1 [Johann] Christlieb [Christian] Reetz b: 26 Nov 1823 Germany d: 9 Dec 1884, Michigan
+ Anna Reizak [Reczack, Retseck] b: 1818 in Germany, m: Germany 27 Feb 1845, d: 28 Aug 1895 in Michigan City, IN
..........2 Emilie M. Reetz b: 16 Mar 1843 in Germany, d: 20 Mar 1932 in Dayton, MI
......... + Julius Fredrick Richter b: 31 Oct 1844 in Germany, d: 16 May 1923 in Dayton, MI
....................3 Edward Fredrick Richter b: 19 Nov 1871 in Indiana, d: 28 Feb 1959 in St Joseph, MI
....................+ Bertha M. Matthews b: 05 Nov 1881, m: 28 Nov 1900, d: 23 Apr 1957 in St Joseph, MI
....................3 Mina Richter b: 23 Nov 1873, d: 08 May 1880
....................3 William Frederick Richter b: 26 Jan 1876; d: 14 Mar 1959, Michigan City, IN
................... + Wilhelmina Fredericka Draves 1882 - 1919
.................................. 4 Mildred Faye Richter B: 1905, Michigan City, IN; d: 1972, Wisconsin
.................................. + #1 William Hillman 1899 - 1984
............................................. 5 Wilma Faye Hillman 1935 - 1960
............................................. 5 David William Hillman 1944 - 1996
.................................. + #2 Schedel
.................................. 4 William Mulford Richter b: 12 June 1908, d: 12 Oct 1981, Corpus Christi, TX.
..................................(Buried Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX.)
................................. + Margaret Harper
................................. 4 Harry Warren Richter b: 1911, Michigan City, IN; d: 20 July 1978
................................. 4 Private Richter
....................3 Fredrick Julius Richter b: 03 Aug 1878, d: 1972
....................3 Anna Juldah Richter b: 1879; d: 16 Sep 1885
....................3 Emma Amelia Richter b: 13 Jan 1881; d; 11 Oct 1964, South Bend, IN
................... + Alonzo L. Matthews b: 8 Sep 1879; d: June 1965
................................. 4 Mable Matthews b: 1910
....................3 Leo Gustaf Richter b: 10 Apr 1884 in Dayton, MI, d: 14 Mar 1937 Dayton, MI.
................... + Evalina Jemina Sarver b: 1895; m: 1910
.............................. 4 Lyle D. Richter b: 1911; d: 1996
.............................. + Eva Marie Trapp m: 16 June 1942, d: 1947
............................................ 5 Bonnie Richter
............................................ + Rehmel
............................................ 5 Jack Richter
............................................ 5 Larry Richter b: 6 July 1943, Niles; d: 18 May 2014, Galien
............................................ +Charlotte Gersonde m: 15 Sep 1961
....................................................... 6 Larry Richter Jr.
....................................................... 6 Brian Richter
....................................................... + Dawn
....................................................... 6 Craig Richter
....................................................... + Judy
...................................................(** there are 5 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren)
.............................. 4 Oscar Perry Richter b: 1914; d:1974
.............................. 4 Mary E. Richter b: 1916 d: 19 Aug 1991, FL
.............................. + William Forthman II m: 1934, b: 7 Aug 1910, d: 2 Jan 1998
........................................... 5 William Forthman III b: 14 July 1941, MI; d: 8 Nov 2000, TN
........................................... 5 Mary Joanne Forthman d: 21 Nov 2013, FL
........................................... + Evering
........................................... 5 Sharon Forthman
........................................... + Nelton
.............................. 4 Margaret E. Richter b: 1917; d:2012
.............................. + Robert John Banke, m: 14 Oct 1939; d: 1 Dec 2004
........................................... 5 Judith Banke
........................................... 5 Barbara Banke
........................................... 5 Sally Ann Banke d: Feb 2009
........................................... + Shuford
.............................. 4 Myra Elaine Richter b: 1925
.............................. + Richard Charles Habicht b: 25 Aug 1923, MI; d: 16 Nov 1998, MI
........................................... 5 child
........................................... 5 child
........................................... 5 child
