Annabella Riegel ¹

   FamilySearch ID: LDM9-RYM.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She appeared in the household of William Smith in a census in 1880 in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ^{2 2} The 1880 census recorded William Smith, farmer, 56, living with wife Fietta, 52; Alexander, 19; William, 17; Christianna, 14; Salem, 11, and William's brother, Emanuel, 47.

Next door is William's son, Alfred, farmer, 30, with wife Maria, 19, son Morris, 9 months old born in Aug 1879, and his brother, Thomas, farm hand, 27.

On the same census page is Joseph Smith, 11, a servant in the home of Lewis Riegle, 35, and his wife, Sylletta, 30, who is William Smith's daughter, with her children Edward, 13; Arabella, 4; and daughter Neide M., 1.

Their neighbor is farmer Henry Smith, 50, widowed, living with his niece, Mary Smith, 22; and three servants.

The next household is James Siegfried, 30, living with wife Emaline, 32, who is William Smith's daughter, with her children Maria, 11; and sons Abner, 5, and Alvin, 2.

Two households later is Peter Smith, farmer, 62, living with wife Catharine, 65; and son James, 36.

Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1880 in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ^{1 3} The 1880 census records Lewis Reigel (age 35) living with Syletta (30), Edward (13), Anabella (4), and daughter Seide? (1). His occupation is farmer. Living as neighbors are Peter Smith (62) and his wife Catherine (65) and son James (36) who are likely the father of Elias Smith who married Lewis' sister Priscilla.