George BLATTEL was born 19 Mar 1817 in Elz, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Germany. He came to the United States in 1851. He married Anna Maria Sabel 5 Dec 1843 at St John Catholic Church in Elz. They had seven kids:
John – b,1844 in Elz – Our great-great grandfather.
Jacob – b,1850 in Elz. Married Philomenia Glastetter.
Conrad – b,1851 in Elz. Married Mary Reiminger.
Elizabeth – b,1853 in Elz. Married Bernard Kenkel.
Frank – b, 1856 in Kelso, MO. Married Mary Frances Gosche.
George – b, 1858 in Kelso.
Joseph – b,1860 in Kelso. Married Louisa Heisserer.
In doing my research, I have found all of these names are still common in the Scott County/Cape area of southeast Missouri.
George died 10 Sep 1874 in New Hamburg, MO. He was 57 years old. He is buried in the St Lawrence Catholic Cemetery in New Hamburg.
Anna Maria SABEL was born 21 Aug 1820 in Elz. She died 15 Oct 1861 in New Hamburg. She was 41 years old. She is buried at St Lawrence Cemetery.
After Anna Maria’s death, George married Anna Maria SPOONHAUER on 7 Oct 1862 at St Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg. She died in 1902 in New Hamburg.
John Blattel was born 24 Dec 1844 in Elz, Nassau, Germany. He, and his family, came to the US in 1854. They settled in Scott County, MO. John was a farmer. He was a soldier in the Civil War. He was a Private in the 2nd Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery. After the war, he married Justina Reiminger on 15 Sept 1868 at St Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg, MO. They had four kids:
Christine (b-1869) married Frank Enderle
Catherine (b 1870) our great-grandmother
Jacob P. (b-1872) married Mary Agatha Scherer
Anton Francis (b-1873) died in 1873
Justina died in 1879 and John remarried Sophia Bossenmeier 27 Jan 1880. He and Sophia had nine kids: Charles (1880), Philomena (1882), Andrew (1884), Caroline (1885), Anna (1888), Louis (1890), Albert (1892), Henry (1895) and Benjamin (1899).
As you can imagine, with all of these kids, the Blattel name is still quite common in southeast Missouri. John Blattel donated the ground for St Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, MO, where many future Blattel’s were baptized, married and laid to rest.
John Blattel died 31 Aug 1926 in Kelso, MO. He was 81 years old. He is buried at St Augustine Cemetery next to the church.
Justina Reiminger was born 8 Mar 1847 in France. She arrived, by way of New Orleans, with her family, in 1853. She died 18 Apr 1879 in Kelso, MO. She was 32 years old. She is buried at St Augustine Cemetery.
Fitzgerald Family History 