1. D. W. Collins Letter Dec. 15, 1995. 2. Last Will and Testament, ,
of Christopher Witman, Lancaster 1770. 3. D. W. Collins Letter. 4. Ibid. 5. Rev. John Casper Stoever,
Early Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages in Southeastern Pennsylvania: The
Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever from 1730 to 1779 (Baltimore, Maryland:
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988), p. 5. 6. D. W. Collins Letter. 7. Ibid. 8. Ibid. 9. Martin & Smith, Abstracts
of Berks County Wills 1752-1785 (Rear 63 East Main Street/Westminster,
Maryland 21557: Family Line Publications, 1993), pp. 141. 10. D. W. Collins
Letter. 11.
Ibid. 12. Morton
Montgomery, History of Berks County: 1744-1783 (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.). 13. D. W. Collins
Letter. 14.
Ibid. 15. "Schuylkill
Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church of Reading-Berks County, Pennsylvania, Part
One (Baptisms - 1751-1790) (1935 Sampson Dr, Apollo, PA 15613: Closson
Press, 1991), p. 9. 16. D. W. Collins Letter. 17. Ibid. 18. Jacqueline Nein and
Gail Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church / Reading, Pennsylvania: an
alphabetized compilation of baptisms, marriages, and burials from 1751-1904
(4701 St. George Street/Reading, PA 19606: Jacqueline Nein, 1993), p.
365. 19. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 162. 20. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. I, p. 22. 21.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church of Reading-Berks County,
Pennsylvania, Part Four (Burials - 1754-1812) (1935 Sampson Dr, Apollo, PA
15613: Closson Press, 1992), p. 10. 22. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 365. 23.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. IV, p. 10. 24. Ibid. 25. D. W. Collins
Letter. 26. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 162. 27. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. I, p. 29. 28.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. IV, p. 10. 29. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 365. 30. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. IV, p. 10. 31.
Ibid. 32. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 355. 33. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. I, p. 37. 34.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. IV, p. 9. 35. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 355. 36. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. IV, p. 9. 37.
Ibid. 38. D. W.
Collins Letter. 39.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 46. 40. D. W. Collins
Letter. 41.
Ibid. 42. Family
Group Sheet-Berks County, , of Dale W. Collins, RR1, Box 149, Espyville, PA
16414. 43. D. W.
Collins Letter. 44.
__________, Journal of the Berks County Genealogical Society (P.O. Box
305/Kutztown, PA 19530-0305: Berks County Genealogical Society,), Vol. 14,
No. 2, 1993 p. 27. 45. F. Edward Wright, Berks County Church
Records of the 18th Century, 1 (Rear 63 East Main Street/Westminster,
Maryland 21557: Family Line Publications, 1993), p. 206. 46. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 356. 47. Ibid. 48. __________, Witman FGS from the Berks
County Gen. Soc.; dates fom Jour. of the BCGS Winter 1995, p 14. 49. Ibid. 50. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 356. 51. __________, Witman FGS from Berks. 52. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 356. 53. Ibid. 54. D. W. Collins Letter. 55. "Schuylkill Roots,"
Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 26. 56. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. IV, p. 42. 57.
Ibid. 58. D. W.
Collins Letter. 59.
Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 75. 60. D. W. Collins Letter. 61. John T. Humphrey,
Pennsylvania Births: Lancaster County, 1778-1800 (P.O. Box 15190,
Washington, D.C. 20003: John T. Humphrey, 1997), p. 166. 62. D. W. Collins
Letter. 63. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 75. 64. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. I, p. 8. 65. D. W.
Collins Letter. 66.
Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 67. 67. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. I, p. 82. 68. Nein
and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 356. 69. Ibid. 70. D. W. Collins Letter. 71. Ibid. 72. Ibid. 73. I. Daniel Rupp, History
of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon (Lancaster, PA.: G. Hills, 1844), p.
483. 74. "Schuylkill
Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 59. 75. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. I, p. 61. 76.
