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Continued: Carl "Heinrich" Sheidt Carl "Heinrich" Scheidt was born 13 Jan 1824 and baptized 1 Feb 1824 in Dirschau, West Prussia (now Tczew, Poland). He was apparently born at Sobbowitz (now Sobowidz) -- referring to the state-owned estate or forest by this name about 14 km northwest of Dirschau/Tczew. The family was Evangelical (Lutheran) in Religion.
At the time of his mother's death, in January 1840, Heinrich (age 16) was a joiner's apprentice in Danzig (presumably the city). During this time, his father, August Scheidt, was a forester (and road overseer) in Montau, Dirschau and presumably Sobbowitz
At the time of his marriage in 1846, Heinrich resided at Mallenczin near the small town of Ober Buschkau (about 12 miles southwest of the city of Danzig). His father was the Royal Forester at Mallenczin, a specific house and farm complex that still stands about a mile east of Ober Buschkau (now Buszkowy Górne). Mallenczin is still known as "Lesniczowka Malentyn"--the Forester’s Lodge Malentyn.
After their marriage, Heinrich and his wife Auguste soon moved into nearby Ober Buschkau. Three children were born there, and at least one of them died there. The birth and baptism records for his children indicate that Heinrich was a carpenter and cabinet maker by trade.
By 1861, the family moved about 50 miles to the southeast to Nieder Zehren, Mariwnwerder, Westpreussen (now Czarne Dolne, Gmina Gardeja, Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland).
Heinrich is described as an innkeeper on his wife's 1861 death record. Auguste died tragically in a horrific fire that destroyed their inn, and also took the life of a niece.
After his wife's death, Heinrich decided to take his only surviving son, Robert, to North America. They departed Hamburg, Germany, on 3 May 1862 aboard the ship Gellert, sailing first to England and then on to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. On the manifest, Carl Scheidt's occupation was recorded as carpenter, and their last residence was Bozepole. Bozepole was a specific residence or farm estate near the Kuchnie See (a small lake now known as Jerioro Kuchnia), which was situated a few miles southwest of Nieder Zehren (now Czarne Dolne).
When his son Robert was about 12 (during the winter of 1863-1864), Heinrich went hunting, got caught in a blizzard, and froze to death. His place of death and burial places are unknown, but possibly in the Ottawa Valley or present-day Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
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