Born in Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jacob Reitz Sr.
and Anna Maria (Hepler) Reitz
Sister of
Benjamin Reitz, Jacob Reitz Jr, Samuel Reitz, Daniel H. Reitz, Anna Maria (Reitz) Miller, Susanna Hepler (Reitz) Zartman, Isaac H Reitz, Catherine (Reitz) Fegley, Joseph H Reitz and Zadok Reitz
Wife of
Heinrich Dressler
— married
19 Mar 1829 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 72
in Benner Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jan 2018
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Biography
Elidia or Lydia Reitz was born in 1807. She was the daughter of Jacob Reitz and Anna Maria Hepler of Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. In 1836, Upper Mahanoy became Jackson Township.
Lydia Reitz was married to Henry Dressler, most likely in Northumberland County. The couple were raising their family in Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania at the 1840 Census.[1]
In 1841, the Estate Distribution of Jacob Reitz was completed.[2] Henry and "Elidia" Dressler were named heirs in the Jacob Reitz Estate. This can be found in Deed Book CC, page 43 of the Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Land Records at the Family History Library. Here is the record:
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| Jacob Reitz Deed Naming All Surviving Children |
Lydia died in 1879.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTZ-J83 : 4 October 2021), Henry Dressler, Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 89, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book CC, page 42 and 43. Family History Library Film # 008036686, Image 328 of 616. Link to Deed Book CC
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19418335/lydia-hannah-tressler: accessed 15 June 2023), memorial page for Lydia Hannah Reitz Tressler (9 Feb 1807–19 Apr 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19418335, citing Meyer Cemetery, Buffalo Run, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by GerbLady (contributor 46637511).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
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~3.12%
Paul Reitz
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member prreitz
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #930265
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~0.78%
Larry Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch M238801 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jamal (Treon) Whittaker :
23andMe, GEDmatch FQ2187130 [compare]
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch TU6988743 [compare]
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~0.78%
Kenneth Reitz :
23andMe, GEDmatch CT2240836 [compare]
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~0.78%
Tyler Reitz :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Dwight Bechtel :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Josh Baker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A313233 [compare], Ancestry member jbbaker28
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~0.78%
Richard Kroh :
AncestryDNA
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