone--something that is not done by any house outside of Detroit.
We cordially invite everyone, lookers as well as buyers, to visit our down-town office and show rooms at 77 Canal street, where MR. MATTHEW SCHMIDT, smiling and pleasant, with a winning smile for the ladies and a hearty hand clasp for the men, will be more than pleased to show the handsome monuments of stone, and explain their fine points in a far more fetching way than we can in this article.
SCHMIDT BROS.,
Makers of Granite and Marble Monuments.
NO. 77 CANALSTREET.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sat., Apr. 8, 1899, Pg. 5, Cols. 6-7, AD 2 (Memorial of the Dead)
*****
MONUMENTS.
CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS.
A leading enterprise in connection with the manufacture of monuments is that conducted by CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS., with offices and sales room at No. 93 Canal street and a factory and polishing mill at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets. The business was established in 1870 by CHARLES SCHMIDT, who died four years ago. In 1883 he admitted to partnership his brothers, AUGUST P., JOHN, A.F. and MATTHEW SCHMIDT, adopting the present style, which has been continued, although all of the brothers have retired except MATTHEW SCHMIDT, who is now the sole proprietor. A complete equipment is used and fifteen expert stone workers are employed in the manufacture of monuments, the business being confined exclusively to cemetery work, which they turn out in all popular varieties of granite and in domestic and imported marbles. They turn out work in standard patterns or after special designs to order, and enjoy an exceptionally high reputation for the artistic merit of their work, commanding a large trade extending throughout the state of Michigan. Matthew Schmidt, the proprietor, is a native of Grand Rapids, and a thoroughly practical expert in this line, deservedly commanding a high reputation and a prosperous trade.
THE SUNDAY HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Nov. 25, 1900, Part II, Pg. 8, Col. 2, Art. 4
*****
THE MARBLE WORKS OF CHAS. SCHMIDT & BRO.
Was established in 1870. This is the oldest firm doing business in this line in Grand Rapids. The late CHAS. SCHMIDT was the founder of the institution. Shortly afterward he took his brother MATTHEW into partnership with him. Charles died in 1896. His brother has ever since carried on the enterprise under the old firm name. This concern has been prosperous from the first and today memorials designed and sculptured by them are to be found in cemeteries all over western Michigan.
In 1881 the located their office and retail departments at 93 Canal street and have occupied that location ever since.
Their works, a view of which is herewith presented, have always been at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets. These are equipped with the best and most modern machinery and appliances to be found on the market. They have a surfacing machine for surfacing granite, marble and other varieties of stones sculptured by them; also a sand blast for raised lettering. These are the only machines of the kind in western Michigan. They have also pneumatic tools run by compressed air and a polishing machine driven by an electric motor. During the busy season they employ a very large force of men as will be seen by the accompanying cut.
On the floors of this establishment at 93 CANAL STREET, May be seen at any time many fine specimens of their workmanship, some of which are as imposing as can be found anywhere. Indeed in high class monuments they excel. At the same time it is well known that their prices for the same grade are very low as compared with those asked by other houses. These together with quality of stone, superior design and finish, and reasonableness of price attracts annually to their place of business a multitude of buyers.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Jan. 1, 1907, Pg. 36, Cols. 3-6
*****
ON WEST BRIDGE STREET.
BUSINESS BLOCK TO BE ERECTED BY MATTHEW SCHMIDT.
C.G. Viehellig has completed plans and let to John Jungbacker the contract for the business block of MATTHEW SCHMIDT on West Bridge street. The price is $7,400 for the work as it is to be done now and Mr. Junbacker has begun his task with the intention of completing it during the fall.
The building will occupy a site 40x100 feet and will be a two-story brick and stone of neat design. The first floor will contain two stores in the rear of which will be a shop. The upper floor is to be fitted up into two suites of living apartments. All of the interior finishing will be hardwood. It is the intention of the owner to occupy one of the stores and the shop with his marble business, renting the other store.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Fri., Aug. 23, 1907, Pg. 8, Col. 3, Art. 2
*****
MICHIGAN, DEATH CERTIFICATES, 1921-1952
Name: Mathew Schmidt
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Feb 1923
Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 09 Nov 1857
Birthplace: Grand Rapids
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Father's Name: Peter Schmidt
Mother's Name: Kathrine Gveltz
Surviving him are his widow and three sons, ROBERT A., FRANK W., and VINCENT; two daughters, MRS. LOUIS KIRCHHOFF and MISS FLORENCE SCHMIDT; two brothers, AUGUST P. and ANTHONY F., of this city and a sister, MRS. CAROLINE PULTE of Muenster, Texas.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Interment Mt. Calvary cemetery.
THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon., Feb. 5, 1923, Pg. 20, Column 6, Obit. 11
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KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN, MARRIAGE RECORDS (1885), Pg. 159, Record No. 3576 - MATTHEW SCHMIDT & ELISABETH BERLES, married 12 November 1885, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI. MATTHEW (Stone Cutter), 27, b. Grand Rapids. ELISABETH, 22, b. Darlar(?), Prussia.
*****
SILENT CITIES.
ADORNED BY MEMORY AND WITH MEMORIALS OF LOVE.
"There's a city, vast yet voiceless,
Growing ever, street on street.
Friends with friends are ever meeting,
Ever meeting, never greet."
Grand Rapids, busy and stirring, has yet found time, and its pulsing heart found the love to corporate several beautiful silent cities and to sadly people them with their loved and lost. They are beautiful cities, made so by the tender care of those who have mourned, but who have found relief in making the loved ones' last earthly haven majestic.
A beautiful monument, designed by CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS., seen yesterday, led an Evening Leader representative to pass a half day in observation and enquiry, and the subject, always interesting (for who has not an interest in some silent city?), is worthy of note.
Monuments. Memorials. No better exponents of art in marble are known in Michigan then the firm mentioned above. Years of experience, during which the demand has steadily grown, have placed them in the van, and skilled draughtsmen and workers in marble and granite have evolved the shaft, monument, sarcophagus and vault of modern design and original conception. With the beginning of the present year MESSRS SCHMIDT BROS. largely extended their works and erected at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets a large building, L shaped, each part 60 feet in length by 20 wide as an extension of their well known Canal street establishment, here many skilled men, under the direct supervision of MR. MATTHEW SCHMIDT, are busy creating in granite the varied designs that are so celebrated, every modern appliance is at hand, and work is finished, carefully finished as quickly as the art has known. Years of experience have given MR. CHARLES SCHMIDT, of the firm, knowledge invaluable and his opinion and criticism is of great worth, and have given them a prestige not only in the state, but far reaching, as their work erected in many great cities testify.
And in this business, perhaps more than in others, good taste is more than necessary. It is demanded often as a religious duty by those who love the lost.
Cultured people, and those of prominence have seemed to be especially their customers. Names are perhaps improper in this article, but were but a few of them given they would well illustrate the fact that the firms' clientele are of the highest class. This fact is of importance to all who desire memorials, and is, in the truest sense a test and proof of the superb, perfect work done.
At 93 Canal street the visitor sees in marble and granite many beautiful things, and examines designs drawn by a master hand. "Excellence" is the aim, and the aim has been fully attained.
THE EVENING LEADER, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon., Mar. 4, 1889, Pg. 11, Col. 2, Art. 1 (Silent Cities.)
*****
RED GRANITE
QUARRIED IN MISSOURI WILL BE MANUFACTURED HERE
BY CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS.--THE STONE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND WELL ADAPTED FOR MONUMENT PURPOSES.
CHARLES SCHMIDT & BROS. have secured the exclusive agency in Grand Rapids for the sale of the Missouri red granite, which is quarried by the Syenite Granite Company, of Graniteville, Iron county, Missouri.
The stone will be shipped here in the rough and manufactured by the SCHMIDT BROS., at their factory on the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets.
This granite has been used extensively for monument and other purposes and gives universal satisfaction. In color and texture it is superior to the Scotch. It is hard in substance, and as a polished stone it is very beautiful. The price is a little higher than that of the American gray granite, but, whenever used it is considered well worth the extra cost which is only a trifle.
Only the highest skilled workmen are employed by the SCHMIDT BROS. in their factory, and a few beautiful samples of their workmanship on red granite monuments are on exhibition in the salesroom, 93 Canal street.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., Apr. 14, 1897, Pg. 2, Col. 3, Art. 2 (Red Granite)
*****
CUTTING GRANITE BY AIR.
CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS. have added to their granite works the latest improved pneumatic tools for cutting, carving and lettering granite. These tools which are the only ones of the kind in use in the west, make it possible to do a much finer grade of work at a considerable reduction in price. They are driven by air forced through pipes by electricity and are a wonderful improvement over the old method of cutting with hammer and chisel. The tool cuts scrolls and letters out of the hardest granite in much the same manner that a sharp pencil runs over smooth paper. Hence the great saving in time and labor, and the general reduction in prices is easily understood. Chas. Schmidt & Bros. have now on hand a large assortment of monuments, tablets and markers in red Syenite Granite which has gained a reputation wherever it is used as also of all other popular granites. Parties wishing to purchase anything in their line it will be to their interest to visit them before buying. Office and salesroom, 93 Canal street. Workshop corner West Fulton and Straight streets.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Mar. 27, 1898, Pg. 3, Col. 6, Art. 3
*****
Announcement, Saturday, April 8, '99
MEMORIAL OF THE DEAD--SPRING AND THE ROBINS ARE WITH US AT LAST.
With the arrival of the beautiful spring days we think it appropriate to mention some thing about the decoration of the last resting places of the dear departed. Not a pleasing thing to think about, but, nevertheless, one which demands the attention of all well meaning people.
DECORATION DAY
Is not very far away and we desire to call the attention of those who need anything in the line of imported and domestic granite or marble monuments, vases, urns, etc, etc, in the big stock we are carrying and which we offer at prices that defy all competition.
Our firm is the oldest in the city, and is known all over Michigan and surrounding country for its strictly honest and business-like methods, and as we employ only the most skilled and artistic workmen in this line of work, have the most modern improved machinery, including a new and positively wonderful pneumatic tool propelled by electricity, which enables us to shape or "work" any size or design out of rough granite in the shortest possible time. This effects a big saving to the purchaser. It is not generally known that we work direct from the rough stone--something that is not done by any house outside of Detroit.
We cordially invite everyone, lookers as well as buyers, to visit our down-town office and show rooms at 77 Canal street, where MR. MATTHEW SCHMIDT, smiling and pleasant, with a winning smile for the ladies and a hearty hand clasp for the men, will be more than pleased to show the handsome monuments of stone, and explain their fine points in a far more fetching way than we can in this article.
SCHMIDT BROS.,
Makers of Granite and Marble Monuments.
NO. 77 CANALSTREET.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sat., Apr. 8, 1899, Pg. 5, Cols. 6-7, AD 2 (Memorial of the Dead)
*****
MONUMENTS.
CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS.
A leading enterprise in connection with the manufacture of monuments is that conducted by CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS., with offices and sales room at No. 93 Canal street and a factory and polishing mill at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets. The business was established in 1870 by CHARLES SCHMIDT, who died four years ago. In 1883 he admitted to partnership his brothers, AUGUST P., JOHN, A.F. and MATTHEW SCHMIDT, adopting the present style, which has been continued, although all of the brothers have retired except MATTHEW SCHMIDT, who is now the sole proprietor. A complete equipment is used and fifteen expert stone workers are employed in the manufacture of monuments, the business being confined exclusively to cemetery work, which they turn out in all popular varieties of granite and in domestic and imported marbles. They turn out work in standard patterns or after special designs to order, and enjoy an exceptionally high reputation for the artistic merit of their work, commanding a large trade extending throughout the state of Michigan. Matthew Schmidt, the proprietor, is a native of Grand Rapids, and a thoroughly practical expert in this line, deservedly commanding a high reputation and a prosperous trade.
THE SUNDAY HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Nov. 25, 1900, Part II, Pg. 8, Col. 2, Art. 4
*****
THE MARBLE WORKS OF CHAS. SCHMIDT & BRO.
Was established in 1870. This is the oldest firm doing business in this line in Grand Rapids. The late CHAS. SCHMIDT was the founder of the institution. Shortly afterward he took his brother MATTHEW into partnership with him. Charles died in 1896. His brother has ever since carried on the enterprise under the old firm name. This concern has been prosperous from the first and today memorials designed and sculptured by them are to be found in cemeteries all over western Michigan.
In 1881 the located their office and retail departments at 93 Canal street and have occupied that location ever since.
Their works, a view of which is herewith presented, have always been at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets. These are equipped with the best and most modern machinery and appliances to be found on the market. They have a surfacing machine for surfacing granite, marble and other varieties of stones sculptured by them; also a sand blast for raised lettering. These are the only machines of the kind in western Michigan. They have also pneumatic tools run by compressed air and a polishing machine driven by an electric motor. During the busy season they employ a very large force of men as will be seen by the accompanying cut.
On the floors of this establishment at 93 CANAL STREET, May be seen at any time many fine specimens of their workmanship, some of which are as imposing as can be found anywhere. Indeed in high class monuments they excel. At the same time it is well known that their prices for the same grade are very low as compared with those asked by other houses. These together with quality of stone, superior design and finish, and reasonableness of price attracts annually to their place of business a multitude of buyers.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Jan. 1, 1907, Pg. 36, Cols. 3-6
*****
ON WEST BRIDGE STREET.
