NamePeter Remaklus
Birth4 Mar 1819, Illerich, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany1,2
BaptismSt. Servatius Church, Landkern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death22 Apr 1883, Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana
BurialHoly Trinity Cemetery, Bryant, Bearcreek Township, Jay County, Indiana
OccupationTailor in Germany; farmer.
FatherPeter Remaculus (1787-1824)
MotherAnna Maria Muench (1794-)
Spouses
Birth5 Jul 1814, Illerich, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany1,2
Baptism6 Jul 1814, St. Servatius Church, Landkern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death12 Feb 1898, Jay County, Indiana
BurialHoly Trinity Cemetery, Bryant, Bearcreek Township, Jay County, Indiana
FatherNicolaus Knieper (1799-?1887)
MotherMagdalena Killian (~1794-)
Marriage13 Aug 1844, St. Vincenz Church, Illerich, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
ChildrenJohn (1844-1906)
 Anton (1848-1900)
 Johann Joseph (1852-1928)
 Nicholas (1854-1940)
 Anna M. (Emma) (1857-1881)
 Margaret (~1860-)
 Adam (1862-1934)
Notes for Peter Remaklus
Source: MyHeritage.com--MyHeritage Family Trees: O’Keefe Web Site; and Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898; and www.findagrave.com.
He and his wife immigrated to America with their children in 1862. He became a U.S. citizen on September 11, 1867.
In 1870 and 1880 he and his wife and children lived in Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana. The 1880 census states that he was paralyzed. His son Joseph’s wife Gertrude lived with Peter’s family in 1880, as did their son John who was born in December of 1879. The entry for John states that he was Peter’s nephew rather than grandson.
Notes for Margaretha (Spouse 1)
Source: Illerich Family Book; Ancestry.com— John Henry Hicks Family Tree; MyHeritage.com--Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898; and MyHeritage Family Trees: O’Keefe Web Site; and www.findagrave.com.
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