Ibid. 77. "Schuylkill
Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. IV, p. 16. 78. Ibid. 79. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. I, p. 70. 80.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 78. 81. "Schuylkill Roots,"
Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 86. 82. Ibid. 83. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 356. 84.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. IV, p. 59. 85. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 356. 86. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. IV, p. 59. 87.
Ibid. 88. "Schuylkill
Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 86. 89. Jaqueline B. Nein, First Reformed Church:
an alphabetized compilation of baptisms, marriages, and funerals from
1771-1905 (4701 Saint George Street/Reading, PA 19606: Jaqueline B. Nein,
1992), p. 383. 90.
Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 356. 91. "Schuylkill Roots,"
Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 94. 92. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 356. 93.
Ibid. 94. "Schuylkill
Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 101. 95. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 356. 96.
__________, Witman FGS from Berks. 97. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
of Reading-Berks County, Pennsylvania, Part Two (Baptisms - 1790-1812)
(1935 Sampson Dr, Apollo, PA 15613: Closson Press, 1991), p. 9. 98. __________, Witman FGS
from Berks. 99. Nein
and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 318. 100. Family Group Sheet-Berks County, of Dale
W. Collins, RR1, Box 149, Espyville, PA 16414. 101. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church, P. II, p. 26. 102. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 356. 103.
__________, Witman FGS from Berks. 104. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church, P. II, p. 44. 105. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 356. 106.
Ibid. 107. Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA, Letter, June 27, 1997. 108. "Schuylkill Roots,"
Trinity Lutheran Church, P. II, p. 50. 109. __________, Rapp FGS from the Berks
County Gen. Soc. 110. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 341. 111.
Ibid. 112. Robert
Doud Martin, Jr., Descendency Chart of Georg Rapp (10520 Old Eagle
Road/Alaska 99577-8040: August 30, 1966). 113. __________, Rapp FGS from Berks. 114. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 117. 115. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church P. I, p. 80. 116. __________, Rapp FGS from Berks. 117. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 117. 118. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church P. I, p. 90. 119. __________, Rapp FGS from Berks. 120. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 117. 121. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church, P. II, p. 5. 122. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 341. 123.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church, P. II, p. 16. 124. "Schuylkill Roots,"
Trinity Lutheran Church P. IV, p. 40. 125. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 341. 126.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. IV, p. 40. 127. __________, Rapp FGS
from Berks. 128.
Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 117. 129. "Schuylkill Roots,"
Trinity Lutheran Church, P. II, p. 24. 130. __________, Rapp FGS from Berks. 131. Wright, Berks County
Church Records, 1 , p. 122. 132. D. W. Collins Letter. 133. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 356. 134. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church P. I, p. 25. 135. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 356. 136.
Family Group Sheet-Berks County, of Dale W. Collins, RR1, Box 149,
Espyville, PA 16414. 137. __________, Witman FGS from Berks. 138. Wright, Berks County
Church Records, 1 , p. 237. 139. __________, Witman FGS from Berks. 140. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 343. 141. Ibid. 142. Wright, Berks County Church Records, 1 ,
p. 236. 143.
Ibid. 144. Wright,
Berks County Church Records, 1 , p. 237. 145. Ibid. 146. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 68. 147.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 82. 148. "Schuylkill Roots,"
Trinity Lutheran Church P. IV, p. 56. 149. Ibid. 150. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 107. 151.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church, P. II, p. 63. 152. D. W. Collins
Letter. 153. Nein
and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 356. 154. Ibid. 155. Letter from Fran Bumann, San Diego, CA
July 7, 1997. 156.
Ibid. 157.
Ibid. 158. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 162. 159. Letter from Fran Bumann. 160. Ibid. 161. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 162. 162. Letter from Fran Bumann. 163. Ibid. 164. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 161. 165. Letter from Fran Bumann. 166. Ibid. 167. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 160. 168. Letter from Fran Bumann. 169. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 355. 170. Letter from Fran Bumann. 171. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 161. 172. Letter from Fran Bumann. 173. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 162. 174. Ibid. 175. Letter from Fran Bumann. 176. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 163. 177. Letter from Fran Bumann. 178. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 160. 179. Ibid. 180. D. W. Collins Letter. 181. Charles Evans
Cemetery, Reading, PA, Letter, June 27, 1997. 182. Ibid. 183. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church, P. II, p. 49. 184. Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA,
Letter, June 27, 1997. 185. Ibid. 186. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church, P. II, p. 55. 187. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church, P. II, p. 63. 188. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 356. 189.
