Maria Karoline Regenhardt

Maria Karoline Regenhardt

• Father: Friedrich Karl Regenhardt b. 15 July 1799
• Mother: Rosina Plum b. circa 1810

• Maria Karoline Regenhardt was born on 25 February 1837 in Klein Freden, Niedersachen.
• She was known as Caroline in the United States.
• She married Franz M. Rieger, son of Jacob Rieger and Rosalie Nuss, circa 1856, and Frank's sister Frances married Caroline's brother Friedrich.
• Franz M. Rieger and Maria Karoline Regenhardt appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Lewiston PO, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Frances A. Rieger, Frank Rieger, Jacob Rieger and Rosalie Nuss.
• Franz M. Rieger and Maria Karoline Regenhardt, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Suspension Bridge PO, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Frances A. Rieger, Anna C. Rieger, Mary A. Rieger, Herman Martin Rieger and Frank J. Rieger. Also in the household were one female domestic servant and two farm laborers.
• Franz M. Rieger and Maria Karoline Regenhardt appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1875 in Niagara, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Frances A. Rieger, Anna C. Rieger, Mary A. Rieger, Herman Martin Rieger and Frank J. Rieger. Also in the household were two male servants.
• Franz M. Rieger and Maria Karoline Regenhardt appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Niagara, Niagara Falls, New York. Other members of the household included Anna C. Rieger, Mary A. Rieger, Herman Martin Rieger and Frank J. Rieger.
• Franz M. Rieger became a widower at her death.
• Maria Karoline Regenhardt died on 4 June 1885 at age 48 in Suspension Bridge, Niagara County, New York.
• The following appeared on 6 June 1885 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Rieger, wife of Mr. Frank Rieger who lives on the first farm north of Suspension Bridge, died suddenly from appoplexy on Thursday, in the 48th year of her age. Mrs. Rieger was in her usual health up to the moment of the attack. She and her husband were getting ready to leave on a journey to Michigan when she suddenly dropped unconscious and remained in that state about nine hours when she died. She was an estimable woman and greatly respected by all who knew her. A husband, two sons, and three daughters are sadly bereaved by her sudden and unexpected death. The funeral takes place tomorrow.
• She was interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York.
• A single grave marker identifies the graves of Franz M. Rieger and Maria Karoline Regenhardt.
• 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