William was born 4 April 1855 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1] He was the son of John Reitz and Augusta Hesse.
He married Sallie Ann Abbott on 23 February 1882 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2]
William died on 3 May 1930 in Pittsburgh,[3] and he is buried there in Allegheny Cemetery.[4]
Sources
↑ William's death certificate provides his full date and place of birth and the names of his parents. The informant was his widow, Mrs. William C. Reitz. Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 46963 (1930), William Charles Reitz, 3 May 1930, Allegheny County; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/42342_2421406260_0651-01688?pId=3790805 : accessed April 2021).
↑ The 1900 census states that William and Sallie had been married for eighteen years, implying a date circa 1882. 1900 U.S. Census, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Pittsburgh City Ward 35, enumeration district 321, stamped page 268, sheet 13A, dwelling 256, family 275, William C. Reitz household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-D154-VZJ?i=24&cc=1325221&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMS11-X4L : accessed April 2021); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1364.
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