........................................... 5 child
.............................. 4 Dorothy May Richter b: 1925
.............................. + Robert Miles Bachman m: 13 May 1945; b: 10 Oct 1925, d: 19 Aug 2012
........................................... 5 Abby Bachman
........................................... + Gene Holstein
........................................... 5 Jan Bachman
........................................... 5 Phil Bachman
........................................... 5 Glen Bachman
........................................... + Gayle
........................................(** There are 5 grandchildren, 4 great granchildren, 2 great great grandchildren)
....................3 Annie H. Richter b: 19 May 1887, d: 16 Sep 1887
..........2 Gustave Ferdinand Reetz b: 06 May 1848 in Germany, d: May 1921 in Michigan City, IN
..........+ Ernestine Hein b: 1859 in Germany, m: 21 Nov 1878, d: 22 Nov 1935 in Michigan City, IN
....................3 Fred Julius Reetz b: 13 Jan 1880 in Michigan City, IN, d: 12 Mar 1950 in Michigan City, IN
....................3 Edward Gustav Reetz b: 19 Jun 1882 in Michigan City, IN, d: 21 May 1941 in Michigan City, IN
....................+ Minnie H. Brimmer b: 04 Nov 1885 in Chicago, IL, m: 26 Sep 1912, d: 30 Jul 1982 in Michigan City, IN
..............................4 Dorothy Reetz b: 31 Jan 1914 in Michigan City, IN
..............................4 Edna May Reetz b: 16 Oct 1915
....................3 Minnie Reetz b: 1885 in Michigan City, IN, d: 19 Jan 1887 in Michigan City, IN
....................3 Elsie Olga Reetz b: 1887 in Michigan City, IN; d: 27 Sep 1964
....................+ Edward Christian Hapke b: 27 Jul 1880, m: 22 Sep 1908, d: Jan 1964 in Michigan City, IN
..............................4 Helen Hapke b: 1911
..............................4 Gladys Hapke b: 1912
..............................4 Marion Hapke b: 1917
..............................4 Louis Hapke b: 1922
....................3 Henrietta Reetz b: 06 Mar 1890 in Michigan City, IN; d: 2 March 1969
................... + Robert C. Steinke m: 08 Jun 1909 in LaPorte, IN; b: 2 July 1884; d: 11 Sept 1969
..............................4 Charles Steinke b: 1914
..............................4 Robert P. Steinke b: 24 Jul 1917, d: 21 Apr 2004
............................. + Josephine Stroup, married 28 Aug 1956 (deceased)
......................................... 5 Carol
......................................... 5 Sherri
......................................... 5 Laura
..............................4 Alice Mae Steinke b: 1923
....................3 Laura Reetz b: 1894 d: 1955, Michigan City, IN
....................+ Paul Fred Behn b: 1893, d: 1977
..........2 Henrietta Reetz b: 1853 in Germany, d: 08 Jan 1934 in Michigan City, IN
......... + August Kroll b: 1851 in Germany, d: 19 Feb 1931 in Michigan City, IN
....................3 Ida Kroll b: 1879 in Germany, d: 12 Mar 1926 in Michigan City, IN
....................3 Ernest Kroll b: 03 Oct 1880 in Germany, d: 08 Dec 1937 in Michigan City, IN
....................+ Frances Lapham b: 1888, m: 13 Nov 1909 in Michigan City, IN, d: 1967
..........2 Albertine Reetz b: 31 Oct 1856 in Germany, d: 17 Nov 1944 in Michigan City, IN
..........+ Ernest Timm b: 18 Dec 1857 in Germany, m: 01 Nov 1881, d: 16 Jul 1939 in Michigan City, IN
....................3 Otto Albert Timm b: 1882, d: 1959
....................3 Amanda Timm b: 1884, d: 1967
....................3 Herman R. Timm b: 1888, d: 1968
....................3 Henry G. Timm b: 1891
....................3 Paul Ernest Timm b: 1896, d: 1985
..........2 Ernest Herman Reetz b: 24 Mar 1859 in Germany, d: 16 May 1941 in Michigan City, IN
..........+ Matilda Malezahn b: Germany, m: 04 Nov 1882 in LaPorte, IN, d: 6 July 1894 in Michigan City, IN
....................3 Herman August Reetz b: 6 Aug 1883, d: 11 Oct 1963 in Michigan City, IN
....................+ Effie Charlotte Closson b: 1886, m: 18 Jun 1905, d: 01 Nov 1938 in Michigan City, IN
..............................4 Edwin George Reetz b: 19 Mar 1915 in Michigan City, IN, d: 01 Jun 1990 in Michigan City, IN
..............................+ Kathleen Jantzen b: 28 Dec 1916, m: 28 Sep 1940, d: 02 Feb 2003 in Michigan City, IN
........................................5 Ronald Lee Reetz b: 24 Jul 1941 in Michigan City, IN, d: 28 Nov 1965 in Valparaiso, IN; Buried in Chesterton, IN cemetery.
