I am trying to find information on my Baltimore ancestors. John U. Reding was born about 1832 in Germany. His father may have also been named John and his mother was possibly Elizabeth. The earliest census I find John U. in is the 1860 census in Baltimore City. That census shows Dorada Monday, 57 born Saxony, John Reading, 27 born Hesse, Anna Reading, 30 born Bavaria, Frederick Reading, 9 born Marylaand, Caroline Reading, 7 born Maryland and Elizabeth Reading, 48 born Hesse. Anna'a maiden name was Wolf. John (Redding) is on the 1870 census with wife Anna and children Caroline listed as invalid, Barbara 14, John 9, Elizabeth 5 and Rosa 2. By the 1880 census John is married to second wife Christina (Zulauf). John and Anna's daughter Elizabeth married Louis F. Deise. Their daughter, Margaret/Minnie married William Nizer. I have a copy of a newspaper article that says 'Mrs. Elizabeth Deise (nee Reding) and two half brothers filed claims against the estate of Miss Ella V. Wendel of New York.' the two half brothers would be the sons of John U. from second marriage. the article claims that Mrs. Deise' grandmother was a niece of John Gottlieb Wendel, a wealthy fur trader and real estate investor in New York. The grandmother would have to be John U. Reding's mother and possibly the Elizabeth on the 1860 census. Any information on the Reding, Deise, Nizer or Wolf families would be greatly appreciated. -- http://home.comcast.net/~ronandlisa2/Lisagen.html