Frederike Regenhardt
b. 11 December 1841, d. 17 November 1917
- Father: Friedrich Karl Regenhardt b. 15 July 1799
- Mother: Rosina Plum b. circa 1810
- Frederike Regenhardt was born on 11 December 1841 in Klein Freden, Niedersachsen.
- Frederike Regenhardt arrived in the United States circa 1869.
- She married Franz M. Rieger, son of Jacob Rieger and Rosalie Nuss, on 23 April 1895 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at Sacred Heart Church. At the time of this marriage, her name was recorded as Frederike Rotger.
- Franz M. Rieger and Frederike Regenhardt appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at Lockport Road. Also in the household were Rottger step-children Clara (age 21), Martha (18) and Clarence (16), and one male farmhand.
- Franz M. Rieger and Frederike Regenhardt appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1905 in Niagara Falls, New York, at Lockport Road.
- Frederike Regenhardt became a widow at the 1 August 1908 death of her husband Franz M. Rieger.
- The following appeared on 1 August 1908 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Frank Rieger, 76 years old, died at his late residence in Sugar street near Lockport street at 11 o'clock this morning after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Rieger has been in failing health for some time. He is survived by a wife, two sons, Herman M. and Frank, of this city; three daughters, Mrs. Charles S. Braas and Mrs. Martin T. Ryan of this city, and Mrs. S. Rieger of Lockport; and one syster, Mrs. Frances Regenhardt of this city.
The funeral will be held on Tuesday morning at 8:30 o'clock from the house and at 9 o'clock from the Church of the Sacred Heart.
Mr. Rieger has been a resident of Niagara County for over 50 yeaars, and of this city about 40 years. Both in business and in social life he was highly regarded for his sterling worth. - Frederike Regenhardt died on 17 November 1917 at age 75 in Niagara County, New York.
- The following appeared in Landmarks of Niagara County, New York (1897): Frank Rieger was born at Baden, Germany, November 6, 1831, and was a son of Jacob Rieger, who immigrated to America in 1854, settling in the village of Suspension Bridge, N. Y., where he died in 1868. Frank Rieger had received his education in the common schools of his native place and upon his arrival in America in 1854 at once took up the calling of farmer at Suspension Bridge, which he has followed ever since. In 1874 he bought the present homestead farm, then consisting of 150 acres of fertile land and during the land boom of 1891 sold ninety-five acres, at twelve hundred dollars an acre. In 1862 he established a large dairy business which he still maintains, supplying all the large hotels of Niagara Falls with their dairy products. He is a thirfty and highly respectable farmer, esteemed by all with whom he has come in contact. In 1857 Mr. Rieger married Caroline Regenhardt, of Niagara Falls, and they had five children. Mrs. Rieger died June 4, 1885, and on April 25 1895, Mr. Rieger married Frederica Regenhardt, a sister of his first wife.
- Last Edited: 12 Jun 2015