........................................+ Lila Sworverland m: 20 Apr 1963
..................................................6 Kimberly Sue Reetz
................................................. + Stephen Charles Allmon
............................................................... 7 Brandon Gary Allmon
............................................................... 7 Christopher Cameron Allmon
..............................4 John Henry Reetz b: 26 June 1917 in Michigan City, IN; d: 21 April 2015, Valparaiso, IN
............................. + Dorothy Manthey b: 1920, d: 24 Jul 1999
........................................5 Nancy Reetz
........................................+ Keith Heimburg
................................................. 6 Susan Heimburg
................................................. + Jim Taposci
................................................. 6 Cindra Heimburg
................................................. + Jim McClanahan
................................................. 6 Robert Heimburg
................................................. + Lynette
................................................. 6 Julie Heimburg
................................................. + Mike Smith
..............................4 Robert Charles Reetz b: 14 Jan 1920 in Michigan City, IN, d: 02 Apr 1921 in Michigan City, IN
..............................4 Louis (Lewis) Herman Reetz b: 27 Nov 1912 in Michigan City, IN.
.............................. Lewis appears to have been married to a Maxine, and he died 17 Oct 2001 in Mesa, AZ
....................3 Gustave Ernest Reetz b: 30 Oct 1885 in Michigan, USA, d: 12 Dec 1948 in Illinois, USA
................... + First wife Hattie Schwingdorf m: 02 Apr 1908 in LaPorte, IN
....................+ 2nd wife Lucy Peters b: 07 Jul 1904 in Chicago, IL, m: 1922, d: 1993
..............................4 Alfred Ernest Reetz b: 13 Jan 1925 in Chicago, IL, d: 1979
..............................4 Arthur Gustav Reetz b: 07 Mar 1930 in Chicago, IL, d: 2009
..............................4 Ralph William Reetz b: 22 Jun 1935 in Chicago, IL, USA
............................. + Sandra Jean Yochem
........................................5 Brett Eric Reetz b: 07 Oct 1961 in Illinois, USA
....................................... + First wife Christine Ponkratz
..................................................6 Hayden Reetz
....................................... + 2nd wife Laura Faulk
........................................5 Tracy Sue Reetz b: 30 May 1964 in Illinois, USA
........................................5 Wendy Lee Reetz b: 17 Oct 1968 in Illinois, USA
....................3 Clara Matilda Reetz b: 21 Dec 1887 in Michigan City, IN, d: 04 Jan 1960 in Michigan City, IN
....................+ Friedrich Heinrich Christian Wolgast b: 18 May 1885 in Michigan City, IN, m: 29 Aug 1908 in Michigan City, IN,
                      d: 06 Oct 1923 in Michigan City, IN
..............................4 Mildred Wolgast b: 16 Jul 1909 in Michigan City, IN, d: 04 Sep 1994 in Michigan City, IN       Link to WOLGAST family. (new window)
..............................+ Herman Blissmer b: 22 Aug 1906 in Calumet City, IL, m: 03 Apr 1937 in Michigan City, IN,
                              d: 05 Jul 1980 in Michigan City, IN       Link to BLISSMER family. (new window)
........................................5 JoAnn Blissmer b: 31 Jul 1938 in Michigan City, IN
....................................... + Robert Napier m: 23 May 1970 in Eugene, Oregon (divorce)
........................................5 Fred Blissmer b: 13 Aug 1940 in Michigan City, IN, d: 13 Mar 1997 in Indio, CA (cremated, no burial)
........................................+ Priscilla Hinds m: 16 Jun 1972 in Las Vegas, NV (divorce)
........................................5 Robert Blissmer b: 21 Jun 1944 in Michigan City, IN
........................................+ Barbara Johnson m: 28 Aug 1965 in Michigan City, IN
........................................+ Juthamus Chukla m: 14 Feb 2000 in Thailand
........................................5 Richard Blissmer b: 04 Nov 1945 in Michigan City, IN

....................3 Emma Reetz b: 1891 in Michigan City, IN, d: 1893 in Michigan City, IN
....................3 Minnie Reetz b: 23 Jan 1893 in Michigan City, IN, d: 07 Jul 1958 in Gary, IN
................... + Earl Miller b: 16 Aug 1892 in Jay, Indiana, USA, m: 15 Apr 1915, d: 11 Dec 1959
