Augusta K. Alvine Reetz

(January 29, 1875 - May 8, 1895)
Augusta K. Alvine Reetz|b. Jan 29, 1875\nd. May 8, 1895|p95.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=Grandmother of Janet Grace Neuendorf.
Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Jacob Zeirke.
Relationship=Granddaughter of Paul Reetz.
Charts on which this person appears:
Janet G. Smith (nee Neuendorf) Family Tree
Augusta K. Reetz's Gravestone
     Augusta K. Alvine Reetz was born on Friday, January 29, 1875 Info from Roxie Smith-Geeting's research notes in Kinney Valley, Wellington Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin, daughter of August Reetz and Ottielia Amanda Auguste Zeirke.

Augusta K. Alvine Reetz never married.1

Augusta died on Wednesday, May 8, 1895 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin. She was 20 years old. She died from complications from giving birth to her daughter Augusta Ottielia.1

On October 9, 1912, her daughter, Augusta, married Herman August Neuendorf.2,3

Child of Augusta K. Alvine Reetz and Edward Wilkinson

Citations

  1. [S44] Interview with Helen Burkart (Dubuque, Iowa), by Susan J. Noyes, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2005.
  2. [S47] Herman Neuendorgf & Gusta Reetz marriage, 09 Oct 1912, Monroe County Recorders Office, Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin. State of Wisconsin, Monroe Co., Recorded 11 Oct 1912, Page No. 7M 137, Date Recorded 1 Oct 1912.
  3. [S37] Alice M. Prochnow, Prochnow, Krueger, Neuendorf, Bungert 1790? - 1984 (3833 N Fairview Av, Tucson, AZ 85705-2206: Alice Prochnow, 1984), p. 42, 43c. Hereinafter cited as Prochnow Family History.
 


  • A family history
    leads to the satisfaction in really knowing who you are
    and from when you came.

  • "Nor long shall any name resound
    Beyond the grave, unless't be found
    In some clerk's book; it is the pen
    Gives immortality to men."

  • A good life lasts for several generations.

  • In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep,
    to know our heritage, to know who we are
    and where we come from.

    — Alex Haley
  • To forget one's ancestors
    is to be a brook without a source,
    a tree without a root.

    — Chinese Proverb
  • Family faces are magic mirrors.
    Looking at people who belong to us,
    we see the past, present, and future.
    We make discoveries about ourselves.

    — Gail Lumet Buckley
  • In every conceivable manner,
    the family is a link to our past,
    a bridge to our future.

    — Alex Haley
  • What greater thing is there for human souls
    than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other
    in silent unspeakable memories.

    — George Eliot
  • Some people come and go in our lives.
    Some stay forever.

  • We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,
    we borrow it from our children.

    — Native American Proverb
  • The memories we give may a lifetime live in the heart
    of those we hold so close.

    — Unknown
  • Families are like fudge . . .
    mostly sweet with a few nuts.

    — Unknown
  • The family is one of Nature's masterpieces.

    — George Santayana
  • Having a place to go – is a home.
    Having someone to love – is a family.
    Having both – is a blessing.

    — Donna Hedges
  • Every man is his own ancestor,
    and every man is his own heir.
    He devises his own future,
    and he inherits his own past.

    — Fredrick Henry Hedge