Maria Magdelina Fisher ^{3 4 5 6 7}

   Other names for Maria were Mary Fisher, Mary Magdalina Fisher and Mary Magdaline Fisher.⁹

   FamilySearch ID: K2TW-44V.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: in 1804 in Manheim Twp., Schuylkill, PA. Mary Magdaline was born in today's Schuylkill County which was formed in 1811 from Manheim Township, Berks County.

2. Census in 1810 in Manheim Twp., Berks, PA. Note: Manheim Township, Berks ecame part of Schuylkill County when it was created in 1811 from Berks. She was therefore born in today's Schuylkill County where her father Michael resided in 1800 as well.

Name: Michael Fisher
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Manheim, Berks, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2 (Mary Magadline + sister)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 10.

3. Census in 1820 in Manheim Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁰ Name: Michael Fisher
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Manheim, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Over 25: 1
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 1
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6.

4. Census in 1830 in Brunswick Twp., Berks, PA. ¹¹ The household of Daniel Rigel is listed in the 1830 Census with:
Males (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 1 son Joshua
5-9 (1821-1825) = 1 son Daniel
20-29 (1801-1810) = 1 father Daniel
Females (born)
Under 5 (1826-1830) = 1 daughter Lydia
5-9 (1821-1825) = 1 daughter ?
20-29 (1801-1810) = 1 mother Mary Magdaline
50-59 (1771-1780) = 1 grandmother Magdalena
The older woman is probably his mother, as his father had died.

5. Census in 1840 in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ¹² In the 1840 Census, living in the household of Daniel Rigel were:
Males (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 2 sons
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 son
10-14 (1826-1830) = 1 son
30-39 (1801-1810) = 1 father Daniel
Females (born)
Under 5 (1836-1840) = 1 daughter
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 daughter
10-14 (1826-1830) = 2 daughters
30-39 (1801-1810) = 1 wife.

6. Census in 1850 in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ¹³ Daniel Riggle, age 41, farmer, appears in the 1850 Census in West Brunswick Township. Living with him is wife Magdalena, 45; John, 19, Mechanic; Eli, 18; Matilda, 16; Priscilla, 14; Ruben, 12; John, 10; Kitty, 8; Lewis, 1; Elizabeth, 2. Susannah 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

7. Census in 1860 in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁴ Her husband is listed as Daniel Rigel, age 56, which would make his birth year about 1804, not 1801 as his tombstone records. His wife Mary is 56 years old. Living with them is Lewis (16); Susannah (14); Elizabeth (11); and two servants: Elizabeth Sholler (18) and Joseph Sheppell (17).

8. Census in 1870 in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁵ The 1870 Census lists the household of Daniel Rigel, age 68, farmer. His wife, Mary, is 67. Living with them is daughter Susannah, 22. On the same census page are the families of Joshua & Hannah Rigel and Reuben and Christiana Rigel. The post office is Orwigsburg.

Maria married Daniel Riegel Sr., son of Michael Riegel and Magdalena Zettelmeyer.^{1 2} (Daniel Riegel Sr. was born on 15 Sep 1801 in Windsor Twp., Berks, PA ^{1 16 17}, christened on 27 Aug 1802 in Windsor Twp.: St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Smoke Church), Berks, PA,² died on 20 Jan 1881 in , Schuylkill, PA ¹⁷ and was buried in Orwigsburg: Kimmel's Evangelical Free Church, Schuylkill, PA ^{2 6 16 17}.)