..............................4 Eileen W. Miller b: 04 Nov 1915 in Gary, IN, d: 17 May 1997 in Michigan City, IN
..............................+ William T. Hartill II b: 29 Sep 1907; m: 29 Feb 1936 in Gary, IN; d: 1 Jan 1998 in Fredricksburg, MD
..................................... 5 William T. Hartill III b: 17 Aug 1940, PA
..................................... + Judy Groff b: 4 Sept 1944, PA; m: 1964 Michigan City, IN
............................................ 6 Jody Hartill b: 27 April 1965, Michigan City, IN
............................................ + (1) Richard Kamont m: Oct 1987, Michigan City, IN (divorce 1991)
.....................................................7 Justin Kamont (Clouse) b: 4 Feb 1986, Michigan City, IN
..................................................... + Christina m: 2012, Katy, TX
............................................................8 Lily Kamont b: 10 July 2013, Katy, TX
.....................................................7 Bryan Kamont b: 6 May 1988, Michigan City, IN
.....................................................7 Timothy Kamont b: 14 June 1989, Michigan City, IN
..................................................... + Erin m: Nov 9, ????, Richmond, TX
............................................................8 Parker b: 19 Aug 2011
.....................................................7 Emily Johnson b:17 Mar 1990, Michigan City, IN
............................................................8 Sadie KcKee b: 13 Sep 2014, Michigan City, IN
............................................. + (2) Steve Haygood b: 4 Aug 1956, m: 7 Aug 2010, Rosenberg, TX
............................................ 6 David Hartill b: 24 June 1967, Michigan City, IN
............................................ + (1) Callie, m: May 1988, Michigan City, IN (divorced 1998)
.....................................................7 Melina Hartill b: 8 July 1990, Michigan City, IN
.....................................................7 Morgan Hartill b: 2 Jan 1994, Michigan City, IN
.............................................+ (2) Melissa b: 19 Jan 1971, NY; m: 25 June 1999, Arlington, TX
............................................ 6 Matthew Hartill b: 20 Sep 1968, Michigan City, IN
............................................ + (1) Kellie, m: Spring, TX (divorce)
.....................................................7 Jacob Hartill b: 11 August 1992, Katy, TX
.....................................................7 Jared Hartill b: 25 Sep 1995, Katy, TX
.............................................+ (2) Donna, b: 17 Nov 1964
............................................ 6 Paul Hartill b: 9 June 1970, Michigan City, IN
............................................ + Molly b: 17 Nov 1970, m: Spring, TX
.....................................................7 Lucy Hartill b: 13 Sep 2006, Denver, CO
.....................................................7 Charlie Hartill b: 3 July 2013, Cooperstown, NY
............................................ 6 William Hartill IV b: 9 June 1970, Michigan City, IN.
............................................ + (1) Joanna, b: 16 July 1970; m: 7 May 1990, LaPorte, IN (divorce 1997)
.....................................................7 Alexandra Hartill b: 30 Oct 1989, Muncie, IN
.....................................................7 William T. Hartill V b: 20 Sep 1993, LaPorte, IN
............................................ + (2) Nichole Miller b: 1968, m: 10 Oct 1999, Middlebury, IN (divorce)
............................................ + (3) Lisa Hultgren b: 10 April 1970; m: 24 Oct 2014, Katy, TX
..................................... 5 Nancy Sue Hartill b: 8 Oct 1936 d: 30 July 2009 (divorce 2002)
..................................... + _____ Ray
............................................ 6 Gayle Ray
............................................ 6 Bill Ray
..................................... 5 Sharen Hartill
..................................... + Skip Berlich
..................................... 5 Cathy Hartill
..................................... + Perry Boyd
..............................4 Howard Miller b: 1918 in Gary, IN
............................. + Mary
+ 2nd wife to Earnest Reetz: Henrietta Dreger m: 23 Jan 1896 in LaPorte, IN, d: 03 Oct 1938 in Michigan City, IN
..........2 ???? Reetz b: Germany
......... (Is this daughter, Anna Justine Reetz???)
......... + Ernest Schram b: Germany, m: Germany
......... ** as of 1921, this couple was still in Germany.