Re: Anyone related to us?!
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In reply to:
Anyone related to us?!
12/29/01
I am looking for connections to the Gottfried Reetz or Rhetz family. What I know is that Gottfried ReetzRhetz lived in Platkow, Germany and married Luise Amalie Schulze of New Langsow in the parish in Seelow, Germany in 1851. We think Gottfried died of a gun shot wound.His wife (Luise Amalie Schulze-ReetzRhetz) later married August Luckan who was born in Kossenblatt, Germany.They traveled to the US with her three children (Luise Henriette Amalie Reetz, Johann Godfrey Reetz and Minnie Reetz) in 1864, we think on the Constanting out of Liverpool, England.We are not sure but we think the three Reetz/Rhetz children may have been born around Brandenburg, Germany.We think the name was changed from Rhetz to Reetz after arriving in the US.
The line of my Reetz family decends from Johann Godfrey Reetz whom settled in Kansas after arriving in the US.Most of my Reetz relatives resides in the midwest except for me whom lives in California.
I understand there are two towns in Germany named Reetz?Are you familiar with these towns and the history of them?
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Randy Reetz