Esther May* Skolfield (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Jacob3, Thomas2, Thomas1) was born 25 October 1888 in Portland, Oregon. She married, Carl Louis August Schmidt, son of Heinrick Fridrick Gustav Schmidt and Friderike Unversagt, 11 April 1914 in Berkeley, California, by Dr. Frederick Dille of Trinity Methodist Church. She died 24 April 1990 in Berkeley, California, at age 101. From the Berkeley Daily Gazette of 2 February 1914:
CITY BACTERIOLOGIST WILL CLAIM BRIDE
A romance beginning while both were engaged in scientific research work at the university has resulted in the announcement of the engagement of Miss Esther May Skolfield, assistant at the state hygienic laboratory on the university campus, and Carl L A. Schmidt, city bacteriologist and chemist. The engagement was announced on Saturday by Miss Skolfield, who acquainted a group of her friends with the interesting news at an informal tea
given at the home of Miss Juanita Gerlach, 3008 Benvenue Avenue Miss Skolfield, whose home is in Portland, is a graduate of the Stanford University with the class of 1911, with a degree in physiology and histology, and for the past two years has been assistant bacteriologist for the state board of health at the state hygienic laboratory.
Schmidt took his degree from the University of California several years ago and for several years acted in the capacity of expert for the Referee Board of the United States Department of Agriculture. He has been identified with the local health board for more than a year.
Both Miss Skolfield and Schmidt have published several valuable scientific contributions and plan to continue their research work together after their wedding in the spring. At the time of her death in 1990 Esther Skolfield Schmidt was a 64-year member of Berkeley Hills Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. She was regent
1934-1936. She organized the Anna Tangier Smith Society,
Children of the American Revolution, and was senior president. State D.A.R- offices include Chairman Genealogical Records, Lineage Bunk Chairman and State Librarian 1938-1940- She was listed in Who's Who in Genealogy, She traced her lineage to eleven revolutionary ancestors: William Stanwood of Maine, Jacob Anderson, John Blake, Benjamin Chase, Stephen Hall, Thomas Lemont, John Roger, Thomas SkolReld, Samuel Skolfield, Stephen Staples and Eli Widger. Her membership in Magna Charta Dames was through descent from her immigrant ancestor Surgeon John Greene of Rhode, Island. Besides doing extensive research on her own family history which she hoped to publish and
which her children have carried out with the publication of this volume, she did research for several other families including those of William Chapman Ralston, the early San Francisco banker. Esther Skolfield Schmidt was active in the Parent Teacher Association when her children were in school. For over twenty-five years she supplied
flowers from her garden to the Red Cross for veteran's hospitals.
Her obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle read:
Schmidt, Esther Skolfield In Berkeley, April 24, 1990; age 101; wife of the late Carl L.A. Schmidt of Berkeley; professor and chairman of Biochemistry and Dean of the College of Pharmacy at U.C.; survived by two sons, Dr. Stanwood Skolfield Schmidt of Eureka, Alfred Carl Schmidt, Sr. of Hillsborough and one daughter Esther S. de Vries of Vallejo; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren;
native of Portland, Oregon; member of Berkeley Hills Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, California Genealogical Society, Pejepscot (Maine) Historical Society, Colonial Dames of the 17th Century, Magna Charts Dames, National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America and St. John's Presbyterian Church; graduate of Stanford University, 1911. One of her granddaughters, Virginia Schmidt Parker, in a letter to her Aunt Esther Schmidt de Vries, described her grandmother as a woman of great energy and love and a great influence in convincing her
parents to let her attend medical school.
The children of Esther May6 Skolfield and Carl Louis August Schmidt were:
i. Stanwood Skolfield7 Schmidt was born 1 August 1918; married Barbara Elizabeth Slater.
ii. Alfred Carl Schmidt was born 22 September 1921; married Mary Elizabeth Koch.
iii. Esther Frederika Schmidt was born 30 September 1924; married Theodor Jurgen de Vries.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
CITY BACTERIOLOGIST WILL CLAIM BRIDE
A romance beginning while both were engaged in scientific research work at the university has resulted in the announcement of the engagement of Miss Esther May Skolfield, assistant at the state hygienic laboratory on the university campus, and Carl L A. Schmidt, city bacteriologist and chemist. The engagement was announced on Saturday by Miss Skolfield, who acquainted a group of her friends with the interesting news at an informal tea
given at the home of Miss Juanita Gerlach, 3008 Benvenue Avenue Miss Skolfield, whose home is in Portland, is a graduate of the Stanford University with the class of 1911, with a degree in physiology and histology, and for the past two years has been assistant bacteriologist for the state board of health at the state hygienic laboratory.
Schmidt took his degree from the University of California several years ago and for several years acted in the capacity of expert for the Referee Board of the United States Department of Agriculture. He has been identified with the local health board for more than a year.
