This is a very special photo I share with you today – I can identify those in the photo – and they are related to Ritchey! Rosa Leuenberger, Ritchey’s great-grandmother, is the bridesmaid in this photo. She’s very beautiful, isn’t she, very fine features. Her brother, John, is […]
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, […]
Esther Myra Hertz, Ritchey’s grandmother, led a tragic, short life. She was the daughter of George Edwin Hertz and Rosa Leuenberger of Solon, Johnson County, Iowa. Her paternal grandparents were Henry Hertz and Amelia Florentina Probst; and maternal grandparents were Jacob Leuenberger and Margarite Streich. George Hertz and […]
Henry Hertz and Amelia Florentina Probst are Ritchey’s great-great-grandparents. We found them about ten years ago, and at that time visited Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri – following the course of Ritchey’s family lines, both of this mother and father. In the spring we are planning another trip […]
1910 Census – Johnson County, Iowa Today I have pulled this census sheet to share with you some interesting facts to look for in any census record. Ritchey’s grandmother, great-grandfather and great-great-grandmother are listed on this sheet. The census was taken April 15, 1910, in Solon, Johnson County, […]
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 […]
from the Iowa City, Iowa, newspaper Old Resident Passes Away Advanced Age Brings About Illness that Results in Death of Mrs. Margarite Leuenberger The death of Mrs. Margarite Leuenberger occurred last night at 7:30 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Michel, who resides in East […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: Rose Leuenberger Hertz was Ritchey’s great-grandmother. We found her grave, her marriage certificate and her life story just five years ago! He didn’t know she existed before that, just that his grandmother (her daughter Esther) was a Hertz! Rose was the daughter of Jacob […]
Jolly – Hertz – Leuenberger Oakland Cemetery in Solon, Iowa, is the final resting place for Ritchey’s paternal grandmother and her ancestors. In a previous blog about the George Hertz family there are photos for the gravestones of George Hertz, his first wife Rosa Leuenberger, second wife Ethel […]
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