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Ancestors of Melba Irene Peters

Generation No. 3


      4. Peter Albert Peters, born February 22, 1843 in Grossefehn, Germany1; died August 14, 1917 in Morrisonville, Illinois. He was the son of 8. Albert Peters and 9. Mettje Janssen Aden. He married 5. Antje Hinrichs Fastenau February 21, 1875 in Aurich-Oldendorf, Germany2.

      5. Antje Hinrichs Fastenau, born May 5, 1857 in Vosskuhlen, Germany3; died December 21, 1925 in Morrisonville, Illinois. She was the daughter of 10. Hinderk Tjarks Fastenau and 11. Gretje Ihmen Tammen.

More About Peter Albert Peters:
Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois

More About Antje Hinrichs Fastenau:
Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois
     
Children of Peter Peters and Antje Fastenau are:
  i.   Mehtje Peters, born November 30, 1875 in near Farmersville, Montgomery County, Illinois; died 1956; married Henry J. Dunkirk October 30, 1895 in Farmersville, Montgomery County, Illinois; born June 8, 1868; died December 2, 1947.
  ii.   Magaretha Peters, born August 26, 1878 in near Farmersville, Montgomery County, Illinois; died February 18, 1897; married Charles H. Nobbe March 18, 1896.
  iii.   Albert Peters, born August 15, 1880 in near Farmersville, Montgomery County, Illinois; died 1954 in Farmersville, Montgomery County, Illinois; married Margaret Dunkirk; born 1883; died 1967 in Farmersville, Montgomery County, Illinois.
  iv.   Hinrich Peters, born August 18, 1882; died August 21, 1882.
  v.   Hinrich Peters, born September 30, 1883; died September 15, 1982; married Margaret Wilson February 24, 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri; born June 18, 1889; died November 17, 1980.
  2 vi.   Ehno Peters, born November 12, 1885 in near Farmersville, Montgomery County, Illinois; died April 27, 1958 in Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois; married Sarah Augusta Magdalene Reish March 21, 1910 in Morrisonville, Illinois.
  vii.   Arnold Peters, born August 9, 1888; died November 1, 1914 in St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield, Illinois.
  Notes for Arnold Peters:
Arnold Peters was a very good baseball player and signed a contract to play for the St. Louis Cardinals beginning in 1915. While working on the family farm in the fall of 1914, his arm was severed when caught in farm machinery and he died of complications from the injury.


  More About Arnold Peters:
Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois
Fact 1: Caught arm in farm shredder and died of gangarene.

  viii.   Annie Jelstina Peters, born July 27, 1892; died November 7, 1976; married George Boyce Neff; born November 7, 1886; died September 23, 1970.


      6. Samuel Reish, born December 15, 1858 in Covington, Ohio; died March 3, 1945 in Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois. He was the son of 12. Peter Reish and 13. Sarah Miller. He married 7. Rosa Amelia Wise December 6, 1883 in Morrisonville, Illinois.

      7. Rosa Amelia Wise, born April 1, 1861 in Ohio; died June 15, 1938 in Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois. She was the daughter of 14. August Wise and 15. Magdalene Schneider.

More About Samuel Reish:
Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois

More About Rosa Amelia Wise:
Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois
     
Children of Samuel Reish and Rosa Wise are:
  i.   Orville James Reish, born March 24, 1885; died March 23, 1959; married Anna Bell Minnis September 12, 1906; born July 15, 1886; died February 6, 1948.
  3 ii.   Sarah Augusta Magdalene Reish, born January 1, 1892 in Christian City, Illinois; died August 29, 1969 in Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois; married Ehno Peters March 21, 1910 in Morrisonville, Illinois.


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