Ibid. 190.
"Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church, P. II, p. 73. 191. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 356. 192. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church, P. II, p. 85. 193. Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA,
Letter, June 27, 1997. 194. Ibid. 195. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church, P. II, p. 104. 196. D. W. Collins Letter. 197. Nein, First Reformed
Church, p. 382. 198. D. W. Collins Letter. 199. Nein, First Reformed
Church, p. 382. 200. Nein, First Reformed Church, p.
155. 201. D. W.
Collins Letter. 202. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 356. 203.
Ibid. 204. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 17. 205. D. W. Collins Letter. 206. "Schuylkill Roots,"
Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 67. 207. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 162. 208. Nein
and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 356. 209. Ibid. 210. Letter from Barbara K. Henritze (unknown
author address) to unknown recipient; unknown repository (unknown
repository address). 211. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church, P. II, p. 92. 212. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 356. 213.
Ibid. 214.
Ibid. 215. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 161. 216. D. W. Collins Letter. 217. Nein, First Reformed
Church, p. 154. 218. Morton L. Montgomery, Historical and
Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co., 1909), p. 841. 219. Ibid. 220. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church P. I, p. 79. 221. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 356. 222. Nein
and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 162. 223. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church, P. II, p. 84. 224. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 356. 225. Nein
and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 117. 226. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran
Church P. I, p. 102. 227. Martin, Descendency Chart of George
Rapp. 228.
Ibid. 229.
Ibid. 230.
Ibid. 231.
Ibid. 232.
Ibid. 233.
Ibid. 234.
Ibid. 235.
Ibid. 236.
Ibid. 237.
Ibid. 238.
Ibid. 239.
Ibid. 240.
Ibid. 241.
Ibid. 242.
Ibid. 243. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 341. 244. Martin, Descendency Chart of George
Rapp. 245. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 341. 246. Martin, Descendency Chart of George
Rapp. 247.
Ibid. 248.
Ibid. 249.
Ibid. 250.
Ibid. 251.
Ibid. 252.
Ibid. 253.
Ibid. 254.
Ibid. 255.
Ibid. 256. D. W.
Collins Letter. 257. Wright, Berks County Church Records, 1 ,
p. 240. 258. Letter
from Fran Bumann. 259. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 161. 260.
Letter from Fran Bumann. 261. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 111. 262. D.
W. Collins Letter. 263. Nein, First Reformed Church, p.
155. 264. Egle's
Note and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s, CD-ROM (n.p.: Broderbund
Software), p. 82. Hereinafter cited as Egle's Notes and Queries. 265. Ibid. 266. Ibid., p.
82-83. 267. Barbara
K. Henritze, Letter. 268. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter. 269. Barbara K. Henritze,
Letter. 270.
Barbara K. Henritze, Letter. 271. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 161. 272.
Barbara K. Henritze, Letter. 273. Nein, First Reformed Church, p.
155. 274. Cert. of
Death - City of Reading , of Eliza Rhein. 275. unknown author, date of death from
Charles Evans burial cards (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.), Rhein Burial Cards. 276. Certificate of Death
- City of Reading, of Eliza Rhein. 277. Reading Eagle, , of Eliza Rhein, Reading
Eagle, September 13, 1886; Clarke H. P. SCHNEIDER. 278. Ibid. 279. Barbara K. Henritze,
Letter. 280. Nein,
First Reformed Church, p. 115. 281. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter. 282. Nein, First Reformed
Church, p. 155. 283. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 162. 284.
Ibid. 285. Nein,
First Reformed Church, p. 154. 286. Ibid. 287. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 161. 288.
Ibid. 289.
Ibid. 290.
