Brief Life History of John Henry
When John Henry Reigel was born on 28 February 1853, in Cherry Run, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Paul Reigel, was 25 and his mother, Lavina Kifer, was 22. He married Emma Lavina Harkless on 17 July 1877, in Parker, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in United States in 1910 and Kane, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. In 1933, at the age of 80, his occupation is listed as oil well driller. He died on 13 October 1933, in Jackson Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John H Reigel, "United States Census, 1930"
- John Henry Reigel, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976"
- Reigel, Ella, Iola - Death Certificate
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
German: nickname for a long-legged person, from Middle High German reigel ‘heron’.
Altered form of German Riegel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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