William REINHARDT

(b. 3 June 1801 , Thalbürgel, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany d. 13 September 1878 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )
Age: 77
Cause of Death: heart disease

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William REINHARDT was born 3 June 1801 in Thalbürgel, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

William REINHARDT was the child of ? and ?

William was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1852.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

William married Elenore REICHMANN 21 January 1833 in Bürgel, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Elenore REICHMANN was born 13 September 1808 in Bürgel, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany. Elenore died 7 August 1843 in Bürgel, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany.

William married (2) Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" HENKELL 23 January 1844 in Schlöben, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" HENKELL was born 7 August 1820 in Germany (German States) (German Empire). Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" died 13 November 1899 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville).

William REINHARDT died 13 September 1878 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .

son of Johann Michael Reinhardt and Johanna Elisabeth Meinhard

Possible witness at baptism of George Wilhelm Feige 21 Apr 1867 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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Occupation

William REINHARDT was a shoemaker.
The cordonnier, or shoemaker (a cordwainer in England), was a craftsman who manufactured shoes, boots, and other types of footwear. He knew how to create, with his own hands, the entire shoe from the sole to the upper. He was the cutter, fitter, designer, and polisher... Some shoemakers sold their shoes to merchants, but the majority sold their own shoes, either from their workshop or by going door-to-door selling their wares.
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Family and Children of William REINHARDT

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William REINHARDT married

Elenore REICHMANN-- Date: 21 January 1833 Place: Bürgel, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

Children of William REINHARDT and Elenore REICHMANN:

Freidrich Wilhelm "William" REINHARDT (b.11 June 1835, Thalburgel, Thuringia, Germany d. 20 January 1913, Duluth, Minnesota, USA)
m. Paulina Auguste ENDE 18 September 1858 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Heinricke Charlotte "Henriette" REINHARDT (b.8 March 1837, , Germany d. abt. 1857, Albany, New York, USA )

Selma REINHARDT (b.22 February 1839, , Germany d. 1 July 1910, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Julius AMBACH 21 October 1828 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Friederich Robert REINHARDT (b.8 April 1841, , Germany d. 21 August 1864, Charleston, West Virginia, USA)

William REINHARDT married

Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" HENKELL-- Date: 23 January 1844 Place: Schlöben, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany
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Name: Christiane Friederike Henkel
Gender: weiblich (Female)
Record Type: Heirat (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 22 Jan
Marriage Place: Schloben, Sachsen (Saxony), Deutschland (Germany)
Father: Johann Michael Henkels
Spouse: Wilhelm Reinhard
Author: Evangelische Kirche Ruttersdorf (AG. Roda)
City or District: Ag, Bobeck, Rabis, Roda u. Ruttersdorf
Parish as it Appears: Schloben
Page Number: 41

Ancestry.com. Saxony and Thuringia, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1591-1875 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Children of William REINHARDT and Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" HENKELL:

Augusta Wilhelmine REINHARDT (b.11 October 1844, , Germany d. 24 June 1925, Lyons, New York, USA)

Edward Carl REINHARDT (b.21 April 1846, , Germany d. 13 January 1919, Lewiston, Maine, USA)
m. Marie Marienne Rosina "Rose" GERMAIN 10 February 1886 in Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA (Shelburne Falls)

photo of Carl "Charles" Friedrich REINHARDT

Carl "Charles" Friedrich REINHARDT (b.4 February 1848, , Germany d. 18 March 1915, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Hannah RANSENHOUSEN 1875

Helena "Lena" M REINHARDT (b.22 April 1849, , Germany d. 15 August 1912, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )
m. David ROSENHEIM (ROSENHEIN) 16 February 1874 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Minnie REINHARDT (b.abt. 1854, Albany, New York, USA d. abt. 1870, )

Herman E REINHARDT (b.11 April 1859, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 February 1913, Wales, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Célanire (Selina) GERMAIN 22 December 1881 in Conway, Massachusetts, USA

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?Witness to Baptism - ZION'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF PITTSFIELD, MASS.
Georg Wilhelm Feige b. 27 Jan 1867, Taconic St., Pittsfield, MA - baptised 21 Apr 1867. Parents Wilhelm Feige and Augusta Teunert. Witnesses are difficult to read. Looks like they might be: Wm? Hoffmann?, Wm. Reinhardt?, Mrs. Min... Leidhold?, Carrol? or Carl? Neubert

1801 Birth
3 June 1801
Thalbürgel, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Marriage of Child
Selma REINHARDT married 21 October 1828, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) to Julius AMBACH

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1833 Marriage / Partner
William REINHARDT and Elenore REICHMANN 21 January 1833, Bürgel, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

He was 31 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Freidrich Wilhelm "William" REINHARDT was born 11 June 1835, Thalburgel, Thuringia, Germany

William was 34 years old.