BUSINESS BLOCK TO BE ERECTED BY MATTHEW SCHMIDT.
C.G. Viehellig has completed plans and let to John Jungbacker the contract for the business block of MATTHEW SCHMIDT on West Bridge street. The price is $7,400 for the work as it is to be done now and Mr. Junbacker has begun his task with the intention of completing it during the fall.
The building will occupy a site 40x100 feet and will be a two-story brick and stone of neat design. The first floor will contain two stores in the rear of which will be a shop. The upper floor is to be fitted up into two suites of living apartments. All of the interior finishing will be hardwood. It is the intention of the owner to occupy one of the stores and the shop with his marble business, renting the other store.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Fri., Aug. 23, 1907, Pg. 8, Col. 3, Art. 2
*****
MICHIGAN, DEATH CERTIFICATES, 1921-1952
Name: Mathew Schmidt
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Feb 1923
Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 09 Nov 1857
Birthplace: Grand Rapids
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Father's Name: Peter Schmidt
Mother's Name: Kathrine Gveltz
SCHMIDT - MATTHEW SCHMIDT, aged 65, of 32 Straight-av., S.W., died Monday morning at St. Mary's hospital, after a two weeks illness. The deceased has been a lifelong resident of this city and has for many years conducted a monument business on the west side.
Surviving him are his widow and three sons, ROBERT A., FRANK W., and VINCENT; two daughters, MRS. LOUIS KIRCHHOFF and MISS FLORENCE SCHMIDT; two brothers, AUGUST P. and ANTHONY F., of this city and a sister, MRS. CAROLINE PULTE of Muenster, Texas.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Interment Mt. Calvary cemetery.
THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon., Feb. 5, 1923, Pg. 20, Column 6, Obit. 11
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KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN, MARRIAGE RECORDS (1885), Pg. 159, Record No. 3576 - MATTHEW SCHMIDT & ELISABETH BERLES, married 12 November 1885, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI. MATTHEW (Stone Cutter), 27, b. Grand Rapids. ELISABETH, 22, b. Darlar(?), Prussia.
*****
SILENT CITIES.
ADORNED BY MEMORY AND WITH MEMORIALS OF LOVE.
"There's a city, vast yet voiceless,
Growing ever, street on street.
Friends with friends are ever meeting,
Ever meeting, never greet."
Grand Rapids, busy and stirring, has yet found time, and its pulsing heart found the love to corporate several beautiful silent cities and to sadly people them with their loved and lost. They are beautiful cities, made so by the tender care of those who have mourned, but who have found relief in making the loved ones' last earthly haven majestic.
A beautiful monument, designed by CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS., seen yesterday, led an Evening Leader representative to pass a half day in observation and enquiry, and the subject, always interesting (for who has not an interest in some silent city?), is worthy of note.
Monuments. Memorials. No better exponents of art in marble are known in Michigan then the firm mentioned above. Years of experience, during which the demand has steadily grown, have placed them in the van, and skilled draughtsmen and workers in marble and granite have evolved the shaft, monument, sarcophagus and vault of modern design and original conception. With the beginning of the present year MESSRS SCHMIDT BROS. largely extended their works and erected at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets a large building, L shaped, each part 60 feet in length by 20 wide as an extension of their well known Canal street establishment, here many skilled men, under the direct supervision of MR. MATTHEW SCHMIDT, are busy creating in granite the varied designs that are so celebrated, every modern appliance is at hand, and work is finished, carefully finished as quickly as the art has known. Years of experience have given MR. CHARLES SCHMIDT, of the firm, knowledge invaluable and his opinion and criticism is of great worth, and have given them a prestige not only in the state, but far reaching, as their work erected in many great cities testify.
And in this business, perhaps more than in others, good taste is more than necessary. It is demanded often as a religious duty by those who love the lost.
Cultured people, and those of prominence have seemed to be especially their customers. Names are perhaps improper in this article, but were but a few of them given they would well illustrate the fact that the firms' clientele are of the highest class. This fact is of importance to all who desire memorials, and is, in the truest sense a test and proof of the superb, perfect work done.
At 93 Canal street the visitor sees in marble and granite many beautiful things, and examines designs drawn by a master hand. "Excellence" is the aim, and the aim has been fully attained.
