MT. VERNON - Descendants of the Mathias and Susanna (Schmid) Marty family will have their annual reunion on Sunday, July 6 at the Forest of Fame Park.
Mathias and Susanna came over to the United States from Switzerland in 1884, settled in Mt. Vernon and raised 13 children. The log cabin they lived in is on the site of Dane County's Donald Park on Wisconsin 92, between Mt. Vernon and Mt. Horeb.
The family is attempting to contact descendants of the Christian and Susanna Schmid family of Frietigen, Switzerland, to participate in the reunion. Some of Susanna's brothers were Samuel, Peter, Johannes and Jacob Schmid.
Those who are a descendant of the Schmid family, contact Linda Marty Schmitz, Waunakee, at 608-850-5400.
Mathias and Susanna came over to the United States from Switzerland in 1884, settled in Mt. Vernon and raised 13 children. The log cabin they lived in is on the site of Dane County's Donald Park on Wisconsin 92, between Mt. Vernon and Mt. Horeb.
The family is attempting to contact descendants of the Christian and Susanna Schmid family of Frietigen, Switzerland, to participate in the reunion. Some of Susanna's brothers were Samuel, Peter, Johannes and Jacob Schmid.
Those who are a descendant of the Schmid family, contact Linda Marty Schmitz, Waunakee, at 608-850-5400.
