BIO:  Ambrose SCHMIDT, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Hanover Borough and Penn Township, Pg 67

AMBROSE SCHMIDT, born in Germany, January 11, 1824, is a son of Andrew and 
Catherine (Meisener) Schmidt, both natives of Germany.  He came to this county 
with his parents in 1842, and settled in the borough of York.  Having served an 
apprenticeship at the trade of mason in Germany, he engaged in stone cutting and 
building soon after his arrival at York.  He assisted in tearing down the old 
county jail at York and building the new one.  He continued at his trade until 
1866, when he removed to Hanover, Penn., and engaged in the business of beer 
brewing, to which he subsequently added beer bottling and pop manufacturing, 
which, business he has profitably conducted to the present.  Mr. Schmidt was 
married, August 2, 1849, to Miss Margaret, daughter of Anthony and Margaret 
Boll.  Six children have blessed this union, Catherine, born April, 1850; 
Margaret, February 1852; Adam, December, 1854; Mary, April, 1857; John, August, 
1859; and Ambrose O., October, 1863.  Mr. Schmidt and his family are all members 
of the Catholic Church.