Person:Heinrich Reisland (1)

It was reported that August imigrated to America with his father, Gindher when he was 14 years old. That would place their immigration date approximately in the year 1857. They imigrated through Castle Island.

August served in tghe Civil War.

1900 census information: August Reisland

    Age: 66   State:    OH
    Color:    W    Enumeration District:    0058
    Birth Place:   GER  Visit:    0246
    County:   Cuyahoga, Cleveland
    Relation:      Father-in-law
    Other Residents:    Relation  Name Color     Age  Birth Place

Head of Household William Hartman W

William Hartman

    Age: 33   State:    OH
    Color:    w    Enumeration District:    0058
    Birth Place:   Ohio Visit:    0246
    County:   Cuyahoga, Cleveland
    Relation:      Head of Household
    Other Residents:    Relation  Name Color     Age  Birth Place

Wife Flora 32 Ohio Daughter Gertrude 07 Ohio Daughter Wilma 03 Ohio Father-in-law August Reisland 66 GER Mother-in-law Elizabeth 68 GER

Civil War Record:

  August   Reisland

Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age 18 November 1861 Priv 19

                           Served Ohio  Enlisted G Co. 67th Inf Re
                           Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
                           Abbreviation: OHRoster
                           Published by on 1886

CIVIL WAR SERVICE RECORD: Surname Given Name Middle Initial Company Unit Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge Notes Allegiance Reisland August G 67 Ohio Infantry. Private Private Union

His name is supposedly inscribed in the Soldiers & Sailors Monument on Public Square in Cleveland, OH.

Anne Love offered this information: "August H. Reisland sailed with his father in 1857. The 1880 Census states he came from Saxony rather than Prussia. He was a baker. He married Elizabeth, who came from Hessen in 1860. They are buried at Monroe Street Cemetery. The family lived on Sage Street, and as the children married, many of them moved into another house on the same street.

Paul Hartman's research: 1880 Census lived at 70 Jersey St Cleve. OH ED 34 St 73 1900--living at 32 Sage Ave ED 200 St 12. Arrived on ship "Onward" Hamburg to NY 6/23/1857.

Id#: 0292782 Name: Reisland, August H. Date: Mar. 19, 1925 Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #068. Notes: Reisland-August H., Monday p. m., age 81 years, beloved father of Edward, Oscar, Louis, Mrs. Fred Kullmann and Mrs. Louis Grosser. Funeral from late residence, 3404 W. 122nd street, Thursday, March 19, at 2:30 p. m. 3/19/1925. Monroe Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

Cause of death: Cerebral hemorrhage (Source: Monroe Street Cemetery records)

Wally Reisland remembered: August was a carpenter and a baker in the winter. He married into a family that were bakers. He didn't have steady work as a carpenter in the winter (because work would shut down due to the weather), so he helped in the bakery. He would tend the fires for the oven.

Paul Hartman' notes: 1880 Census lived at 70 Jersey St. Cleveland, OH ED 34 St 73. 1900 Census living at 32 Sage Ave ED 200 St 12. Arrived on ship "Onward" Hamburn to NY 6/23/1857. In Civil War - Enlisted 11/18/1861, 67 Reg Co. G

1. ↑ Anne Reisland/Love.
2. ↑ United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623).
3. ↑ West E&R Church records, Cleveland, OH.
4. ↑ Family files of Paul Hartman. (2006).
5. ↑ Evang-Luth Kirchgemeinde Arnstadt.
6. ↑ Ohio Death Certificate Index.