Johann Ernst Reifschneider
George Reifschneider
(1786-1859)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Spengler

George Reifschneider 1 2

  • Born: 1 Jan 1786, Jacksonwald, Berks, PA 1 2
  • Christened: 15 Jan 1786, Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald Reformed Church, Berks, PA 1
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Spengler on 4 Jan 1809 in Reading: First Reformed Church, Berks, PA, USA
  • Died: 23 May 1859, , Berks, PA at age 73 2 3
  • Buried: 27 May 1859, Wernersville: St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Berks, PA 2 4

   Other names for George were Johann Georg Reifschneider and George Reifsnyder.3

   FamilySearch ID: GQMR-QVD.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of 1 Jan 1786 is date calculated from his tombstone. Birth calculated from funeral record at Hains Reformed Church, 30 Dec 1785 and Jacksonwald, Berks, PA. 4

2. Census in 1810 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA. 5 The household of Geo. Reifsnider was recorded with:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1801-1810) = 1
10-15 (1795-1800) = 1
16-25 (1785-1794) = 1
Females (born)
Under 10 (1801-1810) = 1
16-25 (1785-1794) = 1.

3. Book: St. John's (Hain's) Reformed Church in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks county, Penna. - Funerals Held by Rev. Charles Augustus Pauli - May 27, 1859 = Geprge Reifsnyder - Age 73.4.23, 27 May 1859. 4

4. Book: Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania, 1909. 6
Johann Ernst Reifsnyder (also spelled Reiffschneider), a native of Germany, was a passenger on board the ship "Phoenix," which qualified at Philadelphia, Sept 30, 1743, and soon after this date he settled in Berks county. His children were: (1) David was the grandfather of Samuel S. (2) Daniel married and died young at New Wales, Pa. (3) George, who was born June 1, 1786, and died May 23, 1859, m. Elizabeth Spangler (born March 3, 1786, died Aug. 17, 1878), both being buried at Hain's Church. They lived at Brownsville and had these children: Polly m. Daniel Greth; Susanna m Emanuel Greth; Elizabeth m. Joseph Fox; Martha m. William Phillips; Kitty Ann, twin of Martha, m. Peter Leininger; and Ellen died unmarried. (4) Jacob, who lived at Dengler's and is buried at Schwartzwald Church, had these children, Samuel, Perry, Jacob, William, Elizabeth, Maria, and Rebecca. (5) John, who was lame, lived below Reading and kept Giles Locks, having three children, Charles, Solomon and Dr. William. (6) Catherine m. Wilhelm Stiely, a weaver of Stielytown, in Lower Heidelberg township.

David Reifsnyder, grandfather of Samuel S., was born April 13, 1781, and died July 15, 1849, being buried at Hain's Church. He was a farmer and lived at Brownsville, Berks county, which town he was instrumental in building up. His brother-in-law, Michael Brown, built the first house there before 1800, and hence the name Brownsville. Mr. Reifsnyder owned a tract of sixty acres of land near Hain's Church, and there his death occurred. He was also a wheelwright by trade, and this he followed for many years. He was married to Elizabeth Knerr, who died without issue, and he then married her sister Catherine Knerr, daughter of Christian Knerr. She was born Jan. 5, 1784, and died May 20, 1861, having been the mother of these children: Samuel; Ellen m. Daniel Shower, a stone mason of Lower Heidelberg township; Catherine m. Daniel Dunkelberger; Jonas, of Womelsdorf, was the twin of Catherine; Maria, widow of Henry Seibert, was born Feb. 7, 1825, and lives with her son George at Sixth and Bingaman streets, Reading; and Sarah, born on the homestead, Oct. 2, 1827, m. Reuben Spangler, who died in 1901 in Reading, where Mrs. Spangler has lived since 1867.

5. Residence: Brownsville is an unincorporated community in western Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It's located at the intersection of Brownsville and Heffner Roads. in Brownsville, Berks, PA.


George married Elizabeth Spengler, daughter of Christian Spengler and Maria Elizabeth Lambrecht, on 4 Jan 1809 in Reading: First Reformed Church, Berks, PA, USA. (Elizabeth Spengler was born on 3 Mar 1786 in Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA,3 7 died on 17 Aug 1878 in , Berks, PA 7 and was buried on 22 Aug 1878 in Wernersville: St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Berks, PA 3 7.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, PA > Berks > Jacksonwald > Schwarzwald Reformed Church. Johann Georg Reifschneider, father George.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30959745.

3 Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania.), August 24, 1878.

4 Rev. W.J. Kershner and Adam G. Lerch, "St. John's (Hain's) Reformed Church in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks county, Penna." (Online verson at: http://www.pagenweb.org/~berks/oldberkssite/books/HainsChurch/), Funerals Held by Rev. Charles Augustus Pauli, 1834-1871, http://www.pagenweb.org/~berks/oldberkssite/books/HainsChurch/Hains9c.html.

5 1810 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2B-HTG Geo Reifsnider Bern Township Berks County PA.

6 Montgomery, Morton L., Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1909. Online at: http://archive.org/details/cu31924097286300), Vol II. Page 1361. Online at http://www.pagenweb.org/~berks/oldberkssite/books/montgomery/r07.html.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30959769.



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