Ibid. 291. Nein,
First Reformed Church, p. 153. 292. Death Certificate , of John Christian
Whitman, February 23, 1922. 293. Cemetery record, , Cedar Park
Cemetery/12540 S. Halsted St./Calumet Park, IL 60827. 294. Death Certificate,
of John Christian Whitman, February 23, 1922. 295. Ibid. 296. Nein, First Reformed Church, p.
155. 297.
Montgomery, Berks County, p. 841. 298. Martin, Descendency Chart of George
Rapp. 299.
Ibid. 300.
Ibid. 301.
__________, Reading Eagle Obituaries 1868-1879 (Kutztown, Pennsylvania:
Berks County Genealogical Society,), p. 27. 302. Martin, Descendency Chart of George
Rapp. 303.
Ibid. 304.
Ibid. 305.
Ibid. 306.
Ibid. 307.
Ibid. 308.
Ibid. 309.
Ibid. 310.
Ibid. 311.
Ibid. 312.
Ibid. 313.
Ibid. 314.
Ibid. 315.
Ibid. 316.
Ibid. 317.
Ibid. 318.
Ibid. 319.
Ibid. 320.
Ibid. 321.
Ibid. 322.
Ibid. 323.
Ibid. 324.
Ibid. 325. D. W.
Collins Letter. 326. Nein, First Reformed Church, p.
115. 327. unknown
volume, Death Certificate of Jacob Rhein, (April 9, 1907), Clarke H. P.
Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
60622-1336. 328.
Ibid., Identifies Eliza Witman as his mother. 329. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
April 9, 1907. 330.
Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery, Section D-1 Margin, lot 29-30. 331. Cemetery record ,
Burial Cards, Charles Evans Cemetery. 332. Reading Eagle. 333. United States, Census of Population 1860
, M653, Roll 1077, page 1203. 334. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania ,
of Matilda R. Kerns, File No. 33078, 8 March 1929. 335. Barbara K. Henritze,
Letter. 336.
Cemetery record , Charles Evans - Lot Owner Card Index N. 936. 337. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Matilda R. Kerns, File No. 33078, 8
March 1929. 338.
Cemetery record , Charles Evans - Lot Owner Card Index N. 936. 339. unknown name of
person, Orphans' Court of Berks County - Records of the Estate of George W.
Hantsch, Deceased unknown file number, unknown repository, unknown
repository address, p. 10. 340. Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery,
Section D-1 Margin, lot 29-30. 341. Ibid., Charles Evans Cemetery, Section
D1- Margin, Lot # 29-30. 342. Ibid., Charles Evans Cemetery, Section
D-1 Margin, lot 29-30. 343. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial
Cards:Alphabetical Listing Rhein. 344. Ibid. 345. Ibid. 346. Ibid. 347. Ibid. 348. Ibid. 349. Nein, First Reformed Church, p.
115. 350. Barbara
K. Henritze, Letter, , letter of 18 Sept. 1997. 351. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , letter of
18 Sept. 1997. 352.
Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of George W. Landis, November 25,
1927, File No. 105977. 353. Ibid. 354. unknown name of person unknown record
type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois 60622-1336; unknown reader, 1997. 355. Barbara K. Henritze,
Letter. 356. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Owen Peter Landis, January 27,
1921. 357. Barbara
K. Henritze, Letter. 358. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Owen Peter Landis, January 27, 1921. 359. Ibid. 360. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter. 361. unknown name of
person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia
Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336. 362. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Augustus Rhein, File No.
103086. 363.
unknown subject, Pension Papers of Augustus Rhein of Company A of the 3rd
Pennsylvania Volunteers (7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW / Washington, DC
20408: National Archives and Records Administration). 364. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Augustus Rhein, File No.
103086. 365.
Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery, Section Z, lot 138. 366. Cemetery record ,
Burial Cards, Charles Evans Cemetery. 367. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Augustus Rhein, File No. 103086. 368. unknown subject, Pension Papers of
Augustus. 369.
Ibid. 370.
Ibid. 371.
Ibid. 372. Last
Will and Testament. 373. unknown subject, Pension Papers of
Augustus. 374.
