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Anna Catherine Schmidt

From the Bethlehem Graveyard records: "Riedt, 1727-62, from Heidelberg, Pa. From her 15th year she lived at the house of her cousin, Conrad Weisser, with whom Count Zinzendorf lodged on his first journey to the Indians. In 1747 she became the wife of Anton Schmidt, and spent with him seven years among the Indians, working for their conversion. Later they resided at Christiansbrunn."
Birthplace: 
Heidelberg, Pennsylvania
Birth Year: 
1727
Death Year: 
1762