When Isaac M. Reiff was born on 25 February 1844, in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Christian Harley Reiff, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Titlow, was 41. He married Mary Elizabeth Mertz on 18 March 1869, in Union, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Lewis Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 22 October 1875, at the age of 31, and was buried in Monticello, Union Township, White, Indiana, United States.
South German and German: from Middle High German reif ‘(barrel) hoop, ribbon, cord’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a cooper or maker of ribbons, a rope maker, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or tavern with the sign of a hoop.
German: from the medieval personal name Riff, a short form of the ancient Germanic name Rīchfrit, composed of the elements rīc ‘power(ful)’ + frid ‘peace’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German reif ‘mature’.
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