Death Certificate, of Eliza Whitman, January 22, 1938. 375. Cemetery record ,
Cedar Park Cemetery/12540 S. Halsted St./Calumet Park, IL 60827. 376. Death Certificate,
of Eliza Whitman, January 22, 1938. 377. Cemetery record , Cedar Park
Cemetery/12540 S. Halsted St./Calumet Park, IL 60827. 378. Death Certificate,
of John Christian Whitman, February 23, 1922. 379. Death Certificate, of Eliza Whitman,
January 22, 1938. 380. Nein, First Reformed Church, p.
115. 381. Barbara
K. Henritze, Letter. 382. unknown subject, Pension Papers of
Augustus. 383.
Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , letter of 18 Sept. 1997. 384. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Kate Gabriel, January 1, 1921, File
No. 9285. 385.
unknown name of person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838
West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336. 386. Barbara K. Henritze,
Letter, , letter of 18 Sept. 1997. 387. unknown subject, Pension Papers of
Augustus. 388.
Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Lillie Jane Blankenbiller,
February 27, 1940. 389. Reading Eagle, of Mrs. Simon
Blankenbiller, February 28, 1940, p. 18. 390. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Lillie Jane Blankenbiller, February 27, 1940. 391. Cemetery record , Charles Evans
List. 392. Reading
Eagle, of Mrs. Simon Blankenbiller, February 28, 1940, p. 18. 393. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Lillie Jane Blankenbiller, February
27, 1940. 394.
Barbara K. Henritze, Letter. 395. unknown subject, Pension Papers of
Augustus. 396.
unknown volume, Marriage License: of Charles E. Troop and Ida May Rhein,
(Various), Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois 60622-1336. 397. D. W. Collins Letter. 398. __________, Witman
FGS from Berks. 399. Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery,
Section R, lot 143. 400. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of William Rhein, File No. 118141. 401. Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery,
Section R, lot 143. 402. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
William Rhein, File No. 118141. 403. Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery,
Section R, lot 143. 404. Cemetery record , Burial Cards, Charles
Evans Cemetery. 405. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of William Rhein, File No. 118141. 406. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
William Rhein, File No. 118141. 407. Death Certificate of Jacob Rhein. 408. Obituary, , of
William Rhein, Reading Eagle, December 31, 1921, p. 2. 409. Tombstone, Charles
Evans, Section R, Lot 143. 410. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Jacob Charles Rhein, File N. 104611. 411. Certificate of Birth: City of Reading, ,
Baby Boy Rhein, 1878, No. 1131, Clarke H. P. Schneider. 412. Tombstone, Charles
Evans, Section R, Lot 143. 413. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Jacob Charles Rhein, File No. 104611. 414. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter. 415. Charles Evans
Cemetery Burial Cards:Alphabetical Listing Rhein. 416. Ibid. 417. unknown volume,
Marriage License: of Jacob C. Rhein and Jennie K. Noll, Various, Clarke H.
P. Schneider. 418.
Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Jacob Charles Rhein, File No.
104611. 419.
Reading Eagle, of Jacob Rhein, November 24, 1915, p. 4. 420. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of William G. Rhein, File No.
062686-65. 421.
Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Boy Rhein, 1880, No. 931. 422. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of William G. Rhein, File No.
062686-65. 423.
Ibid. 424. unknown
volume, Marriage License: of William G. Rhein and Ella Paul, Various,
Clarke H. P. Schneider. 425. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Boy Rhein, 1888, No. 17. 426. Reading Eagle, of Chester Rhein, May 4,
1940, p. 14. 427.
Death Certificate, of Chester Rhein, May 3, 1940. 428. Reading Eagle, of
Chester Rhein, May 4, 1940, p. 14. 429. unknown volume, Marriage License: of
Chester A. Rhein and Mary A. Kieffer, Various, Clarke H. P.
Schneider. 430.
