Louis Schmidt

Deceased Person

1844 – 1935

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Who was Louis Schmidt?

Louis Schmidt was born on December 4, 1844 at Old Fort, near Fort Chipewyan and was baptised at Portage La Loche by Father Jean-Baptiste Thibault in July 1845. He died in Saint Louis, Saskatchewan near Batoche November 6, 1935. In 1869 he was Secretary to the first Provisional Government organized in the Red River Colony. Louis Schmidt sat as an elected member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for Saint Boniface West in 1870-1874 and again in 1878-1879. He was the grandson of Alexis Bonami and a classmate of Louis Riel.

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Born
Dec 4, 1844
Fort Chipewyan
Died
Nov 6, 1935
St. Louis

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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