Amanta Mathilda Reetz

(March 13, 1868 - August 2, 1868)
Amanta Mathilda Reetz|b. Mar 13, 1868\nd. Aug 2, 1868|p114.htm|August Reetz|b. Jan 24, 1842\nd. Sep 9, 1920|p103.htm|Ottielia Amanda Auguste Zeirke|b. Jun 17, 1849\nd. Sep 4, 1932|p104.htm|Paul Reetz|b. about 1787|p109.htm|Dora Betske|b. about 1800|p110.htm|Gottfried F. Zeirke|b. 1821\nd. Sep 29, 1894|p107.htm|Eva R. Glashagel|b. Mar 8, 1826\nd. Apr 25, 1893|p108.htm|

Relationship=Grandaunt of Janet Grace Neuendorf.
Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Jacob Zeirke.
Relationship=Granddaughter of Paul Reetz.
     Amanta Mathilda Reetz was born on Friday, March 13, 1868, daughter of August Reetz and Ottielia Amanda Auguste Zeirke.1 Amanta was christened on March 21, 1868 in Lobsens, Posen, Preussen, Germany.2

Amanta Mathilda Reetz died on August 2, 1868 in Ridgeville, Monroe County, Wisconsin, (4 months and 21 days). She was laid to rest on Tuesday, August 4, 1868 in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Wilton, Monroe County, Wisconsin.

Citations

  1. [S33] Reetz Family Historian, August and Ottielia Reetz Descendants Booklet, Dedicated to Henry William Reetz ( (Privately Xeroxed), 21 July 1976). Hereinafter cited as August and Ottielia Reetz Descendants Booklet.
  2. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . IGI Individual Record. Note: Unverified information, added here only as a suggestion as I continue researching this family line. Please conduct your own research before quoting it as fact.
 


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