Reading Eagle, of Mrs.Chester Rhein, December 14, 1938, p. 18. 431. Ibid., of Chester
Rhein, May 4, 1940, p. 14. 432. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Girl Rhein, 1889, No. 890. 433. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Jennie Rhein #166 of 1891. 434. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Jennie Rhein #166 of 1891. 435. Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery,
Section R, lot 143. 436. Cemetery record , Burial Cards, Charles
Evans Cemetery. 437. Ibid. 438. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Boy Rhein, 1892, No. 1199. 439. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Baby Boy Rhein #982 of 1892. 440. Cemetery record , Burial Cards, Charles
Evans Cemetery. 441. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Baby Boy Rhein #982 of 1892. 442. Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery,
Section D-1 Margin, lot 29-30. 443. Death and Interment Records for the City
of Reading for the Year 1903, , Record number 1343 for year 1903. 444. Ibid. 445. Reading Eagle. 446. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Jane Rhein Schneider. 447. Certificate of
Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Girl Hautsch, 1878, No. 1091. 448. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, Jane Rhein Schneider. 449. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Jane Rhein Schneider. 450. Orphans' Court of
Berks unknown file number, p. 6. 451. Obituary, Lebanon Daily News. 452. Certificate of
Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Girl Hantsch, 1880, No. 551. 453. Certificate of Death
- City of Reading, for date. 454. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial
Cards:Alphabetical Listing Hantsch. 455. unknown name of person unknown record
type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois 60622-1336. 456. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Girl Hantsch, 1881, No. 1235. 457. Obituary, of Bessie Seivard, Lebanon
Daily News, February 19, 1941, p. 9. 458. Death Certificate, of George Howard
Hantsch, LA State File No. 18 115. 459. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Boy Hautsch, 1883, No. 1233. 460. Death Certificate, of George Howard
Hantsch, LA State File No. 18 115. 461. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Boy Hautsch, 1885, No. 1338. 462. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records
Hantsch. 463.
Certificate of Death - City of Reading, of Jacob Hantsch #1103 of
1890. 464. Charles
Evans Cemetery Burial Records Hantsch. 465. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Girl Hautsch, 1889, No. 1454. 466. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Margaret Hautsch 1894, Number 144. 467. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records
Hantsch. 468.
Anthony F. Miccicke, The George Washington Miller Years: The History of the
Reading Fire Department: Volume Two: Covering the years 1886-1915 (Reading,
Pennsylvania: Anthony F. Miccicke, 1999), p. 323. Hereinafter cited as
Reading Fire Department: 1886-1915. 469. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records
Hantsch. 470.
Certificate of Death - City of Reading, of Margaret Hautsch 1894, Number
144. 471. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, Samuel Hantsch, File number 76240. 472. Barbara K. Henritze,
Letter, , letter of 17 October 1996 citing F.K. Huntzinger's St. Luke's
Church records - page 32 of Vol. 2. 473. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Boy Hautsch, 1891, No. 517. 474. Reading Eagle. 475. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
Samuel Hantsch, File number 76240. 476. Cemetery record , Burial Cards, Charles
Evans Cemetery. 477. Death Certificate, of Edwin G. S.
Hantsch. 478.
Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Edwin G. S. Hautsch, 1893, No.
1336. 479. Barbara
K. Henritze, Letter. 480. Letter , from Norma Hantsch Mayo, April
9, 1997. 481. Death
Certificate, of Edwin G. S. Hantsch. 482. Ibid. 483. Ibid. 484. Ibid. 485. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Minnie
Rhea Hantsch, 1895, No. 525. 486. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Minnie Rhea Hautsch 1895, Number 756. 487. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records
Hantsch. 488.
Letter , from Norma Hantsch May, March 28 1977. 489. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records
Hantsch. 490.
Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery, Section 64, lot 116. 491. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Charles H. Rhein. 492. unknown name of
person, Berks County Register of Wills Web Site - berksregofwills.com
unknown file number, unknown repository, unknown repository address, Vol.
75, p. 112. 493.
Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery, Section 64, lot 116. 494. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, Charles H. Rhein. 495. Cemetery record ,
Burial Cards, Charles Evans Cemetery. 496. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Charles H. Rhein. 497. Montgomery, History of Berks County, p.
964. 498. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Minnie R. Rhein, File No.