1837 Birth of Child
Heinricke Charlotte "Henriette" REINHARDT was born 8 March 1837, , Germany (German States) (German Empire)

William was 35 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Selma REINHARDT was born 22 February 1839, , Germany (German States) (German Empire)

William was 37 years old.

1841 Birth of Child
Friederich Robert REINHARDT was born 8 April 1841, , Germany (German States) (German Empire)

William was 39 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elenore REICHMANN died 7 August 1843, Bürgel, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

1844 Marriage / Partner
William REINHARDT and Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" HENKELL 23 January 1844, Schlöben, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

He was 42 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Augusta Wilhelmine REINHARDT was born 11 October 1844, , Germany (German States) (German Empire)

William was 43 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Edward Carl REINHARDT was born 21 April 1846, , Germany (German States) (German Empire)

William was 44 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Carl "Charles" Friedrich REINHARDT was born 4 February 1848, , Germany (German States) (German Empire)

William was 46 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Helena "Lena" M REINHARDT was born 22 April 1849, , Germany (German States) (German Empire)

William was 47 years old.

Immigration - 7 Jun 1852
Arrived 7 Jun 1852 from Germany on the ship JOHN HERMANN

Wilh. Reinhard, 51, M
Henriette Reinhard, 31, F
Wilhelm Reinhard, 17, M
Henriette Reinhard, 15, F
Selma Reinhard, 12, F
Robert Reinhard, 9, M
Auguste Reinhard, 7, F
Edward Reinhard, 6, M
Carl Reinhard, 4, M
Lenna Reinhard, 2, F

An AUGUSTE HENKEL, age 23, was also aboard this ship. Was she Henriette's sister?
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1855 Berne, Albany, New York
name: William Reinhart
event: Census
event date: 1855
event place: E.D. 2, Berne, Albany, New York, United States
gender: Male
age: 52
relationship to head of household: Head
estimated birth year: 1803
family number: 187
line number: 33
page:
film number: 521923
digital folder number: 005207098
image number: 00043
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head William Reinhart M 52
wife Rachel Reinhart F 58
child Peter Reinhart M 33
daughter-in-law Elizabeth Reinhart F 27
child William Reinhart M 22
grandchild Hanford Reinhart M 11
grandchild Jackson Reinhart M 7
grandchild Lorenzo Reinhart M 5
grandchild William W Reinhart M 5
grandchild Eliza A Reinhart F 1
grandchild Rachel Reinhart F 16

'New York, State Census, 1855,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K637-53C : accessed 09 Feb 2013), William Reinhart, 1855.
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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Marriage of Child
Freidrich Wilhelm "William" REINHARDT married 18 September 1858, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) to Paulina Auguste ENDE

1859 Birth of Child
Herman E REINHARDT was born 11 April 1859, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

William was 57 years old.

1860 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
William Reinhardt, 60, b. abt 1800
Rachel Reinhardt, 40, b. abt 1820
Robert Reinhardt, 19, b. abt 1841
Augusta Reinhardt, 16, b. abt 1844
Edward Reinhardt, 14, b. abt 1846
Charles Reinhardt, 12, b. abt 1848
Lena Reinhardt, 10, b. abt 1850
Herman Reinhardt, 1, b. abt. 1859
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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Friederich Robert REINHARDT died 21 August 1864, Charleston, West Virginia, USA

William was 63 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
William Reinhardt, b. abt 1802
Rachel Reinhardt, b. abt 1820
Charles Reinhardt, b. abt 1850
Helena Reinhardt, b. abt 1851
Hermann Reinhardt, b. abt 1859
Minnie Reinhardt, b. abt 1854

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1874 Marriage of Child
Helena "Lena" M REINHARDT married 16 February 1874, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) to David ROSENHEIM (ROSENHEIN)

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

Death
Death source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 - 1910, Vol: 301 ; Page: 58

Death
Name: William Reinhardt
Event Type: Death
Birth Date: abt 1801
Death Date: 13 Sep 1878
Death Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Death Age: 77

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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