Reichl Family Genealogy
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The Reichl/Reichel family originated in Burgheim in the province of Bayern/Bavaria. Burgheim is a small market village in the province Neuburg-Schrobenhausen near Swabia. It borders Ingolstadt to the north and east and Augsburg to the south and west. The town is surrounded by Ortlfing and Strab to the east, Moos and Schnodhof to the north and Staudheim to the west. The parish books are available in the Diocesan Archive Augsburg. The Reichl family lived in the house of Nagelschmied, house number 175 in town. All of the Reichl males for many generations were in the blacksmith profession, thus the Nagelschmied house. Cosmas Reichl, son of George and Barbara, was born Dec. 5, 1734 in Burgheim (p 52., roll 1). George Reichl was a blacksmith in town. On Oct. 20, 1761, Cosmas Reichl married Victoria Pez/Bez/Betz of daughter of Joseph Bez, potter, and his wife Hilaria. The Pez/Bez/Betz family resided in Burgheim but had relatives in Wellheim. Wellheim is a small village to the north and to the east of Burgheim. To get from Wellheim to Burgheim, one would have to go through Gammersfeld, Ellenbrunn, Mauern, Rennertshofen, and Bertoldsheim. Wellheim is surrounded by Hutting and Gammersfeld to the south, Hard and Biesenhard to the east, and Konstein and Aicha to the north. Wellheim is the home of the Naturpark Altmühltal and covers an area of 3,000 sq. km. -- one of the largest nature parks in Germany. The city is located in the district Eichstätt. It lies in the so called "Urdonautal", the valley the denube some 300 000 years ago used on its way to the Black Sea. Today a little river, the "Schutter" flows through the village in the opposite direction (north-south vs. south-north). There is no industry in town, but beautiful landscape and pure nature. Cosmas Reichl and Victoria Bez had a son Joseph, born March 17, 1764. His godparents were Joseph Antonius Ritter, farmer and his wife Catharina. They also had a daughter, Maria Anna Reichl. Joseph Reichl and his wife Maria Anna Schwinger lived in Burgheim, house number 175. Their son Andreas, born Nov. 30, 1795 was a blacksmith-master in trade. Andreas married Margaretha Eisenbarth in 1817. Maria Anna Schwinger was the daughter of Johann Schwinger, weaver in Burgheim, and his wife Catharina, both deceased by the time of the marriage. The witnesses of the Reichl-Schwinger wedding, which occurred on May 8, 1797 in Burgheim, included Joseph Humplmayr, saddler, and Antonius Degmayr, farmer (p. 27, roll 2). Joseph and Maria Anna had a son, Andreas, born Nov. 30, 1795 in Burgheim. Joseph and Maria Anna were not married at the time of Andreas's birth. The couple married almost two years later, on May 8, 1797. The birth was legitimated by the marriage of the parents. Andreas Reichl was a blacksmith who was twice married. He resided in house number 175 and passed away at 7:00 am on February 4, 1860 at age 65 of senile decay. He was buried February 6. His first wife, Margaretha Eisenbarth, hailed from a village an hour away from Burgheim called Herblingen (in the Fremdingen territory) in the province Donau-Ries. The village of Herblingen is extremely tiny, consisting of just a few roads. The closest villages are Hochaltingen to the north and Utzwingen to the south. The village is a bit west of the center point between Nurnberg and Augsburg. Margaretha Eisenbarth was born in 1798 and died June 23, 1839 at 11:00pm of congenstive heart failure. She was buried June 25. Her parents were Caspar Eisenbarth and either Theresia Schwarz or Barbara Zinkh (there are conflicting reports). Caspar Eisenbarth was a farmer. Andreas and his wife Margaretha had many children. The youngest is my great-great-great-grandmother, Otillia Reichl. Her eldest brother, Johan (John) Reichl first came to the USA on the ship Alfred in May 1854. This was one year after the Hirschboeck family came to the U.S. Johan Reichl traveled alone and settled in Michigan. In the 1866 and 1867 City Directory for Milwaukee, John Reichel is listed as a shoemaker living at 608 Cherry Street, Milwaukee. He is not in the 1865 or 1863 City Directories. Between 1863, when his daughter Elizabeth was born in Michigan, and 1866, when John Reichl is listed as living in Milwaukee, he moved his family from Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The 1870 Milwaukee City Directory lists John Reichl as residing at 456 16th Street with his occupation being a laborer. The 1870 U.S. Census lists John, 59; Anna, 49; Elizabeth, 17; Mary, 13; Caspar, 11; Appolonia, 9; Catharina, 7; and John, 5. Mary is listed as sewing in a dress making store, while her father is listed as