52957. 499. Reading
Eagle, of Charles H. Rhein, May 25, 1947, p. 17. 500. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Girl Rhein, 1905, No. 1274. 501. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Nellie M. Rhein #1174 of 1905. 502. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Nellie M. Rhein #1174 of 1905. 503. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Nellie M. Rhein #1174 of 1905. 504. Reading Eagle, of Samuel W. Landis,
September 20, 1929, p. 2. 505. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter. 506. Reading Eagle, of
Samuel W. Landis, September 20, 1929, p. 2. 507. unknown name of person unknown record
type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois 60622-1336. 508. Reading Eagle, of Samuel W. Landis,
September 20, 1929, p. 2. 509. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter. 510. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of George I. Rhein. 511. Letter - Aulenbach's
Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania, This information was received on February
24, 1997 in response to my inquiry of February 7. It was handwritten on the
back of my letter and was not signed. 512. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of George I. Rhein. 513. Letter - Aulenbach Cemetery Reading
1997. 514. unknown
name of person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West
Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336; unknown
reader. 515. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of George I. Rhein. 516. Ibid. 517. Obituary, Obituary
of George I. Rhein, Reading Eagle, April 26, 1936, p. 16. 518. Barbara K. Henritze,
Letter, , letter of 18 Sept. 1997. 519. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , letter of
18 Sept. 1997. 520.
unknown name of person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838
West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336. 521. unknown volume,
Marriage License: of Bertram L. Spiese and Kate Rhein, Various, Clarke H.
P. Schneider. 522.
Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Girl Rhein, 1877, No. 434. 523. Barbara K. Henritze,
Letter, , letter of 18 Sept. 1997. 524. Cemetery record , Aulenbach's Cemetery
for Katie Rhein Speise. 525. Ibid. 526. unknown volume, Marriage License: of
Bertram L. Spiese and Kate Rhein, Various, Clarke H. P. Schneider. 527. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of George G. Rhein, File No.
15809. 528. unknown
name of person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West
Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336. 529. Certificate of
Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Girl Rhein, 1881, No. 20. 530. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of George G. Rhein, File No.
15809. 531. unknown
name of person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West
Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336. 532. Ibid. 533. Ibid. 534. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Harry W. Rhein, File No.
082368-60. 535.
unknown name of person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838
West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336. 536. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Harry W. Rhein, File No.
082368-60. 537.
unknown name of person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838
West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336. 538. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Harry W. Rhein, File No.
082368-60. 539.
Ibid. 540. Barbara
K. Henritze, Letter. 541. unknown volume, Marriage License: of
William H. Rhein and Alice C. Ney, Various, Clarke H. P. Schneider. 542. unknown subject,
Pension Papers of Augustus. 543. unknown volume, Marriage License: of
William H. Rhein and Alice C. Ney, Various, Clarke H. P. Schneider. 544. Ibid. 545. Certificate of
Birth: , Cook County, Illinois, of Willhelm Earle Rhien, July 8, 1893,
Clarke H. P. Schneider. 546. Information obtained from the Social
Security Administration under the Freedom of Information Act, various
date(s), various person(s). 547. Certificate of Birth: , Cook County,
Illinois, of Willhelm Earle Rhien, July 8, 1893. 548. Berks County Register unknown file
number, Vol. 40, p. 537. 549. Letter , from Laureldale Cemetery,
Reading, PA October 22, 1997. 550. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of William E. Rhein, 17 January 1946. 551. Letter , from Laureldale Cemetery,
Reading, PA October 22, 1997. 552. SSA Information , Of William Earl
Rhein. 553. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of William E. Rhein, 17 January
1946. 554.
Obituary, of William E. Rhein, Reading Eagle, January 27, 1949, p.
32. 555.
Ibid. 556. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Robert R. Rhein. 557. Obituary, of Robert
R. Rhein, Reading Eagle, December 13, 1973, p. 75. 558. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Robert R. Rhein. 559. Ibid. 560. Ibid. 561. Obituary, of Robert
R. Rhein, Reading Eagle, December 13, 1973, p. 75. 562. Ibid. 563. unknown compiler,
United States, Census of Population, 1900 (n.p.: n.pub.),
115-124-10-81. 564.
Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Jennie I. Whalen, April 3,
1990. 565.
