Passila Riegel ³

   Other names for Passila were Pascilla Riegel, Passeller Riegel and Priscilla Riegel.

   FamilySearch ID: L4HH-TF8.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1840 in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ⁵ 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.

2. Census in 1850 in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ⁶ 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.

3. Fact: When Pascilla died in 1857 Elias married her sister Catherine., 1858, , Schuylkill, PA.

4. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Smith's Easter Reunion., 13 Apr 1903, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁷ SMITHS' EASTER REUNION.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Smith Have Descendants With Them.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Smith, of 443 North Sixth street, spent a joyous Easter with their children and grand-children, the occasion being a family reunion. Not in twenty-five years had all the children and their children been at home at the same time and Sunday was a happy one for all. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Smith there were present: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Snyder, Mayd, Bertha, Blanche, Elias and William Snyder, Allentown; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Witman, Harvey and Clark Witman, Pottstown; Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fauber, Alice Fauber, this city; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Smith, Russel, Lester and Miriam Smith, this city, Miss Irene Smith and Claud Smith, this city.

5. Book: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: Genealogy--Family History--Biography, 1915. ⁸
Daniel Riegel married Magdalene Fisher, and they had these children: Daniel Jr., who married in the West; Lydia, who married Jacob Shell; Passila and Catherine, both of whom married Elias Smith; Matilda, who married Jacob Herman; Joshua, who was twice married to Amanada and Hannah Potts; Elias, who married Catherine Bachert; John, who never married; Reuben, who married Tine Shopbell; Susanna, who married William Deibert; Lewish, who married Sylletta Smith; and Elizabeth, who married John Gerber.

Passila married Elias Smith, son of Peter Smith Jr. and Catherine Zettelmeyer, in 1855 in Steinsville: German Reformed Church, Lehigh, PA.^{1 2} (Elias Smith was born on 9 Dec 1833 in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA,^{2 9 10 11} died on 20 Aug 1904 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{11 12} and was buried on 23 Aug 1904 in Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ^{11 13}.)