Anna Martha (Unknown) Reitz
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Anna Martha (Unknown) Reitz (1720 - aft. 1788)

Anna Martha Reitz formerly [surname unknown] aka Koller, Köhler, Koehler
Born in Lanzingen, Gelnhausen, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germanymap
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 16 Apr 1744 in Bieber, Gelnhausen, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germanymap
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 67 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USAmap
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Profile last modified | Created 14 Aug 2018
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Biography

Anna Martha is no longer "UNKNOWN"! Her birth name was Köller, from Bieber Evangelisch church baptism records. Please change her 'surname at birth' to Köller (and/or the other variations), and remove "UNKNOWN".

Record of Anna Martha's baptism has been found at Bieber Evangelisch Parish.

Caution: Family files that name her Steigerwalt were made from a long-standing error caused by conflating Johan George Reitz and Johan Friedrich Reitz (who was long thought to be George's brother). [This serves as an example of the need for consistent means of incorporating saint names.] They are often named in family files as Johan G. and Johan F., rather than George and Friedrich, which made it easy to conflate them and assign an incorrect surname to Anna Martha.

Background Anna Margaretha Steigerwalt is documented to have been Johan Friedrich Reitz's wife, her surname was conflated to George's wife Anna Martha, in error. Some family files say Anna Margaretha's DOB is the same as that of Anna Martha. Some had supposed they were sisters, but the German researcher, Dr. Volker Jarren, who located and translated Anna Martha's marriage record to [johann] Georg Reitz, also researched for all daughters of Melchior Steigerwalt at Flörsbach and found none named Anna Martha.

[Johann] Georg Henrich Reitz, who was Anna Martha Koller's husband was the son of different parents than Johan Friedrich Reitz, of Lohrhaupten, and so Is not his brother, as was long thought.

However, a 7th generation direct-line male descendant of each, George and Friedrich, compared Y-DNA and were found to match. This match resulted in the creation of a new 'twig' on the human male tree, confirmed Haplogroup R-BY7749.


Birth

Birth:
Date: 13 Sep 1720
Place: Lanzingen, Gelnhausen, Hesse Germany

Death

Death: Y
User ID: 529D8311F3AF3ADAAF04DA24C4CB62D1
Record ID Number: MH:IF7873
Date: After 25 MAY 1788 (on which date she is listed as communicant at the Lord's Supper)
Records of Schwaben Creek (Himmel Lutheran & Reformed) Church, Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1774-1846
Place: Washington, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Age: 69

Record ID Number

Record ID Number: MH:I2155

User ID

User ID: 529D6C61505637C72001EC9B2EE86819

Sources

https://www.archion.de/en/viewer/?no_cache=1&type=churchRegister&uid=169643

BAPTISM Feb. 13, 1720 (Birth date not given) Image: Kurhessen-Waldeck: Landeskirliches Archiv Kassel > Gelnhausen > Bieber > KB 1709-1744, Bild 2056, via Archion.de

The following source may have assigned her an incorrect surname, as several thousand Ancestry family trees have done.

  • Source: S57 Record ID Number: MH:S57 User ID: 529D8313D7773C7CDF04DA24C4CB62D1 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: #N1113 Record ID Number: MH:SC11109 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15023964&pid=2155

<<Note: above source returns "We’re sorry, this page is no longer available." (Nov 24 2021)>>

Instead, refer to her personal record at: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/68309103/person/190106451850/facts

or: https://tinyurl.com/43ktv53t

Most other Ancestry Family Trees still assign the wrong surname.

---Caution---

All family trees based on the older source have no data for the surname they give. Any with a source cite another similarly-unsourced Ancestry family tree.

Note N1113This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
Record ID Number: MH:N12757
PRIN MH:S57

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jeff Kline for creating WikiTree profile Martha-168 through the import of Schaffner_Branch.GED on Dec 5, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jeff and others.






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Sept 5, 2021 Update to Zachary's message.

In January 2021 Anna Martha's marriage record to Johan George Reitz, and her baptism record were found at Bieber Evanglisch Parish; baptized Sept 13, 1720, birth date not specified, and m. Apr 16, 1744.

One with power and authority should removed "Unknown" from her surname, and replace with Koller/Köhler/Koeller. (I have tried, but cannot make the change.)

posted by Paul Reitz
Only the profile manager, Jeff Kline, can edit the Last Name at Birth.
posted by [Living Emmons]
Martha-168 and Unknown-435705 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, but Martha was a given name, not her surname. Last name should be listed as unknown.
posted by Zachary Reitz

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