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Grensbach,
Baden, Germany
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Today’s
Surname: Reeb
1880
Locations: Germany, possibly USA.
Comment:
This Catholic Reeb family lived near Baden, Baden until the late 1800s when
they began to relocate to other parts of Germany. One family and a single
male immigrated to America.
Background:
The known progenitor of this family was George Reeb born about 1669. He and
wife, Christina had two sons and a daughter. In the early 1700s three males
from this extended family disappear to some unknown place. Andreas Reeb born
1762 is tracked to Erfweiler near Dahn, Pirmasens, Germany some distance
from his birthplace. His great grandson Antony and family immigrate to
America in 1859 and locate in St. Louis Missouri. The Baden Baden families
were locksmiths, shoemakers, rope makers and employees of the local resorts.
It is almost certain other members of this Reeb family are yet to be found
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Hirschhorn am Neckar, Hesse, Germany
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Today’s
Surname: Reeb
1880
Location: Germany
Comment:
From the 1700s until 1870 many of the male Reebs moved away from this small
village. Very few of these Catholic men have been traced to their new
residence.
Background:
Shoemaker George Reeb born about 1628 and Anna Barbara had two sons, Johann
and Peter. Johann died a year after fathering a daughter. Peter had ten
children by three different wives. His son, George moved away leaving only
Christoph to propagate the Reeb line in Hirschhorn. His sons began two
generations as fishermen and boatmen on the Neckar River. By 1870 most of
the Reebs had moved to other places with several going to Heidelberg. |
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Katzenbach –
Rockenhausen – Langmeil, Bayern, Germany
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Today’s
Surname: Reeb
1900-1920
Locations: Germany, France, USA: Illinois, Ohio and elsewhere.
Comments:
Most of this Catholic family moved away from the Rockenhausen district by
the late 1800s. They relocated in other parts of Germany and America. The
Reeb families that lived in Langmeil in the early 1700s are likely relocated
to the Katzenbach group. Church records do not go back far enough to confirm
this. These places are close together.
Background:
Nicolaus Reeb b. abt. 1650 and wife Clara are the oldest known progenitors
of the Katzenbach Reebs. George Reeb b. abt. 1720 and wife, Margaretha of
Langmeil are the parents of Johan Peter who moves to Huttenheim Alsace
France abt. 1785. The two branches of this family likely tie together in the
mid 1600s. The Rockenhausen area where these families lived was poor land
that would not support a large population causing movement as the region's
population grew. Beginning in the mid-1800s, several Reeb families and
individuals went to America from this area. The Alsace branch of the family
grew and some live there today. |
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Landstuhl, Bayern, Germany
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Today’s
Surname: Reeb
1880
Locations: Possibly Germany, USA
Comment:
Records on the Lutheran family evaporate in the area of Landstuhl –
Kaiserslautern by the mid-1800s. It is known that one married Reeb woman
immigrated to America.
Background:
Simon Reb who died in 1648 in the Landstuhl hospital is the oldest known
progenitor of this family. His sons, Hans Valentine (1629) and Hans Simon
(1633) were hat makers and linen weavers. Their sons established themselves
as linen weavers in the small villages of Hermersberg, Krickenbach Linden
and later Gerhardsbrunn. A continuation of this family is likely as the last
area records show three males who survived to adulthood. |
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