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Reisinger / Keller
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My Leibbrand 8d great
grandparents are Hans Heinrich Leuprandt (Leibbrand), born June 02, 1605 in Kleiningersheim, and Maria, born
Feb. 13, 1559. My Leibbrand 7d great
grandparents are Hans Heinrich Leuprandt (Leibbrand), born July 08, 1642 in
Kleiningersheim, and Sofie Baerkler, born before 1640 in
Kleiningersheim. MyKeller 6rd great
grandparents are Wilhelm Keller, born abt. 1680 in
Kleiningersheim, and Margarethe FETZER, born abt. 1685 in Kleiningersheim.
They married June. 20, 1702 in Kleiningersheim. My Leibbrand 6rd great
grandparents are Johann (Hans) Heinrich Leibbrand, born Jan. 12, 1665 in
Kleiningersheim, and Anna Maria Stutz, born March 01, 1661 in Kleiningersheim.
They married Nov. 01, 1694 in Kleiningersheim. My Keller 5rd great
grandparents are Johan Friedrich Keller, born before April 26, 1705 in
Kleiningersheim, and Anna Catharina Weiss, born before February 05, 1696/97 in
Kleiningersheim. They married June 14, 1319. in Kleiningersheim. My Leibbrand 5rd great
grandparents are Johann (Hans) Heinrich Leibbrand, born May 25, 1697 in
Kleiningersheim, and Anna Margaretha Ulmer, born about 1700 in
Kleiningersheim. They married Oct. 31, 1719. in Kleiningersheim. My Keller, 4rd great
grandparents are Johann Jacob Keller, born before July 1735 in
Kleiningersheim, and Christina Leibbrand, born Sept. 21, 1738 in
Kleiningersheim. They married Oct. 19, 1762. in Kleiningersheim. My Keller, 3rd great
grandparents are David Keller, born Jan. 19, 1777 in Kleiningersheim and
Johanna Christina Spahlinger born July 10 1779 in Grossingersheim. They
married Sept. 12, 1797. In 1833 David Keller and Johanna Christina Spahlinger and 5
children immigrated from Stuttgart Germany to Liverpool Ohio. Enroute to
Liverpool Johanna Spahlinger died of cholera and is buried in Euclid Ohio.
David Keller worked for a grain elevator in Cleveland. He was offered a 100
acre farm for $500.00 but preferred to move to Liverpool where he purchased
property. My 2nd great
grandparents are Jacob Reisinger, born Sept. 10, 1808, at Stuttgart, Germany,
son of Peter Reisinger , died Apr. 12, 1885, and Elizabeth Louisa Keller,
born Oct. 10, 1810 in Grossingersheim
Germany, died March 30, 1886, daughter of David Keller and Joanna Christine
Spahlinger. In 1834 Jacob
Reisinger followed the Keller family to America. In Stuttgart, Jacob learned
the trade of shoemaker and was offered similar work in Cleveland. For three
years of service he would receive his board, $200.00 and 30 acres of land
northwest of Cleveland Public Square. However, he preferred the heavier soil
at Liverpool over the sandy soil in Cleveland and declined the offer. Jacob Reisinger and
Elizabeth Keller were married Oct. 13, 1834 in a Lutheran church in Liverpool
Ohio. The Rev. G.W. Emmanuel Metzger officiated. A log cabin was built on a
40 acre farm southwest of Liverpool where 5 of their 12 children were born.
In 1848 the family moved to Columbia Township Ohio where a log house was
built on a 63 acre farm. Jacob would farm during the summer and in the colder
weather he worked as a shoemaker traveling around the country, staying at
each home until he made shoes for the entire family. Jacob and Elizabeth are
buried at Myrtle Hill cemetery. Thank You, Carol Reisinger Eskra
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fourth edition
Elizabeth Keller Jacob Reisinger
by
Thomas D. Ayres
3 Windham Dr.
Simsbury, CT 06070
860-651-8391
1. JACOB REISINGER was born Sept. 10, 1808, at Stuttgart, Germany, son of Peter Reisinger. He married Elizabeth Louisa Keller, daughter of David and Joanna Christine (Spalinger) Keller, Oct. 12, 1834, at Liverpool (now Valley City), Ohio. She was born Oct. 10, 1810, at Gross Ingersheim, Germany. He died Apr. 12, 1885 and she died Mar. 30, 1886, both at Liverpool, Ohio. They were buried at Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Valley City, which is southwest of Cleveland.
Elizabeth lived in Stuttgart, Germany until 1833, when, with her parents, three brothers and one sister, she immigrated to America. Enroute to Cleveland, Ohio, her mother died and was buried at Euclid, Ohio. Her father worked at a grain elevator in Cleveland. He was offered a one hundred acre farm for $500 but preferred to move on to Liverpool (now Valley City), Ohio where he purchased property.
Jacob decided to follow Elizabeth to America. In 1834 he secured transportation on a sailing vessel, which was enroute one hundred and three days. Food supplies were extremely low when the ship was wrecked about three miles off the New Jersey coast. He managed to rescue his wooden chest which contained all of his possessions and swam to shore. The survivors were taken to a Swedish farm house where they were given their first American meal, consisting of corn meal mush and milk. Jacob went to Buffalo, NY via the Erie Canal on a barge pulled by two horses walking along the tow-path on the bank. In Stuttgart he had learned the trade of shoemaker and was offered similar work in Cleveland. For three years service he would receive his board, $200 and thirty acres of land northwest of Cleveland Public Square. However, he preferred the heavier soil at Liverpool over the sandy soil in Cleveland and declined the offer.
Jacob and Elizabeth were married in 1834 and they built a log cabin on a forty acre farm southwest of Liverpool. In 1848 they moved to Columbia Twp., Ohio where a log house was built (see Preface) on a sixty-three acre farm. He would farm during the summer. In the colder weather he work as a shoemaker traveling around the country, staying at each home until he had made shoes for the entire family. Their children:
(1)
John Gottleib Reisinger see #100.
(2)
Joanna Christina Reisinger see #2.
(3)
Jacob Reisinger see #200.
(4)
Christian Reisinger see #300.
(5)
Catherine Reisinger see #400.
(6)
Martin Reisinger see #500.
(7)
John J. Reisinger see #600.
(8)
Elizabeth Reisinger see #3.
(9)
Eliza Louise Reisinger see #700.
(10)
William Reisinger see #800.
(11)
Henry Reisinger see #900.
(12)
Charles Reisinger see #4.