THE EVENING LEADER, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon., Mar. 4, 1889, Pg. 11, Col. 2, Art. 1 (Silent Cities.)
*****
RED GRANITE
QUARRIED IN MISSOURI WILL BE MANUFACTURED HERE
BY CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS.--THE STONE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND WELL ADAPTED FOR MONUMENT PURPOSES.
CHARLES SCHMIDT & BROS. have secured the exclusive agency in Grand Rapids for the sale of the Missouri red granite, which is quarried by the Syenite Granite Company, of Graniteville, Iron county, Missouri.
The stone will be shipped here in the rough and manufactured by the SCHMIDT BROS., at their factory on the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets.
This granite has been used extensively for monument and other purposes and gives universal satisfaction. In color and texture it is superior to the Scotch. It is hard in substance, and as a polished stone it is very beautiful. The price is a little higher than that of the American gray granite, but, whenever used it is considered well worth the extra cost which is only a trifle.
Only the highest skilled workmen are employed by the SCHMIDT BROS. in their factory, and a few beautiful samples of their workmanship on red granite monuments are on exhibition in the salesroom, 93 Canal street.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., Apr. 14, 1897, Pg. 2, Col. 3, Art. 2 (Red Granite)
*****
CUTTING GRANITE BY AIR.
CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS. have added to their granite works the latest improved pneumatic tools for cutting, carving and lettering granite. These tools which are the only ones of the kind in use in the west, make it possible to do a much finer grade of work at a considerable reduction in price. They are driven by air forced through pipes by electricity and are a wonderful improvement over the old method of cutting with hammer and chisel. The tool cuts scrolls and letters out of the hardest granite in much the same manner that a sharp pencil runs over smooth paper. Hence the great saving in time and labor, and the general reduction in prices is easily understood. Chas. Schmidt & Bros. have now on hand a large assortment of monuments, tablets and markers in red Syenite Granite which has gained a reputation wherever it is used as also of all other popular granites. Parties wishing to purchase anything in their line it will be to their interest to visit them before buying. Office and salesroom, 93 Canal street. Workshop corner West Fulton and Straight streets.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Mar. 27, 1898, Pg. 3, Col. 6, Art. 3
*****
Announcement, Saturday, April 8, '99
MEMORIAL OF THE DEAD--SPRING AND THE ROBINS ARE WITH US AT LAST.
With the arrival of the beautiful spring days we think it appropriate to mention some thing about the decoration of the last resting places of the dear departed. Not a pleasing thing to think about, but, nevertheless, one which demands the attention of all well meaning people.
DECORATION DAY
Is not very far away and we desire to call the attention of those who need anything in the line of imported and domestic granite or marble monuments, vases, urns, etc, etc, in the big stock we are carrying and which we offer at prices that defy all competition.
Our firm is the oldest in the city, and is known all over Michigan and surrounding country for its strictly honest and business-like methods, and as we employ only the most skilled and artistic workmen in this line of work, have the most modern improved machinery, including a new and positively wonderful pneumatic tool propelled by electricity, which enables us to shape or "work" any size or design out of rough granite in the shortest possible time. This effects a big saving to the purchaser. It is not generally known that we work direct from the rough stone--something that is not done by any house outside of Detroit.
We cordially invite everyone, lookers as well as buyers, to visit our down-town office and show rooms at 77 Canal street, where MR. MATTHEW SCHMIDT, smiling and pleasant, with a winning smile for the ladies and a hearty hand clasp for the men, will be more than pleased to show the handsome monuments of stone, and explain their fine points in a far more fetching way than we can in this article.
SCHMIDT BROS.,
Makers of Granite and Marble Monuments.
NO. 77 CANALSTREET.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sat., Apr. 8, 1899, Pg. 5, Cols. 6-7, AD 2 (Memorial of the Dead)
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MONUMENTS.
CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS.
A leading enterprise in connection with the manufacture of monuments is that conducted by CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS., with offices and sales room at No. 93 Canal street and a factory and polishing mill at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets. The business was established in 1870 by CHARLES SCHMIDT, who died four years ago. In 1883 he admitted to partnership his brothers, AUGUST P., JOHN, A.F. and MATTHEW SCHMIDT, adopting the present style, which has been continued, although all of the brothers have retired except MATTHEW SCHMIDT, who is now the sole proprietor. A complete equipment is used and fifteen expert stone workers are employed in the manufacture of monuments, the business being confined exclusively to cemetery work, which they turn out in all popular varieties of granite and in domestic and imported marbles. They turn out work in standard patterns or after special designs to order, and enjoy an exceptionally high reputation for the artistic merit of their work, commanding a large trade extending throughout the state of Michigan. Matthew Schmidt, the proprietor, is a native of Grand Rapids, and a thoroughly practical expert in this line, deservedly commanding a high reputation and a prosperous trade.
