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Friedrich Retzer

Male 1850 - 1923


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  • Born  3 Oct 1850  Nothweiler, Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  20 Feb 1923  Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I5677  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  4 Apr 2015 

    Father  Johann Martin Retzer, Jr.,   b. 17 Apr 1814, Nothweiler, Pirmasens, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1881, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Eva Elisabetha GRUENY,   b. 22 Aug 1818, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  11 Apr 1847  Nothweiler, Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F954  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Susannah LINK,   b. 4 Mar 1853, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1912, Bridgewater, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  24 Oct 1874  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lillian Retzer
     2. Charles William Retzer,   b. 10 Jan 1875,   d. 8 Feb 1958, Rochester, Beaver County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elizabeth Retzer,   b. 1877,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Gustave Adolph Retzer,   b. 19 May 1880,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Frederich Retzer,   b. 20 Jan 1882,   d. 5 Feb 1932, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Joseph Henry Retzer,   b. 29 Sep 1885, West Bridgewater, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1961, Rochester, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. John Edward Retzer,   b. 1883,   d. 1945
     8. Mary Rosa Retzer,   b. May 1892, Bridgewater, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID  F2320  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Marguerite STEPHENS,   d. 1 Jul 1927, Pearl River, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  8 Oct 1913 
    Family ID  F2321  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • According to www.findagrave.com, Fred was born in Nothweiler, Pfalz which at that time was ruled by the King of Bavaria, the son of Johann Martin Retzer and Eva Elizabetha Grüny. He arrived in New York Nov 11, 1871, married 1st 24 Oct 1874 Susannah Link the daughter of Johan Georg Link and Elisabetha Fischer. Fred settled in W. Bridgewater and was a burgess, a justice of the peace, a postmaster, a Methodist evangelist and a tax collector. Fred and Susanna belonged to the Bridgewater M.E. Church and Rochester Free Methodist Church. Following Susanna's death he married Marguerite Stephens of Newark NJ on 8 Oct 1913. Friedrich died 20 Feb 1923 of pneumonia, Newark NJ

      Note: There is evidently no memorial, marker or stone for Fred Retzer in Beaver Cemetery.