Charles Schmal
b. 25 September 1845, d. 8 December 1904
- Father: Johann Peter Schmal b. 5 June 1820, d. 6 December 1871
- Mother: Christina Anna Volk b. 8 April 1818, d. 22 March 1884
- Charles Schmal was born on 25 September 1845 in Hessen-Darmstadt.
- Johann Peter Schmal and Christina Anna Volk, accompanied by Charles Schmal, William Schmal and G. William Volk, departed on 13 April 1848 from London & Portsmouth aboard the US packet ship London of the Red Swallowtail Line, with merchandise and cabin and 367 steerage passengers, consigned to Grinnell, Minturn & Co.
- Johann Peter Schmal and Christina Anna Volk arrived in the Port of New York on 20 May 1848, accompanied by Charles Schmal, William Schmal.
- Johann Peter Schmal and Christina Anna Volk appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, with two other blacksmiths living in the household.. Other members of the household included Charles Schmal, William Schmal, John Peter Schmal and G. William Volk.
- Johann Peter Schmal and Christina Anna Volk appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Buffalo, New York, with two other blacksmiths living in the household.. Other members of the household included Charles Schmal, William Schmal, John Peter Schmal and Henry Robert Schmal.
- Johann Peter Schmal and Christina Anna Volk, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included Charles Schmal, John Peter Schmal, Henry Robert Schmal and Christina Sophia Schmal.
- He was a wagon maker, according to the 1870 census.
- Charles Schmal appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Utica, Oneida County, New York, at Court Street a patient at the State Lunatic Asylum.
- He was an unemployed waggon maker, according to the 1880 census.
- Charles Schmal appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, New York, a patient at Buffalo State Hospital.
- Charles Schmal died on 8 December 1904 at age 59.
- He was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
- A single grave marker identifies the graves of Charles Schmal and G. William Volk.
- Last Edited: 10 Jul 2011