I’m very excited to share with you a deed of Ritchey’s second great-grandfather Henry Hertz from Benjamin Davis. Davis sold property on Ogden Street in the Spring Garden district of Philadelphia. Even in 1851 many, many people lived in Philadelphia. In the indenture it says the ‘piece of […]
May I present Rosa Leuenberger and George Edwin Hertz, my husband’s great-grandparents! Rosa’s parents were Jacob Leuenberger and Margarite Streich, both born in Switzerland. George’s parents were Henry Hertz and Amelia Florentine Probst, both born in Germany. Rosa was born March 31, 1876, and George, November 21, 1867, […]
The couple sitting in the above photo – left to right – are Henry Hertz and Amelia Florentine Probst Hertz, Ritchey’s great-great-grandparents (I do not know the others in the photo). Henry was born in Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany, January 9, 1824, the son of Johann Daniel Hertz and […]
Luther H. Hertz was born 114 years ago – August 3, 1898 – in Iowa. Luther was the oldest child of Jacob Hertz and Sarah Smyth. He was the grandson of Henry Hertz and Amelia Florentine Probst. I have no record of marriage or children. Luther’s siblings were […]
from Johnson County, Iowa – Biographies CHARLES PROBST Among the old settlers of Monroe Township, Johnson County, Charles Probst deserves prominent mention. He has been successful in his farming operations and is well known as a veteran of the Civil War. He was born at Saxe-Weimar, Eisenach, Germany, […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House