Ibid. 566.
Obituary, of Robert R. Rhein, Reading Eagle, December 13, 1973, p.
75. 567. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Jennie I. Whalen, April 3,
1990. 568.
Ibid. 569.
Ibid. 570.
Ibid. 571.
Ibid. 572. Barbara
K. Henritze, Letter. 573. Letter , David Ott, dated October 25,
1996. 574. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Peter A. Rhein, File No. 55232. 575. Berks County
Register unknown file number, Vol. 90, p. 484. 576. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
Peter A. Rhein, June 18, 1941, File No. 55232. 577. Letter , David Ott, dated October 25,
1996. 578. Charles
Evans Cemetery Burial Cards:Alphabetical Listing Rhein. 579. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Peter A. Rhein, File No. 55232. 580. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Augustus Rhein, File No.
103086. 581. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Anna Rhein, File No. 56588. 582. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Peter A. Rhein, File No. 55232. 583. Reading Eagle,
obituary of Peter Augustus Rhein, June 18, 1941. 584. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , draft of
April 13, 1998. 585. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Florence A. M. Brisan, October 7, 1955. 586. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , draft of
April 13, 1998. 587. Berks County Register unknown file
number, Vol. 36, p. 352. 588. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , draft of
April 13, 1998. 589. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Florence A. M. Brisan, October 7, 1955. 590. unknown author, date of death from. 591. Barbara K. Henritze,
Letter, , draft of April 13, 1998. 592. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Florence A. M. Brisan, October 7, 1955. 593. Ibid. 594. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , draft of
April 13, 1998. 595. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of E. Nettie Wessner, August 6, 1953. 596. Reading Eagle, obituary of Passmore
Brisan, Thurs., 2 April 1959. 597. Berks County Register unknown file
number, Vol. 37, p. 43. 598. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , draft of
April 13, 1998. 599. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of E. Nettie Wessner, August 6, 1953. 600. unknown author, date of death from. 601. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of E. Nettie Wessner, August 6,
1953. 602.
Ibid. 603. Reading
Eagle, obituary of Mrs. Philip W. Wessner, August 7, 1953. 604. Barbara K. Henritze,
Letter, , draft of April 13, 1998. 605. unknown volume, Marriage License: of John
V. Wertz and Elsie M. in, Various, Clarke H. P. Schneider. 606. Reading Eagle,
obituary of Peter Augustus Rhein, June 18, 1941. 607. Ibid. 608. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , draft of
April 13, 1998. 609. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , draft of
April 13, 1998. 610. Berks County Register unknown file
number, vol. 111 p. 81. 611. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , draft of
April 13, 1998. 612. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , draft of
April 13, 1998. 613. Obituary, of George H. Wolf, Friday,
February ?, 1996 Quakertown Free Press. 614. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter, , draft of
April 13, 1998. 615. Obituary, of Mildred R. Wolf, Wednesday
October 29, 1980 Quakertown Free Press. 616. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Charles H. Rhein, File No. 935?? 617. Barbara K. Henritze, Letter. 618. unknown volume,
Marriage License: of Charles H. Rhein And Clara Williamson, Various, Clarke
H. P. Schneider. 619. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
Charles H. Rhein, File No. 935?? 620. Letter , David Ott, dated October 25,
1996. 621. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Charles H. Rhein, File No.
935?? 622. unknown
volume, Marriage License: of Charles H. Rhein And Clara Williamson,
Various, Clarke H. P. Schneider. 623. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Charles H. Rhein, File No. 935?? 624. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Esther
May Rhein, 1900, No. 1792. 625. Reading Eagle, of Esther M. Beck,
October, 14, 1990, p. D9. 626. Ibid. 627. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Boy Rhein, 1902, No. 543. 628. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Chester A. Rhein #1001 of 1902. 629. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Chester A. Rhein #1001 of 1902. 630. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Chester A. Rhein #1001 of 1902. 631. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Charles R. Rhein. 632. Ibid. 633. Ibid. 634. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Charles L. Rhein, 27 Jan 1977. 635. D. W. Collins Letter. 636.
Ibid.