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Our Reinig family emigrated to America from Trier, Germany.
	Please note that there is a Reference Guide for sources of information on this site. This is Ed Reinig's Written Story of the Reinig Emigration The story as written below is from Joyce Reinig's notes: Reinig-Stein Genealogy Charts "Edgar Reinig recalls the following as told to him by his grandfather Jacob. "Jacob, John, and sisters left Germany because of "conscription." Their mother had died and their father had been killed in an alley. The courts had taken away their land. They came to America secretly to avoid the draft into the German army. They were to be sponsored by a family in Shelby County, Iowa. "According to Cecilia (Reinig) Gass, they crossed over into the Netherlands to get out of Germany and it was from there they got passage to America. Ed relates that their accommodations were in the animal hold of the ship. (Live animals were taken to butcher later for food for the trip.) "The youngest, Mathias, did not come to America at that time as he was too young. He is supposed to have stayed with relatives and came over at a later date. Jacob is said to have been 17 years of age. So that would make their emigration about the year of 1875. Jacob's and Mathia's birthdates are verified from grave markers in the cemetery at Portsmouth, Iowa. "The eldest son, John, was given charge of the money to buy their food and available supplies, but he was very strict in handing it out. As a result, the children were nearly starved when they arrived in the United States, as well as being very frightened of what might be in their future." German History during the 1800's Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig, German Emperor Historical Map of Prussia History of Trier Saarland Rhineland Catholic Diocese of Trier Portsmouth, Iowa -- From: Wikipedia The land on which Portsmouth stands was originally owned by William Williams, who built a log cabin home there in the 1860s. The early settlement grew to be known as the "Cologne Settlement" and in 1886 it moved into Portsmouth. The town began its existence with the coming of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway and on August 8, 1882 the Milwaukee Land Co. platted the land for the city. Michael Reinig (b. Feb 18, 1779) / Magdalena Bastnach (b. March 9, 1783) Peter Stein (b. Oct 1, 1785) / Lucia Anna Biltzinger (b. June 3, 1794) John (Johann) Reinig and Catherine Stein John Reinig of Trier, Germany married Catherine Stein. Reinig-Stein Genealogy Charts According to the Pedigree Chart for Eva Reinig Fuhs -- John Reinig was the son of: Michael Reinig, born February 18, 1779 -- and -- Magdalena Bastnach, born March 9, 1783 John was born November 11, 1825 and died November 13, 1878 Catherine Stein was the daughter of: Peter Stein, born October 1, 1785 -- and -- Lucia Anna Biltzinger, born June 3, 1794 Catherine was born August 12, 1825 and died May 8, 1881 John and Catherine Reinig begat 7 children, all born in Trier, Germany: By the Fuhs chart, Eva was born at Weiten, Saarland, Germany John Reinig, Jr. -- born 1853, died 1942; married Agnes Neubauer Susan Reinig -- born 1855, died ?; married Henry Greiner Jacob Reinig -- born 1858, died 1930; married Barbara Ludwig Eva Reinig -- born 1861, died 1907 Mary Reinig -- born 1864, died 1941; married John Pitsch Mathias Reinig -- born 1870, died 1916; married Anna Neubauer Anna Reinig -- born Oct 11, 1869, died Jan 25, 1911; married Nicholas Weber Jacob Reinig Circa 1916 Ludwig Ancestors Charts Reinig-Ludwig Descendents Chart Link to Jacob Reinig and Barbara Ludwig pictures Jacob Reinig married Barbara Ludwig on February 25, 1887 in Keokuk County, Iowa. Barbara Ludwig was born Nov 24, 1865 and died April 18, 1928. Jacob died November 19, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska. Jacob and Barbara Reinig had 10 children: Susan Reinig Schmitt b. 1887, d. 1953 m. John Schmitt Mathias Jacob Reinig b. 1889, d. 1963 m. Mary Eva Nollen Francis Reinig b. Jan 7, 1891, d. Feb 13, 1891 Henry William "Brownie" Reinig b. 1892, d. 1944 m. Gertrude Flynn John Edward Reinig b. 1894, d. 1918 killed in WWI Jacob John Reinig b. 1896, d. 1945 m. Anna Martha Hainley Rose Anna Reinig Croghan b. 1898; d. 1943 m. Raymond Joseph Croghan Clarence J. Reinig b. 1900, d. 1932 m. Pauline Adelaide Yegge Peter William Reinig b. 1902, d. 1977 m. Nina Ethel Johnson Cecilia Mary Reinig Gass b. 1904, d. 1995 m. Raymond Cletus Gass William Reinig b. 1906, d. 1987 m. Margaret Winkler Zeno M. Reinig b. 1909, d. 1979) m. Irene Smith
	Mathias Jacob Reinig Circa 1916 Mary Nollen Genealogy Link to Mathias Reinig and Mary Nollen pictures Mathias and Mary begat six children. Bernice Barbara Reinig Bauer m. Joseph Bauer; m. William Zimmerman Edgar Jacob Reinig m. Mary Catherine Cosgrove Walter Henry "Bud" Reinig killed in WWII John Edward Reinig m. Joyce Wolfe Delores Cecilia m. Charles Joseph Jones; m. Richard Novak Pauline Marie m. Robert James Deininger
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