Maria Magdalena Roth b. 16 Feb 1804 La-Croix-Aux-Mines, Vosges, France d. 22 Oct 1886 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France: Our Family History

1804 - 1886 (82 years)

Name	Maria Magdalena Roth
Birth	16 Feb 1804	La-Croix-Aux-Mines, Vosges, France [1, 2, 3]
	If the ages listed for her in two of her children's birth records are correct--the third one is off by ten years and isn't consistent just with that change--she was born between October 1804 and June 1805. Birth records say she was 35 on 3 Jun 1840, 36 on 24 Oct 1841, and 27 on 18 Sep 1843.
		Marie Madelaine (Magdalena) Roth Birth 1804 17 Feb 1804: Birth of Marie Magdelaine Roth, born 16 February, daughter of Nicolas Roth, weaver, resident of La Croix-aux-Mines, and Anne Meunier his wife. Witnesses: Jean Miler, Meunier by profession, age 56 of La Croix, and Jean Baptiste, grown son of Joseph Rousetat, age 21’ of this town.
Gender	Female
Death	22 Oct 1886	Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France [4]
	Death record calls her the widow of Joseph Reinhart. They had three children together, but were never married. Joseph died in 1848.
		Death of Magdalena Roth 1886 22 October 1886. Death of Magdalena Roth, age 80, Mennonite religion, born at La-Croix-aux-Mines (Vosges), widow of Joseph Reinhart, daughter of the deceased couple Nicolas Roth, worker, and Anna, born Müller, at 3 in the morning in the community hospital, communicated by the leader of the community hospital.
Person ID	I84	rrss
Last Modified	28 Jul 2018

Father	Nicolas Roth, b. Abt 1760, France d. 19 Aug 1840, Illzach, Haut-Rhin, France (Age ~ 80 years)
Mother	Anne Müller, b. 1764, Urbeis, Bas-Rhin, France d. 24 Jun 1814, La-Croix-Aux-Mines, Vosges, France (Age 50 years)
Marriage	21 Aug 1797	La-Croix-Aux-Mines, Vosges, France [5]
	Marriage notes Nicolas is twice widowed--Elizabeth Berze and (confusingly) Anne Müller.
		Nicolas Roth and Anne Munier Wedding 1797, Part 1 At eight in the morning, the fourth of Fructidor year fiveof the Republic, the 21st of August 1797 in the mayor’s building of La Croix aux Mines, Canton of Laveline, Department of Vosges, place of residenceof the contracting parties, appear before me the joint undersigned, Nicolas Roth, age 36, native of Echery, Sainte Marie aux Mines,…
		Nicolas Roth and Anne Munier Wedding 1797, Part 2 At eight in the morning, the fourth of Fructidor year five of the Republic, the 21st of August 1797 in the mayor’s building of La Croix aux Mines, Canton of Laveline, Department of Vosges, place of residence of the contracting parties, appear before me the joint undersigned, Nicolas Roth, age 36, native of Echery, Sainte Marie aux Mines,…
Family ID	F1118	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Joseph Reinhardt, b. 5 Dec 1803, Urbeis, Bas-Rhin, France d. 30 Jul 1848, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France (Age 44 years)

Children

	1. Joseph Rheinhardt, b. 2 Jun 1840, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France d. 19 Aug 1916, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States (Age 76 years)
	2. Madelaine Rheinhardt, b. 24 Oct 1841, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France d. 25 Apr 1879, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France (Age 37 years)
	3. George Reinhardt, b. 18 Sep 1843, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France d. 18 Jun 1927, Minier, Tazewell, Illinois, United States (Age 83 years)

Family ID F19 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 6 Jul 2023

Event Map

Birth - 16 Feb 1804 - La-Croix-aux-Mines, Vosges, France

Death - 22 Oct 1886 - Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France

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Histories

Reinhard and Roth in Alsace Before 1850
Discussion of the families and their circumstances among the ancestors of John Rheinhardt (France, 1843-Illinois, 1927) in France and Switzerland, 1550-1850.

Notes
None of Joseph and Madelaine's children were born in a recognized marriage (noted naturelle instead of legitimate).

Sources

[S166] Haut-Rhin France Civil Records, Madelaine Rheinhardt.
Madelaine Reinhardt born 24 October 1841 to Madeleine Roth, unmarried, no profession, age 36.
Joseph Rheinhardt, father, harvester, age 38.
Witnesses: Joseph Roth, age 30, and Jean Roth, age 52.

Madelaine Rheinhardt Birth 1841
Father Joseph Rheinhardt age 38, Mother Madelaine Roth age 36, not married. Witnesses: Joseph Roth, weaver, age 30 and Jean Roth, weaver, age 52.

[S166] Haut-Rhin France Civil Records, George Rheinhardt.
George Rheinhardt
Born 18 September 1843 to Madeleine Roth, unmarried, no profession, age 37.
Joseph Rheinhardt, father, harvester, age 38.
Witnesses: Francois Girard, harvester, age 58, George Rheinhardt, harvester, age 36.

George Rheinhardt Birth 1843
George Rheinhardt
Born 18 September 1843 in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines to Madeleine Roth, unmarried, no profession, age 37.
Joseph Rheinhardt, father, harvester, age 38.
Witnesses: FrancoisGirard, harvester, age 58, George Rheinhardt, harvester, age 36.

[S292] Vosges Archival Records.
17 Feb1804: Birth of Marie Madelaine Roth, born 16 February, daughter of Nicolas Roth, weaver, resident of La Croix-aux-Mines, and Anne Meunier his wife. Witnesses: Jean Miler, Meunier by profession, age 56 ofLa Croix, and Jean Baptiste, grown son of Joseph Rousetat, age 21, of this town.
Jean Miler signs his name "Jean Miller". Not Müller, German for Miller, or Meunier, French for Miller. Also not Johan, as many of those recorded in the official record as Jean do.
[S166] Haut-Rhin France Civil Records.
22October 1886. Death of Magdalena Roth, age 80, Mennonite religion, born at La-Croix-aux-Mines (Vosges), widow of Joseph Reinhart, daughter of the deceased couple Nicolas Roth, worker, and Anna, born Müller, at 3 in the morning in the community hospital, communicated by the leader of the community hospital.
[S292] Vosges Archival Records.
At eight in the morning, the fourth of Fructidor year five of the Republic, the 21st of August 1797 in the mayor’s building of La Croix aux Mines, Canton of Laveline, Department of Vosges, place of residence of the contracting parties, appear before me the joint undersigned, Nicolas Roth, age 36, native of Echery, Sainte Marie aux Mines, Anabaptist tissier at La Croix aux Mines, widower first of Elizabeth Berze and second of Anne Müller also both Anabaptists on the one part and Anne Munier, age 33, native D'orvaize (now Urbeis) valley of Ville in Alsace, daughter of the late Christian Munier and Marie Adam when living farmers of Orvaize. . .? and presently a servant in the home of Nicolas Roth on the second part. Four adult witnesses assisting myself are the learned Jean Jacques Margraitte, Simon Maire, cobbler, Jean Baptiste Boudiere, youth, and Jean Pierre Boudiere, Cabartier, all farmers of La Croix aux Mines. (Second page is all formalities).