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Reinhardt Genealogy

A Reinhardt History
By Patricia Reinhardt

Anna Martha Mark
Mother Of George Edward Reinhardt
Floyd Earl Reinhardt's grandmother was Anna Martha Mark Reinhardt. The extensive history of the Mark family is in the possession of Margaret Reinhardt of Ogallala, Nebraska. Margaret is the wife of Louis J. Reinhardt, son of Louis C. "Dick", who was Jacob and Martha's son.

Martha Mark was born in Melgerhausen, Kreis Melsungen, Hessen, Germany. Her parents were Martha Bang and Johann Conrad Mark. Johann was the son of Conrad Mark a farmer and was born October 2, 1799 in Melgerhausen.

Martha Bang Mark died in Germany. Johann married Martha Elizabeth Lengemann. They lived in a fine, big brick farmhouse at Melgerhausen. It was in good repair in 1956 (see picture). However, there were no longer any Mark family members living in the town.

Anna Martha was the only child of her Father's first marriage and was only 1 l/2 years old when he remarried. By the time the family came to America, she was eleven. She traveled with her step-mother, Martha Elizabeth and her father, Johann Conrad Mark. There were already four little step-siblings and her step-mother was pregnant. George Mark was born and died on the high seas on the way to America.

By 1845, when the next baby was born, they had settled in Muscatine, Iowa. Martha Elizabeth and Johann Conrad Mark had eleven children. Most of them spent their lives in Muscatine. Johann Conrad Mark died there in September 18, 1886. Martha Elizabeth died in Wilton Junction, Iowa on February 20, 1902.

When she was 18 years old, Anna Martha married Jacob Reinhardt. They were married in Muscatine on June 5, 1850. Their children were:

It is believed that Anna, Henry, John and Henry Edward died as children.

A German Bible that belonged to Jacob and Martha Reinhardt has a listing of the names off their children. It was not uncommon to name a second child the same name as a child who had previously died. In this case the name Henry was given to two children in the family.

It is believed that Martha belonged to the German Methodist Church in Muscatine. She joined the English Methodist Church in David City soon after her arrival in 1877. Martha died of a heart attack on April 15, 1908. She was buried in the David City Cemetery.

Along with her husband, Jacob, Martha pioneered in Lancaster County and Cuming County, Nebraska. She was 76 years old when she died.

ORIGINAL MARK HOME
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THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN 1956 SHOWS VIOLET MARK WULFEL AND KARL MULLER ON STEPS OF THE ORIGINAL MARK HOME IN MELGERSHAUSEN, GERMANY. THE HOUSE IS MORE THAN 150 YEARS OLD.

OBITUARY OF MRS MARTHA A. REINHARDT IN THE BUTLER COUNTY BANNER ON APRIL 22, 1908

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OBITUARY OF MISS MARTHA REINHARDT IN THE PEOPLES' BANNER OF DAVID CITY, NEBR ON APRIL 16, 1908

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