Sharlene is descended from Adam REITZEL, Jr and Margaret " Peggy" (???) REITZEL (before she married Philip KIME... Ancestors of Stella Vance REITZEL Generation No. 1 1. Stella Vance REITZEL, born November 27, 1877. She was the daughter of 2. Manlove Jerome REITZEL and 3. Virginia WILEY. Generation No. 2 2. Manlove Jerome REITZEL, born August 31, 1850 in (death certificate); died November 10, 1927 in Liberty, Randolph Co., NC. He was the son of 4. Peter REITZEL. He married 3. Virginia WILEY. 3. Virginia WILEY, born 1857; died 1931. Children of Manlove REITZEL and Virginia WILEY are: i. ??? REITZEL, married ???. 1 ii. Stella Vance REITZEL, born November 27, 1877. Generation No. 3 4. Peter REITZEL He was the son of 8. Adam REITZEL and 9. Maria Barbara MOSER. Child of Peter REITZEL is: 2 i. Manlove Jerome REITZEL, born August 31, 1850 in (death certificate); died November 10, 1927 in Liberty, Randolph Co., NC; married Virginia WILEY. Generation No. 4 8. Adam REITZEL, born July 06, 1779; died March 27, 1855. He was the son of 16. Adam REITZEL III and 17. Catherine MORETZ. He married 9. Maria Barbara MOSER. 9. Maria Barbara MOSER, died September 29, 1846 in Liberty, NC. Child of Adam REITZEL and Maria MOSER is: 4 i. Peter REITZEL. Generation No. 5 16. Adam REITZEL III, born Abt. 1751 in Germany; died July 12, 1792 in Liberty, NC. He was the son of 32. Adam REITZEL, Jr and 33. MARGARET "PEGGY" ( ??? ) REITZEL. He married 17. Catherine MORETZ Abt. 1772. 17. Catherine MORETZ, born May 04, 1751 in Germany; died August 01, 1814 in Liberty , Randolph Co, NC. She was the daughter of 34. John (Johannes) I.(Alfred?) MORETZ and 35. Margaret ???. Children of Adam REITZEL and Catherine MORETZ are: i. Catherine REITZEL, married Henry FREDERICK December 18, 1817. ii. Henry REITZELL, born October 11, 1774; died June 13, 1836 in NC; married Anna Katarine (Catherine) MOSER April 12, 1799 in Guilford Co., NC. iii. Christopher RIGHTSEL, born 1776; married Cathy AMICK August 30, 1795. 8 iv. Adam REITZEL, born July 06, 1779; died March 27, 1855; married Maria Barbara MOSER. v. Elizabeth REITZEL, born Abt. 1780 in NC; married John ALBRIGHT Abt. 1797 in NC; born September 02, 1777 in Orange Co, NC; died 1833 in Houston Co, TX. vi. John REITZEL, born Abt. 1781. vii. Margaret REITZEL, born March 10, 1784; died March 07, 1857; married John BROWER; born July 02, 1783; died January 26, 1851. viii. Michael REITZEL, born Abt. 1785; died October 05, 1831; married Catherine "Caty" "Peggy" COBLE October 26, 1810. ix. George REITZEL, born June 21, 1790; died February 29, 1856; married Maria FOX. Generation No. 6 32. Adam REITZEL, Jr, born Abt. 1730 in Germany; died in Drowned while coming to America. He was the son of 64. Baron Adam REITZEL. He married 33. MARGARET "PEGGY" ( ??? ) REITZEL. 33. MARGARET "PEGGY" ( ??? ) REITZEL, born Abt. 1732 in Germany. Child of Adam REITZEL and MARGARET REITZEL is: 16 i. Adam REITZEL III, born Abt. 1751 in Germany; died July 12, 1792 in Liberty, NC; married Catherine MORETZ Abt. 1772. 34. John (Johannes) I.(Alfred?) MORETZ, born 1722 in Germany. He was the son of 68. Christian MORETZ and 69. ? ???. He married 35. Margaret ???. 