Both Miss Skolfield and Schmidt have published several valuable scientific contributions and plan to continue their research work together after their wedding in the spring. At the time of her death in 1990 Esther Skolfield Schmidt was a 64-year member of Berkeley Hills Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. She was regent
1934-1936. She organized the Anna Tangier Smith Society,
Children of the American Revolution, and was senior president. State D.A.R- offices include Chairman Genealogical Records, Lineage Bunk Chairman and State Librarian 1938-1940- She was listed in Who's Who in Genealogy, She traced her lineage to eleven revolutionary ancestors: William Stanwood of Maine, Jacob Anderson, John Blake, Benjamin Chase, Stephen Hall, Thomas Lemont, John Roger, Thomas SkolReld, Samuel Skolfield, Stephen Staples and Eli Widger. Her membership in Magna Charta Dames was through descent from her immigrant ancestor Surgeon John Greene of Rhode, Island. Besides doing extensive research on her own family history which she hoped to publish and
which her children have carried out with the publication of this volume, she did research for several other families including those of William Chapman Ralston, the early San Francisco banker. Esther Skolfield Schmidt was active in the Parent Teacher Association when her children were in school. For over twenty-five years she supplied
flowers from her garden to the Red Cross for veteran's hospitals.
Her obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle read:
Schmidt, Esther Skolfield In Berkeley, April 24, 1990; age 101; wife of the late Carl L.A. Schmidt of Berkeley; professor and chairman of Biochemistry and Dean of the College of Pharmacy at U.C.; survived by two sons, Dr. Stanwood Skolfield Schmidt of Eureka, Alfred Carl Schmidt, Sr. of Hillsborough and one daughter Esther S. de Vries of Vallejo; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren;
native of Portland, Oregon; member of Berkeley Hills Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, California Genealogical Society, Pejepscot (Maine) Historical Society, Colonial Dames of the 17th Century, Magna Charts Dames, National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America and St. John's Presbyterian Church; graduate of Stanford University, 1911. One of her granddaughters, Virginia Schmidt Parker, in a letter to her Aunt Esther Schmidt de Vries, described her grandmother as a woman of great energy and love and a great influence in convincing her
parents to let her attend medical school.
The children of Esther May6 Skolfield and Carl Louis August Schmidt were:
i. Stanwood Skolfield7 Schmidt was born 1 August 1918; married Barbara Elizabeth Slater.
ii. Alfred Carl Schmidt was born 22 September 1921; married Mary Elizabeth Koch.
iii. Esther Frederika Schmidt was born 30 September 1924; married Theodor Jurgen de Vries.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
Esther May* Skolfield (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Jacob3, Thomas2, Thomas1) was born 25 October 1888 in Portland, Oregon. She married, Carl Louis August Schmidt, son of Heinrick Fridrick Gustav Schmidt and Friderike Unversagt, 11 April 1914 in Berkeley, California, by Dr. Frederick Dille of Trinity Methodist Church. She died 24 April 1990 in Berkeley, California, at age 101. From the Berkeley Daily Gazette of 2 February 1914:
CITY BACTERIOLOGIST WILL CLAIM BRIDE
A romance beginning while both were engaged in scientific research work at the university has resulted in the announcement of the engagement of Miss Esther May Skolfield, assistant at the state hygienic laboratory on the university campus, and Carl L A. Schmidt, city bacteriologist and chemist. The engagement was announced on Saturday by Miss Skolfield, who acquainted a group of her friends with the interesting news at an informal tea
given at the home of Miss Juanita Gerlach, 3008 Benvenue Avenue Miss Skolfield, whose home is in Portland, is a graduate of the Stanford University with the class of 1911, with a degree in physiology and histology, and for the past two years has been assistant bacteriologist for the state board of health at the state hygienic laboratory.
Schmidt took his degree from the University of California several years ago and for several years acted in the capacity of expert for the Referee Board of the United States Department of Agriculture. He has been identified with the local health board for more than a year.
Both Miss Skolfield and Schmidt have published several valuable scientific contributions and plan to continue their research work together after their wedding in the spring. At the time of her death in 1990 Esther Skolfield Schmidt was a 64-year member of Berkeley Hills Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. She was regent
1934-1936. She organized the Anna Tangier Smith Society,
Children of the American Revolution, and was senior president. State D.A.R- offices include Chairman Genealogical Records, Lineage Bunk Chairman and State Librarian 1938-1940- She was listed in Who's Who in Genealogy, She traced her lineage to eleven revolutionary ancestors: William Stanwood of Maine, Jacob Anderson, John Blake, Benjamin Chase, Stephen Hall, Thomas Lemont, John Roger, Thomas SkolReld, Samuel Skolfield, Stephen Staples and Eli Widger. Her membership in Magna Charta Dames was through descent from her immigrant ancestor Surgeon John Greene of Rhode, Island. Besides doing extensive research on her own family history which she hoped to publish and
which her children have carried out with the publication of this volume, she did research for several other families including those of William Chapman Ralston, the early San Francisco banker. Esther Skolfield Schmidt was active in the Parent Teacher Association when her children were in school. For over twenty-five years she supplied
flowers from her garden to the Red Cross for veteran's hospitals.
