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From: Stupor Genius <>
Subject: Reisacher / Meyer
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:16:41 -0400


Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me with a long-standing family brickwall.

Is there anyone on this list with the couple of Fidel Reisacher and
Magdalena Berberich (sometimes Barbarick) in their tree, or perhaps
Willibald Meyer and Magdalena Berberich?

My gg-gf is William Meyer born 14 Mar 1850 in the New Baden area to
Willibald Meyer and Magdalena Berberich. About 3 Sep 1850 Magdalena
remarries to a Fidel Reisacher in St Clair County.

The only known thing about this Willibald Meyer chap is his name and
that he was a native of Bavaria, Germany.

Now the reason I'm asking on the Clinton County list is that the
Reisacher family made their home in Carlyle PO area in 1860 and 1870,
and in Looking Glass Twp in 1880.

In 1860, the four oldest children shown in the Fidel Reisacher entry are
really Meyer, Joseph b 1844, John b 1846, Margaret b 1848 and William
(my gg-gf) b 1850. In Magdalena's will transcription (from 1880 on the
Clinton Co web site) the oldest Joseph is explicitally named as Meyer.
There are also three Reisacher children, George b 1852, Fritz (Franz) b
1854 and Mary b 1856. The oldest Joseph is listed as born in
Pennsylvania and all other children as born in Illinois.

In 1870 the Meyer children have left the household and only the three
Reisacher children remain.

In 1880 Fidel is a widower as Magdalena died in Feb of that year. There
are Joseph and John Meyer families of the right ages in Looking Glass
Twp at that time also but they and parents were listed as born in
Bavaria (as were Willibald and Magdalena).

Were the 1860 birth places incorrect? If so and the Meyer children were
really born in Bavaria then the Willibald Meyer family immigrated
between 1848 and 1850.

Are there any other Meyer or Reisacher cousins from these families that
can help put all this together?

Does anyone know what happened to Willibald Meyer about 1850 or Fidel
Reisacher after 1880?

Thanks for reading this far!
Darren

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