Family Stories

A potpourri of stories about various family members or events, written by others and edited by me.

Note that each of these writings were created by someone else (see next heading). My role was to first transcribe them, check grammar and spelling, next to add links to people, places or events, and then to add corrections or clarifications [within brackets].

These are item that my cousin Michael Neuman (on my mother's side) compiled from other sources given in each document.

Most recent on top; [yyyy-mm-dd] is date published.

Biographies of George Smith and Eva Goodale (and family information): This chronicles the lives of my maternal grandparents, complied by Michael Neuman but with input from Rev. Jackson Smith and Virginia Smith Hibbard-DeGree. [2026-05-26]
Biography of Jacob George Smith, father of George above, and other family information: This chronicles the life of my great-grandfather, complied by Michael Neuman but with input from Rev. Jackson E. Smith, Mareka Willemssen Beving, and Matilda Hindt Onken. [2026-05-26]
Biography of George J. Smidt, father of Jacob above, and other family information: This chronicles the life of my great-great-grandfather, complied by Michael Neuman but with input from Rev. Jackson E. Smith and Matilda Hindt Onken. [2026-05-26]
Biography of Jakob H. G. Smidt, father of George above, and other family information: This chronicles the life of my 3g-grandfather, complied by Michael Neuman but with input from Rev. Jackson E. Smith, R. Smith, Matilda Hindt Onken, Al Buss and Kate Buss. [2026-05-26]