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Ruth Esther Wesemann

1908 to 1997

The Philadelphia WesemannsThe Reitter BranchIn America

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Daughter of George Washington Wesemann and Mary Matilda Knoll. Married Nicholas Reitter, Jr., 1929.

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Johann Heinrich Wesemannabout 1736 to 1801Georg Ludewig Wesemann1777 to 1855Heinrich Christian Ludewig Wesemannborn 1805Georg Wilhelm Ehrenfried Wesemann1838 to 1896George Washington Wesemann1876 to 1949Ruth Esther Wesemann1908 to 1997

Parents

George Washington Wesemann1876 to 1949Mary Matilda Knoll1884 to 1968

Brothers and sisters

George Willford Wesemann1905 to 1906Ellwood George Wesemann1910 to 1915Naomi Carrie Wesemann1911 to 2001George Foster Wesemann1913 to 2000Elmer Fredrick Wesemann1918 to 2002Emma Knoll Wesemann1923 to 2002

Husbands and wives

Nicholas Reitter, Jr.1905 to 1982

Children

Ruth Esther Reitter1930 to 2023Gladys May Reitter1935 to 2022

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Life events

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  • 1929, 29 JuneMarriage Ruth Esther Wesemann and Nicholas Reitter, Jr., licensed to marry, with her father’s consent
  • 1929, 27 JulyMarriage Ruth Esther Wesemann marries Nicholas Reitter, Jr., at Zion Lutheran Church, Olney
  • 1997, 16 MayDeath Ruth Esther Wesemann Reitter dies at Philadelphia

Records about Ruth

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Family Group Sheet – George Washington Wesemann and Mary Matilda Knoll, with 6 childrenFamily Registers and Trees

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Ruth Esterbirth register
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Ruth Wesemann Reitter

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