a retail grocer. The 1880 Milwaukee City Directory lists John Reichel as a confectioner living at 1124 Cherry Street. The 1890 listing is the same as the 1880 listing. In the 1900 U.S. Census, the widowed Elizabeth Hoelz is listed as living with her son, George, 9, and her father, John Reichl, 79, and her nephew, John Reichl, 24. Also living with the family is Mary Veits, 17, a servant from Germany. The family was living in Milwaukee's ninth ward. The 1930 Milwaukee City Directory lists John Reichl as a packer living at Cherry Street in Milwaukee. This latter listing is definitely the son of John Reichl (b: 1821). Ottilia Reichl, great-great-great-grandmother, came to the U.S. alone via New York harbor three years after her brother Johan Reichl had arrived. She arrived in New York on June 15, 1857 at the age of 22, on the ship Attrena from Bremen (source: Line: 26, Microfilm Serial: M237, Microfilm Roll: M237_175, List Number: 677). Later, in the 1900 U.S. Census, there is an Ottilie living in Milwaukee who was born in Bavaria in December 1834 and "came to America in 1857." She was a widow (her husband, George Hirschboeck died on December 6, 1880) and, in 1900, she was living with her son Damian (born in July 1860 in Wisconsin) and her daughter Barbara Hirschboeck (born in September 1858). The reasons for emigration are not known. Religiously, the family was Roman Catholic. According to the 1900 census, ancestor Tillie Reichel Hirschboeck's brother is listed as follows: John Reichel, father, born April 1821, widower, b. Germany, to U.S. 1854 (naturalized citizen); living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with daughter Elizabeth Hoelz (born in Michigan in May 1863), her son George (born January 1882 in Wisconsin) and Elizabeth's brother John, Jr. (born in Wisconsin in April 1876). The surname Reichel is derived from a pet form of any of several Germanic personal names formed with the Germanic element rÄ«c or 'power'. The surname Eisenbarth originates in South Germany and is from a Germanic personal name composed of Old High German Ä«san-, meaning 'iron' plus berht, meaning 'bright' or 'shining'. By folk etymology, the second element has been confused with Bart, meaning 'beard' (formerly spelled Barth). (Special note of thanks to John Von Haden, Eva Fintelmann, and Kathe Bienemann Cunningham for their assistance in compiling the below information.) If you see any connections in the below, please contact me. Surnames of those in my direct ancestral line appear in BOLD. 1 Georgius Reichl b: unknown d: bef. 1761 in Burgheim ..+ Barbara (unknown) b: unknown d: Aft. 1761 in Burgheim ........ 2 Cosmas Reichl b: Dec. 5, 1734 in Burgheim d: unknown ............+ Victoria Maria Bez/Pez b: Sept. 28, 1741 in Wellheim m: Oct. 20, 1761 ................. 3 Josephus Reichl b: March 17, 1764 in Burgheim d: Aft. 1797 ...................+ Maria Anna Schwinger b: unknown m: May 8, 1797 d: unknown ................. [see below for additional information on this line] ............................... 4 Andreas Reichl b: Nov. 30, 1795 in Burgheim d: Feb. 4, 1860 in Burgheim .................................. + Margaretha Eisenbarth b: 1798 in Herblingen m: Jan. 17, 1817 in Burgheim d: June 23, 1839 ......................................... 5 Otillia Reichl b: Dec. 9, 1835 in Burgheim d: Oct. 21, 1912 in WI ............................................. + George Vincenz Hirschboeck b: July 19, 1830 in DEU d: Dec. 6, 1880 in WI ................. 3 Maria Anna Reichl b: March 26, 1770 in Burgheim d: Dec. 21, 1833 in Burgheim ...................+ Damion Hirschbock b: unknown m: Feb. 16, 1801 d: unknown ............................... 4 Sebastian Hirschboeck b: Jan. 16, 1807 in Burgheim d: Sept. 29, 1868 in WI .................................. + Maria Elisabetha Maier/Mayer b: Nov. 14, 1796 d: 1865 in WI ......................................... 5 George Vincenz Hirschboeck b: July 19, 1830 in DEU d: Dec. 6, 1880 in WI ............................................. + Otillia Reichl b: Dec. 9, 1835 in Burgheim d: Oct. 21, 1912 in WI ..................................*2nd Wife of Andreas Reichl: .................................. + Franziska Auringer b: unknown m: Oct. 6. 1840 d: unknown ................. 3 Brigitte Bez/Pez b: Jan. 31, 1849 d: unknown 1 Joseph Reichl ..+ Maria Anna Schwinger ........ 2 Andreas Reichl b: Nov. 30, 1795 in Burgheim d: Feb. 4, 1860 in Burgheim ............+ Margaretha "Elizabetha" Eisenbarth b: 1798 in Herblingen .............. m: Jan. 17, 1817 in Burgheim, Germany d: Bet. 1834 and 1840 ................. 3 Johan Reichl b: Dec. 23, 1818 in Burgheim, Germany d: in Burgheim, Germany ................. 