THE SUNDAY HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Nov. 25, 1900, Part II, Pg. 8, Col. 2, Art. 4
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THE MARBLE WORKS OF CHAS. SCHMIDT & BRO.
Was established in 1870. This is the oldest firm doing business in this line in Grand Rapids. The late CHAS. SCHMIDT was the founder of the institution. Shortly afterward he took his brother MATTHEW into partnership with him. Charles died in 1896. His brother has ever since carried on the enterprise under the old firm name. This concern has been prosperous from the first and today memorials designed and sculptured by them are to be found in cemeteries all over western Michigan.
In 1881 the located their office and retail departments at 93 Canal street and have occupied that location ever since.
Their works, a view of which is herewith presented, have always been at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets. These are equipped with the best and most modern machinery and appliances to be found on the market. They have a surfacing machine for surfacing granite, marble and other varieties of stones sculptured by them; also a sand blast for raised lettering. These are the only machines of the kind in western Michigan. They have also pneumatic tools run by compressed air and a polishing machine driven by an electric motor. During the busy season they employ a very large force of men as will be seen by the accompanying cut.
On the floors of this establishment at 93 CANAL STREET, May be seen at any time many fine specimens of their workmanship, some of which are as imposing as can be found anywhere. Indeed in high class monuments they excel. At the same time it is well known that their prices for the same grade are very low as compared with those asked by other houses. These together with quality of stone, superior design and finish, and reasonableness of price attracts annually to their place of business a multitude of buyers.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Jan. 1, 1907, Pg. 36, Cols. 3-6
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ON WEST BRIDGE STREET.
BUSINESS BLOCK TO BE ERECTED BY MATTHEW SCHMIDT.
C.G. Viehellig has completed plans and let to John Jungbacker the contract for the business block of MATTHEW SCHMIDT on West Bridge street. The price is $7,400 for the work as it is to be done now and Mr. Junbacker has begun his task with the intention of completing it during the fall.
The building will occupy a site 40x100 feet and will be a two-story brick and stone of neat design. The first floor will contain two stores in the rear of which will be a shop. The upper floor is to be fitted up into two suites of living apartments. All of the interior finishing will be hardwood. It is the intention of the owner to occupy one of the stores and the shop with his marble business, renting the other store.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Fri., Aug. 23, 1907, Pg. 8, Col. 3, Art. 2
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MICHIGAN, DEATH CERTIFICATES, 1921-1952
Name: Mathew Schmidt
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Feb 1923
Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 09 Nov 1857
Birthplace: Grand Rapids
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Father's Name: Peter Schmidt
Mother's Name: Kathrine Gveltz
Surviving him are his widow and three sons, ROBERT A., FRANK W., and VINCENT; two daughters, MRS. LOUIS KIRCHHOFF and MISS FLORENCE SCHMIDT; two brothers, AUGUST P. and ANTHONY F., of this city and a sister, MRS. CAROLINE PULTE of Muenster, Texas.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Interment Mt. Calvary cemetery.
THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon., Feb. 5, 1923, Pg. 20, Column 6, Obit. 11
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KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN, MARRIAGE RECORDS (1885), Pg. 159, Record No. 3576 - MATTHEW SCHMIDT & ELISABETH BERLES, married 12 November 1885, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI. MATTHEW (Stone Cutter), 27, b. Grand Rapids. ELISABETH, 22, b. Darlar(?), Prussia.
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SILENT CITIES.
ADORNED BY MEMORY AND WITH MEMORIALS OF LOVE.
"There's a city, vast yet voiceless,
Growing ever, street on street.
Friends with friends are ever meeting,
Ever meeting, never greet."
Grand Rapids, busy and stirring, has yet found time, and its pulsing heart found the love to corporate several beautiful silent cities and to sadly people them with their loved and lost. They are beautiful cities, made so by the tender care of those who have mourned, but who have found relief in making the loved ones' last earthly haven majestic.
A beautiful monument, designed by CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS., seen yesterday, led an Evening Leader representative to pass a half day in observation and enquiry, and the subject, always interesting (for who has not an interest in some silent city?), is worthy of note.
