Joseph Francois REIMINGER was born, probably in Schirrein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace. He married Marie Hess. They had three kids:
Pierre – b, 1805
Elisabeth – b, 1810
Antione – b, 1813 (Our 3rd great grandfather)
Joseph died 23 Oct 1813 in Schirrein, Bas Rhin, Alsace. That means Antoine never knew his father.
Marie Anne HESS was born. She died 13 may 1850 in Schirrein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace.
Antoine “Anthony” REIMINGER was born 6 Jun 1813 in Schirrein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. He married Catharina Heisserer 11 Jul 1842 at St Nicholas Catholic Church in Schirrein. They had four kids:
Joseph – b,1843
Justine – b, 1847. Our great-great grandmother.
Simon – b, 1851. Married Mary Teresa LeGrand.
Mary – b, 1853 in Louisiana. Married Conrad Blattel.
The family emigrated to the U.S. in 1853 through New Orleans. It appears Mary Reiminger was born on the trip, which means that Mom made the journey while very pregnant. Many families from the Alsace area came to Missouri and settled together in Scott County, MO.
Anthony died 20 Nov 1870 in New Hamburg, MO. He was 57 years old. He is buried at St Lawrence Catholic Cemetery in New Hamburg.
Catharina HEISSERER was born 13 Oct 1813 in Schirrein. She died 20 Oct 1881 in New Hamburg. She was 68 years old. She is buried at St Lawrence Cemetery.
In the previous post, I told you many of these family names are common in southeast Missouri.
Yesterday, at the Missouri State Girls Soccer championships, Cape Notre Dame defeated St Pius X (Kansas City) in the semi-finals 1-0 on a goal be Megan Heisserer. She is probably related to us in some way.
This is the end of the 3 great grandparents posts for the Fitzgerald side of the family. The CLARK, HALPIN AND LIPPS line stopped at the great-great grandparents.
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 