3 Christian Reichl b: Dec. 17, 1819 in Burgheim d: unknown ................. 3 Johan "John" Reichl b: April 9, 1821 in Burgheim d. Feb. 24, 1908 in Milwaukee, WI ...................+ Anna Brand b: Abt. 1831 in Bayern, Germany d. Aug. 14, 1880 in Milwaukee, WI -- Notes on John and Anna Reichl: .............John's last known address was 1124 Cherry St., Milwaukee. He died at age 86 and is buried at Calvary Cemetery, block 4, row 90. Anna's last known address was the same. She died at age 49 and is buried at Calvary Cemetery, block 4, row 90. -- ............................... 4 Elizabeth Reichl b: Abt. 1863 in Michigan d: Oct. 13, 1937 in Milwaukee, WI .................................. + Nicolaus Hoelz/Hollz/Helz b: Abt. 1856 d: Dec. 26, 1895 in Milwaukee, WI -- Notes on Nicolaus and Elizabeth Hoelz: .............Nicolaus Hoelz's last known address was 1125 Cherry St., Milwaukee. Died at age 39. Buried at Calvary Cemetery, block 4, row 90. Elizabeth Hoelz's last known address was the same. She died at age 74 and is buried at Calvary Cemetery, block 4, row 90. -- ............................... 4 John Hoelz b: 1885 in WI d: Oct. 12, 1885 in Milwaukee, WI ............................... 4 George Hoelz b: January 19, 1892 in Milwaukee, WI d: unknown ............................... 4 Mary Reichl b: Abt. 1867 in Milwaukee, WI d: unknown ............................... 4 Caspar Reichl b: Abt. 1869 in Milwaukee, WI d. April 18, 1929 in Milwaukee, WI .................................. + Sophia Weber Rappel b. Abt. 1866 m: Feb. 6, 1894 in Milwaukee, WI ..................................... d: March 11, 1951 in Waukesha, Wisconsin -- Notes on Casper and Sophia Reichl: .............Caspar Reichl's last known address was 1117 East Broadway, Milwaukee. He died at age 60 and is buried at Calvary Cemetery, block 1, row 4nw. Sophia's last known address was 922 Lincoln Ave, Waukesha. She died at age 85 and is buried at Calvary Cemetery, block 1, row 4. -- ......................................... 5 Catharina Appolonia Reichel b: Abt. 1873 in Milwaukee, WI d: May 28, 1881 ......................................... 5 John Reichel b: April 21, 1876 in Milwaukee, WI d: Aug. 29, 1942 in Milwaukee, WI -- Notes on John Reichel: .............John Reichl's last known address was 1130 W Cherry St., Waukesha. He died at age 66 and is buried at Calvary Cemetery, block 1, row 4. -- ................ 3 Franz Xavier Reichl b: Sept. 2, 1822 in Burgheim d: unknown ................ 3 Andreas Reichl b: Sept. 16, 1823 in Burgheim d: unknown ...................+ Walburga Angermayr b: in Reidheim d: unknown ............................... 4 Joseph Reichl b: July 7, 1861 in Burgheim d: unknown ............................... 4 Maria Anna Reichl b: July 25, 1862 in Burgheim d: Aug. 21, 1862 ............................... 4 Anton Reichl b: Aug. 22, 1864 in Burgheim d: unknown ............................... 4 Andreas Reichl b: April 29, 1867 in Burgheim d: unknown ................ 3 Victoria Reichl b: Nov. 25, 1824 in Burgheim d: unknown ................ 3 Lorenz Reichl b: July 28, 1827 in Burgheim d: unknown ................ 3 Maria Anna Reichl b: Jan. 26, 1829 in Burgheim d: unknown ................ 3 Joseph Reichl b: Feb. 6, 1830 in Burgheim d: unknown ...................+ Ursula Knauer b: in Weissenhorn d: unknown ................ 3 Damian Reichl b: Oct. 11, 1831 in Burgheim d: Dec. 8, 1831 in Burgheim ................ 3 Clemens Reichl b: Nov. 23, 1832 in Burgheim d: unknown ................ 3 Ottilia Reichl b: Dec. 9, 1835 in Burgheim d: Oct. 21, 1912 in Milwaukee, WI ...................+ George Hirschboeck b: July 19, 1830 in Burgheim, Germany d: Dec. 06, 1880 ............................... 4 Barbara Hirschboeck b: Abt. 1858 d: Nov. 04, 1935 in Wisconsin ............................... 4 Damian "Dominic" Hirschboeck b: July 07, 1860 d: Oct. 08, 1905 ............................... 4 Maria "Mary" Hirschboeck b: March 28, 1863 in WI d: unknown ............................... 4 Elizabeth Hirschboeck b. Dec. 15, 1865 d. Dec. 12, 1865 in WI ............................... 4 John Hirschboeck b: Abt. 1866 d. Sept. 20, 1870 in WI ............................... 4 Elizabeth Hirschboeck b: Dec. 15, 1869 in WI d: unknown .................................. + Phillip Schuster(?) b: unknown d: unknown ............................... 4 George Hirschboeck b: Aug. 2, 1872 in WI d: Sept. 9, 1940 in WI .................................. + Josephine Lemberger b: May 15, 1878 in Lam, Germany d: March 11, 1933 in WI ........ *2nd Wife of Andreas Reichl: ............+ Franziska Auringer b: unknown m: Oct. 6, 1840 in Burgheim d: unknown |
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