Ritzau Family from Hasserode/Harz area
I have Johann Christian RITZAU m. Anna Christiane VIERTEL, their child: Johanne Christiane Elisabaeth RITZAU, b. Dec 1782, d. Oct 1837. She married (1) unk. VOLLRATH in Sep 1810 (he d. 1815), (2) Johannes HORN in Feb 1821. Their children: Johann Gottfried HORN b. 1817, Johanne Friedericke Wilhelmine HORN b. 1821, d. 1891, and Sophia Charlotte HORN b. 1823.All born Hasserode, Wernigerode area. Johanne Friedericke Wilhelmine HORN married my ancestor Heinrich Ludwig HOFMEISTER in 1842 in Wernigerode. This data is taken from the FHL Film No. 1,273,340 and the St. Sylvestri Births & Baptisms, 1845.