Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" HENKELL

(b. 7 August 1820 , Germany d. 13 November 1899 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" HENKELL was born 7 August 1820 in Germany

Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" HENKELL was the child of ? and ?

Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1852.

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Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" married William REINHARDT 23 January 1844 in Schlöben, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
William REINHARDT was born 3 June 1801 in Thalbürgel, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany. William died 13 September 1878 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville).

Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" HENKELL died 13 November 1899 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" HENKELL married

William REINHARDT-- 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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1820 Birth
7 August 1820
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)

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

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

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

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

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

She was 23 years old.

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

Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" was 24 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)

Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" was 25 years old.

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

Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" was 27 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)

Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" was 28 years old.

1855 Berne, Albany, New York
name: Rachel Reinhart
event: Census
event date: 1855
event place: E.D. 2, Berne, Albany, New York, United States
gender: Female
age: 58
relationship to head of household: Wife
estimated birth year: 1797
family number: 187
line number: 34
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/ K637-53Z : accessed 09 Feb 2013), Rachel Reinhart in entry for 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

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

Christine Fredericke "Rachel" "Henriette" was 38 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

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.

1878 Death of Spouse/Partner
William REINHARDT died 13 September 1878, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
David Rosenheim, 35, b. abt 1845, Prussia, Grocery Merchant
Minnie Rosenheim, 30, b. abt 1850, Prussia, wife, keeping house
William Rosenheim, 5, b. abt 1875, Massachusetts, son, at school
Elizabeth Rosenheim, 2, b. abt 1878, Massachusetts, daughter
Jesse Rosenheim, 5M, b. abt 1879, Massachusetts, daughter
Rachel Remhardt, 59, b. abt 1821, Prussia, mother-in-law, widowed
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1881 Marriage of Child
Herman E REINHARDT married 22 December 1881, Conway, Massachusetts, USA to Célanire (Selina) GERMAIN

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1886 Marriage of Child
Edward Carl REINHARDT married 10 February 1886, Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA (Shelburne Falls) to Marie Marienne Rosina "Rose" GERMAIN

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

Death
Friedericke Reinhardt 13 November 1899 in Pittsfield, Mass; buried 15 Nov 1899 -- unable to read most of it because it its in German
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Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Fredericka Reinhardt (Henkell), wife of William Reinhardt, age 75 years, 3 mos., cause of death - old age or senile decay, born Germany, daughter of August Henkell and Augusta.
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