Person:Johanna Wagner (4)

From The Church records in Meerholz, Hessen, Nassau, Germany [according to Johns, Marian Johnson. Shaking the branches of the Reusswig - Sittig family tree]:
Johanna Magdalena Wagner was born August 9,1824 in Haiter [Hailer], Germany
Ernst Heinrich Wagner, father of Johanna Magdalena Wagner, was a farmer in Meerholz

1896, 18 Dec
Johanna Magdalena Reusswig geb Wagner, age 72 yrs, 4 mon, 9 days, born Mehrhalz, Kurhesseny, widow of Conrad Reusswig, buried 20 Dec. Voegtly, cause of death pneumonia

[from Church records]
Johanna Magdalena Wagner was the eldest daughter of Ernst Heinrich Wagner (born 1801, Jan. 28) und his wife
Anna Katharina Elisabeth Mohn ( * 'that sign means born' 1806, Dec. 2), which married in Meerholz 1823, May 19.
Children:
Johanna Magdalena Wagner * Hailer 1824, August 9., oo 1845, Aug. 28. Konrad Reusswig

Conrad Reusswig
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
Konrad 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.
Gelnhausen, 10 October 1864

Ship Christel with passengers from Bremerhaven, sworn 30 Nov 1864
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
*while the Poop Deck was not a cabin, it was better than the Between Deck; note that most passengers were listed as “farmer”

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

Reiswich, Lena, wid Conrad, 122 Third, A

1878-79, p. 521
- Reuszvig, Magdalena, wid Conrad, 133 Perry, Allegheny
1883, p. 663
- Reussbig Magdalena, wid Conrad, 96 Perry, Allegheny
1889, p. 904
– RUESZWIG, Magdalena, wid Conrad, 69 Perry, A

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

The parents of grandmother Mayer, our great grandparents, are buried in Voegtly Cemetery (German isn't it?) here in Pgh. One marker reads:
J. Magdalena Reusswig
Born Aug. 9, 1824
Died Dec. 18 1896
That would make her 72 when she died and means she knew my Mother, your Dad, Bertha, and Frieda.

Starb: Reusswig - On Friday, 18 December 1896, 1:00 in the afternoon, Johanna Magdalena Reusswig, born Wagner, widow of Conrad Reusswig, age 72 years, 4 months and 9 days. Funeral on Sunday, 20 December, at 2:00 in the afternoon, at the home of her son-in-law Michael Mayer. Private burial.