Monuments. Memorials. No better exponents of art in marble are known in Michigan then the firm mentioned above. Years of experience, during which the demand has steadily grown, have placed them in the van, and skilled draughtsmen and workers in marble and granite have evolved the shaft, monument, sarcophagus and vault of modern design and original conception. With the beginning of the present year MESSRS SCHMIDT BROS. largely extended their works and erected at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets a large building, L shaped, each part 60 feet in length by 20 wide as an extension of their well known Canal street establishment, here many skilled men, under the direct supervision of MR. MATTHEW SCHMIDT, are busy creating in granite the varied designs that are so celebrated, every modern appliance is at hand, and work is finished, carefully finished as quickly as the art has known. Years of experience have given MR. CHARLES SCHMIDT, of the firm, knowledge invaluable and his opinion and criticism is of great worth, and have given them a prestige not only in the state, but far reaching, as their work erected in many great cities testify.
And in this business, perhaps more than in others, good taste is more than necessary. It is demanded often as a religious duty by those who love the lost.
Cultured people, and those of prominence have seemed to be especially their customers. Names are perhaps improper in this article, but were but a few of them given they would well illustrate the fact that the firms' clientele are of the highest class. This fact is of importance to all who desire memorials, and is, in the truest sense a test and proof of the superb, perfect work done.
At 93 Canal street the visitor sees in marble and granite many beautiful things, and examines designs drawn by a master hand. "Excellence" is the aim, and the aim has been fully attained.
THE EVENING LEADER, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon., Mar. 4, 1889, Pg. 11, Col. 2, Art. 1 (Silent Cities.)
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RED GRANITE
QUARRIED IN MISSOURI WILL BE MANUFACTURED HERE
BY CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS.--THE STONE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND WELL ADAPTED FOR MONUMENT PURPOSES.
CHARLES SCHMIDT & BROS. have secured the exclusive agency in Grand Rapids for the sale of the Missouri red granite, which is quarried by the Syenite Granite Company, of Graniteville, Iron county, Missouri.
The stone will be shipped here in the rough and manufactured by the SCHMIDT BROS., at their factory on the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets.
This granite has been used extensively for monument and other purposes and gives universal satisfaction. In color and texture it is superior to the Scotch. It is hard in substance, and as a polished stone it is very beautiful. The price is a little higher than that of the American gray granite, but, whenever used it is considered well worth the extra cost which is only a trifle.
Only the highest skilled workmen are employed by the SCHMIDT BROS. in their factory, and a few beautiful samples of their workmanship on red granite monuments are on exhibition in the salesroom, 93 Canal street.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., Apr. 14, 1897, Pg. 2, Col. 3, Art. 2 (Red Granite)
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CUTTING GRANITE BY AIR.
CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS. have added to their granite works the latest improved pneumatic tools for cutting, carving and lettering granite. These tools which are the only ones of the kind in use in the west, make it possible to do a much finer grade of work at a considerable reduction in price. They are driven by air forced through pipes by electricity and are a wonderful improvement over the old method of cutting with hammer and chisel. The tool cuts scrolls and letters out of the hardest granite in much the same manner that a sharp pencil runs over smooth paper. Hence the great saving in time and labor, and the general reduction in prices is easily understood. Chas. Schmidt & Bros. have now on hand a large assortment of monuments, tablets and markers in red Syenite Granite which has gained a reputation wherever it is used as also of all other popular granites. Parties wishing to purchase anything in their line it will be to their interest to visit them before buying. Office and salesroom, 93 Canal street. Workshop corner West Fulton and Straight streets.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Mar. 27, 1898, Pg. 3, Col. 6, Art. 3
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Announcement, Saturday, April 8, '99
MEMORIAL OF THE DEAD--SPRING AND THE ROBINS ARE WITH US AT LAST.
With the arrival of the beautiful spring days we think it appropriate to mention some thing about the decoration of the last resting places of the dear departed. Not a pleasing thing to think about, but, nevertheless, one which demands the attention of all well meaning people.
DECORATION DAY
Is not very far away and we desire to call the attention of those who need anything in the line of imported and domestic granite or marble monuments, vases, urns, etc, etc, in the big stock we are carrying and which we offer at prices that defy all competition.
Our firm is the oldest in the city, and is known all over Michigan and surrounding country for its strictly honest and business-like methods, and as we employ only the most skilled and artistic workmen in this line of work, have the most modern improved machinery, including a new and positively wonderful pneumatic tool propelled by electricity, which enables us to shape or "work" any size or design out of rough granite in the shortest possible time. This effects a big saving to the purchaser. It is not generally known that we work direct from the rough stone--something that is not done by any house outside of Detroit.