Her obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle read:
Schmidt, Esther Skolfield In Berkeley, April 24, 1990; age 101; wife of the late Carl L.A. Schmidt of Berkeley; professor and chairman of Biochemistry and Dean of the College of Pharmacy at U.C.; survived by two sons, Dr. Stanwood Skolfield Schmidt of Eureka, Alfred Carl Schmidt, Sr. of Hillsborough and one daughter Esther S. de Vries of Vallejo; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren;
native of Portland, Oregon; member of Berkeley Hills Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, California Genealogical Society, Pejepscot (Maine) Historical Society, Colonial Dames of the 17th Century, Magna Charts Dames, National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America and St. John's Presbyterian Church; graduate of Stanford University, 1911. One of her granddaughters, Virginia Schmidt Parker, in a letter to her Aunt Esther Schmidt de Vries, described her grandmother as a woman of great energy and love and a great influence in convincing her
parents to let her attend medical school.
The children of Esther May6 Skolfield and Carl Louis August Schmidt were:
i. Stanwood Skolfield7 Schmidt was born 1 August 1918; married Barbara Elizabeth Slater.
ii. Alfred Carl Schmidt was born 22 September 1921; married Mary Elizabeth Koch.
iii. Esther Frederika Schmidt was born 30 September 1924; married Theodor Jurgen de Vries.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
CITY BACTERIOLOGIST WILL CLAIM BRIDE
A romance beginning while both were engaged in scientific research work at the university has resulted in the announcement of the engagement of Miss Esther May Skolfield, assistant at the state hygienic laboratory on the university campus, and Carl L A. Schmidt, city bacteriologist and chemist. The engagement was announced on Saturday by Miss Skolfield, who acquainted a group of her friends with the interesting news at an informal tea
given at the home of Miss Juanita Gerlach, 3008 Benvenue Avenue Miss Skolfield, whose home is in Portland, is a graduate of the Stanford University with the class of 1911, with a degree in physiology and histology, and for the past two years has been assistant bacteriologist for the state board of health at the state hygienic laboratory.
Schmidt took his degree from the University of California several years ago and for several years acted in the capacity of expert for the Referee Board of the United States Department of Agriculture. He has been identified with the local health board for more than a year.
Both Miss Skolfield and Schmidt have published several valuable scientific contributions and plan to continue their research work together after their wedding in the spring. At the time of her death in 1990 Esther Skolfield Schmidt was a 64-year member of Berkeley Hills Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. She was regent
1934-1936. She organized the Anna Tangier Smith Society,
Children of the American Revolution, and was senior president. State D.A.R- offices include Chairman Genealogical Records, Lineage Bunk Chairman and State Librarian 1938-1940- She was listed in Who's Who in Genealogy, She traced her lineage to eleven revolutionary ancestors: William Stanwood of Maine, Jacob Anderson, John Blake, Benjamin Chase, Stephen Hall, Thomas Lemont, John Roger, Thomas SkolReld, Samuel Skolfield, Stephen Staples and Eli Widger. Her membership in Magna Charta Dames was through descent from her immigrant ancestor Surgeon John Greene of Rhode, Island. Besides doing extensive research on her own family history which she hoped to publish and
which her children have carried out with the publication of this volume, she did research for several other families including those of William Chapman Ralston, the early San Francisco banker. Esther Skolfield Schmidt was active in the Parent Teacher Association when her children were in school. For over twenty-five years she supplied
flowers from her garden to the Red Cross for veteran's hospitals.
Her obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle read:
Schmidt, Esther Skolfield In Berkeley, April 24, 1990; age 101; wife of the late Carl L.A. Schmidt of Berkeley; professor and chairman of Biochemistry and Dean of the College of Pharmacy at U.C.; survived by two sons, Dr. Stanwood Skolfield Schmidt of Eureka, Alfred Carl Schmidt, Sr. of Hillsborough and one daughter Esther S. de Vries of Vallejo; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren;
native of Portland, Oregon; member of Berkeley Hills Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, California Genealogical Society, Pejepscot (Maine) Historical Society, Colonial Dames of the 17th Century, Magna Charts Dames, National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America and St. John's Presbyterian Church; graduate of Stanford University, 1911. One of her granddaughters, Virginia Schmidt Parker, in a letter to her Aunt Esther Schmidt de Vries, described her grandmother as a woman of great energy and love and a great influence in convincing her
parents to let her attend medical school.
The children of Esther May6 Skolfield and Carl Louis August Schmidt were:
i. Stanwood Skolfield7 Schmidt was born 1 August 1918; married Barbara Elizabeth Slater.
ii. Alfred Carl Schmidt was born 22 September 1921; married Mary Elizabeth Koch.
iii. Esther Frederika Schmidt was born 30 September 1924; married Theodor Jurgen de Vries.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
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