Person:Johann Reusswig (23)

Watchers
Johann Heinrich Reusswig
d.Aft 1880
m. 28 Aug 1845
  1. Conrad Heinrich Reusswig1845 - Abt 1882
  2. Anna Maria Reusswig1849 - 1921
  3. Johann Heinrich Reusswig1853 - Aft 1880
  4. Susanna Catharina Reusswig1855 - 1942
  5. Anna Maria Magdalena Reusswig1861 - 1924
  6. Susanna Elisabeth Reusswig1864 - Bet 1865 & 1870
Facts and Events
Name Johann Heinrich Reusswig
Alt Name Henry Reusswig
Gender Male
Birth[3] 15 Jan 1853 Meerholz, Kurhessen, Germany
Emigration[2] 10 Oct 1864 Gelnhausen, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Germany|Gelnhausen, Kurhessen, Germany
Immigration[1] 30 Nov 1864 New York City, New York, United States
Other? Dec 1870 Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Other[4] Dec 1870 Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesV
Residence[5] 1879 Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Census? 1880 Allegheny City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Census[6] 1880 Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Death[7] Aft 1880
References
  1. New York, United States. New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists: [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    Ship Christel with passengers from Bremerhaven, sworn 30 Nov 1864
    pp 2-3
    Conrad Reuswig, age 42, male, head, farmer, from Germany, to USA, on Poop Deck
    Magdalena Reuswig, age 40, female, wife, from Germany, to USA
    Conrad Reuswig, age 18, male, son, farmer
    Maria Reuswig, age 15, female, daughter
    Heinrich Reuswig, 11, son
    Caterina Reuswig, 9, daughter
    Magdalina Reuswig, 4, daughter
    Elisabeth Reuswig, 4 months, daughter

  2. Notes from Photocopy of Passport issued to Conrad Reusswig (in possession of Robert Mickleson, 1984).

    Description: 42 years old, 5’ 6” tall, brown hair, blonde eye brows, blue eyes, forehead, nose, mouth and chin medium, teeth good
    Signature C Reusswig
    Conrad Reusswig and [wife?] 40 years old [?????]
    Johanna Magdalena geb Wagner and 6 children:
    Anna Maria 15, , Con. [Henrich] 19,
    [JH] [??] 11,
    Sussanna Cath. 9,
    Maria Magdalena 3
    Susanna Maria Magdalena 1/4 years old.
    Resident (wohnhaft) in Meerholz von da nach Nord amerika frei und ungehindert reisen und zurüch reisen, ihren auch Schutz und Beistand angeheihen zu lassen. [thence to north america travel freely and unhindered, returning to their protection and assistance]
    Gelnhausen, 10 October 1864

  3. email, MSantspree@aol.com 5/6/1999.

    From The Church records in Meerholz, Hessen, Nassau, Germany:
    Konrad Reusswig married Johanna Magdalena Wagner on August 28,1845 in Meerholz
    Children:
    3.Johann Heinrich b: January15,1853 in Meerholz

  4. Volume 26, June 1870-March 1871, in Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Allegheny County). Orphans' court dockets, 1789-1905. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
    p. 490 - December Term 1870; FHL #0872594.

    No. 158
    Henry Reuswig
    Catharine Reuswig
    Magdalena Reuswig
    The petition of Henry Reuswig Catharine Reuswig & Magdalena Reuswig by their next friend and mother Magdalena Reuswig
    respectfully represents
    That the said Henry & Catharine Reuswig are minor children over the age of 14 years and said Magdalena a minor child of Conrad Reuswig late of Allegheny City and is under the age of 14 years, and entitled to no real estate and personal estate amounting to about Eighty dollars as nearly as can be ascertained. That said minors have no Guardian for their estates, and praying a Guardian for that purpose, for the said Magdalena, and to allow said Henry & Catharine to make choice of a fit Guardian.
    Affidavit filed Magdalina Reuswig
    Bond of Conrad Reuswig with Geo K Reuswig and Martin Fromm as sureties in $200 filed and approved. By the Court
    March 4, ’71
    Petition presented and Conrad Reuswig chosen and the Court appointed said Conrad Reuswig Guardian of said minors. by the Court

  5. Thurston, George H. Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny cities: Birmingham, East Birmingham, South and West Pittsburgh, Temperanceville, Manchester, Duquesner and Lawrenceville Boroughs, East Liberty and parts of Pitt and Collins Townships. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960)
    1879-80, p.517 (FHL Film No. 0207314).

    Reiswig, Henry, boilermaker, 133 Perry, Allegheny

  6. City of Allegheney, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
    ED. 11, page 68; HH 458, Family 746.

    133 Perry Street
    Reisweig, Lena, white female, age 55, widow, keeping house, born Bavaria, both parents born Bavaria
    , Henry, white male, age 25, son, single, boilermaker, born Pennsylvania, both parents born Bavaria

  7. Notes, Reece Mayer, January 1991
    According to Aunt Frieda [niece of Henry], Henry Reusswig headed west as a young man, and family never heard from him again.

    J. F. Diffenbacher’s Directory of Pittsbergh and Allegheny Cities
    1884 (FHL Film #1377300) - no Henry Reusswig or variant spelling
    1895; (FHL Film #1377308) - No Henry Reusswig, Reiswig, etc.