We cordially invite everyone, lookers as well as buyers, to visit our down-town office and show rooms at 77 Canal street, where MR. MATTHEW SCHMIDT, smiling and pleasant, with a winning smile for the ladies and a hearty hand clasp for the men, will be more than pleased to show the handsome monuments of stone, and explain their fine points in a far more fetching way than we can in this article.
SCHMIDT BROS.,
Makers of Granite and Marble Monuments.
NO. 77 CANALSTREET.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sat., Apr. 8, 1899, Pg. 5, Cols. 6-7, AD 2 (Memorial of the Dead)
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MONUMENTS.
CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS.
A leading enterprise in connection with the manufacture of monuments is that conducted by CHAS. SCHMIDT & BROS., with offices and sales room at No. 93 Canal street and a factory and polishing mill at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets. The business was established in 1870 by CHARLES SCHMIDT, who died four years ago. In 1883 he admitted to partnership his brothers, AUGUST P., JOHN, A.F. and MATTHEW SCHMIDT, adopting the present style, which has been continued, although all of the brothers have retired except MATTHEW SCHMIDT, who is now the sole proprietor. A complete equipment is used and fifteen expert stone workers are employed in the manufacture of monuments, the business being confined exclusively to cemetery work, which they turn out in all popular varieties of granite and in domestic and imported marbles. They turn out work in standard patterns or after special designs to order, and enjoy an exceptionally high reputation for the artistic merit of their work, commanding a large trade extending throughout the state of Michigan. Matthew Schmidt, the proprietor, is a native of Grand Rapids, and a thoroughly practical expert in this line, deservedly commanding a high reputation and a prosperous trade.
THE SUNDAY HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Nov. 25, 1900, Part II, Pg. 8, Col. 2, Art. 4
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THE MARBLE WORKS OF CHAS. SCHMIDT & BRO.
Was established in 1870. This is the oldest firm doing business in this line in Grand Rapids. The late CHAS. SCHMIDT was the founder of the institution. Shortly afterward he took his brother MATTHEW into partnership with him. Charles died in 1896. His brother has ever since carried on the enterprise under the old firm name. This concern has been prosperous from the first and today memorials designed and sculptured by them are to be found in cemeteries all over western Michigan.
In 1881 the located their office and retail departments at 93 Canal street and have occupied that location ever since.
Their works, a view of which is herewith presented, have always been at the corner of West Fulton and Straight streets. These are equipped with the best and most modern machinery and appliances to be found on the market. They have a surfacing machine for surfacing granite, marble and other varieties of stones sculptured by them; also a sand blast for raised lettering. These are the only machines of the kind in western Michigan. They have also pneumatic tools run by compressed air and a polishing machine driven by an electric motor. During the busy season they employ a very large force of men as will be seen by the accompanying cut.
On the floors of this establishment at 93 CANAL STREET, May be seen at any time many fine specimens of their workmanship, some of which are as imposing as can be found anywhere. Indeed in high class monuments they excel. At the same time it is well known that their prices for the same grade are very low as compared with those asked by other houses. These together with quality of stone, superior design and finish, and reasonableness of price attracts annually to their place of business a multitude of buyers.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Jan. 1, 1907, Pg. 36, Cols. 3-6
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ON WEST BRIDGE STREET.
BUSINESS BLOCK TO BE ERECTED BY MATTHEW SCHMIDT.
C.G. Viehellig has completed plans and let to John Jungbacker the contract for the business block of MATTHEW SCHMIDT on West Bridge street. The price is $7,400 for the work as it is to be done now and Mr. Junbacker has begun his task with the intention of completing it during the fall.
The building will occupy a site 40x100 feet and will be a two-story brick and stone of neat design. The first floor will contain two stores in the rear of which will be a shop. The upper floor is to be fitted up into two suites of living apartments. All of the interior finishing will be hardwood. It is the intention of the owner to occupy one of the stores and the shop with his marble business, renting the other store.
THE EVENING PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Fri., Aug. 23, 1907, Pg. 8, Col. 3, Art. 2
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MICHIGAN, DEATH CERTIFICATES, 1921-1952
Name: Mathew Schmidt
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Feb 1923
Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 09 Nov 1857
Birthplace: Grand Rapids
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Father's Name: Peter Schmidt
Mother's Name: Kathrine Gveltz
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MATTHEW SCHMIDT
1857-1923
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