35. Margaret ???, born March 17, 1723/24; died February 1810. Children of John MORETZ and Margaret ??? are: 17 i. Catherine MORETZ, born May 04, 1751 in Germany; died August 01, 1814 in Liberty , Randolph Co, NC; married (1) Adam REITZEL III Abt. 1772; married (2) Johannes George COBLE April 12, 1798 in Guilford Co.,NC (children?). ii. Susannah MORETZ, born 1753; married Michael BORK. iii. Eva MORETZ, born July 01, 1755; died October 18, 1833 in Darke Co, OH; married Ludwick Lewis COBLE Bet. 1771 - 1784 in NC; born Abt. 1750 in Guilford Co, NC; died Abt. May 17, 1809 in Guilford Co, NC (Will signed 17 May 1809). iv. Margaret Catherine MORETZ, born Abt. 1756 in Guilford Co, NC; died Abt. 1831 in Butler Twp., Montgomery Co., OH; married Nicholas J. COBLE, Sr. 1772 in Guilford Co, NC; born May 10, 1754 in Guilford Co. (Orange Co.), NC; died March 14, 1827 in Butler Twp, Montgomery Co, OH (1828?). v. Charity MORETZ, born Abt. 1759; died in Liberty, NC; married Martin STALEY Abt. 1777 in Randolph Co., NC; born Abt. 1747 in Germany; died March 31, 1817 in Randolph Co., NC. vi. Christian MORETZ Sr., born December 24, 1761 in Randolph Co, NC; died Abt. 1807 in Randolph Co, NC. vii. Barbara MORETZ, born August 1762 in ,NC; died January 26, 1847; married Christian SPOON. viii. Mary Magdlana MORETZ, born October 13, 1764 in Randolph Co, NC. ix. Margaret MORETZ, born September 02, 1771; died August 29, 1846 in Randolph Co, NC; married Joseph STALEY; born Abt. 1772. x. Maria (Mary or Margaret) MORETZ, born September 05, 1777 in Randolph Co, NC; died May 10, 1859 in Carroll Co, IN; married Anthony COBLE 1796 in Randolph Co, NC; born September 20, 1774 in Randolph Co., NC; died March 12, 1846 in Montgomery Co._OH. Generation No. 7 64. Baron Adam REITZEL, born in Germany. Child of Baron Adam REITZEL is: 32 i. Adam REITZEL, Jr, born Abt. 1730 in Germany; died in Drowned while coming to America; married MARGARET "PEGGY" ( ??? ) REITZEL. 68. Christian MORETZ, born 1714 in Europe; died Abt. 1780 in Randolph Co., NC. He married 69. ? ???. 69. ? ??? Child of Christian MORETZ and ? ??? is: 34 i. John (Johannes) I.(Alfred?) MORETZ, born 1722 in Germany; married Margaret ???. Diana <ddavis@logicsouth.com> <ddavis59@sc.rr.com> Website: http://www.my-ged.com/davis/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <SWillia296@aol.com> To: <ddavis@logicsouth.com> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 2:00 PM Subject: Re: REITZEL > Here is what I have: > Manlove Jerome Reitzel -b: August 31, 1850(on his death certificate but 1852 > on his tombstone) and died November 10, 1927 in Randolph County town of > Liberty and buried in the Fairview Cemetery) married to Virginia Wiley > Reitzel(1857-1931) They may have had other children, but am still trying to > verify. > > They had a daughter, Stena Vance Reitzel(Nov. 27, 1877 - Jan. 17, 1909) > married to J. E. Cole who I am still researching. My mother-in-law told me > before she died that J. E. Cole, my mother-in-law's father, died in Texas of > influenza late 1908 or Jan., 1909. Stena Reitzel Cole and J. E. Cole had 3 > daughters, Virginia Cole Williamson(my mother-in-law), Eliza Cole(who was > married 3 times), and Gertrude Cole Whitehead. > They were raised by their maternal grandparents, Manlove Jerome Reitzel and > Virginia Wiley Reitzel after Stena and J. E. Cole both died within a month of > each other of influenza. The story goes that Stena died in Guilford County > at the old O'Henry Hotel with the 3 little girls(5, 3, and 18 months) waiting > to go to meet J. E. Cole in Texas. However, he died before he could do this > and then she died. Not clear on whether he was coming for them or they were > going to them on their own. > > I will keep you posted on any new findings. As I said, I just started doing > this and have gotten completely absorbed by it. We even spent this Christmas > going through 11 cemeteries in N. C. trying to find my husband's ancestors > AND it was 19 degrees! > > Sharlene Williamson > swillia296@aol.com >