Name: Henry Reiber
Year: 1849
Place: Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
Source Publication Code: 9696
Primary Immigrant: Reiber, Henry
Annotation: Much information given, including date of intention to acquire citizenship, date of naturalization, place of residence, country of birth, and name of sponsor.
Source Bibliography: WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Pittsburgh, compilers. A List of Immigrants Who Applied for Naturalization Papers in the District Courts of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: the society. Vol. 2, 1841-1855. 1978. 139p. 7,800 names.
1850 United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Beaver > Phillipsburg
21/24Henry Rivar35/MBlacksmithPennsylvania (this is an error by the census enumerator)
Margaretta35/F"
Mary11/F"
John9/M"
Andrew8/M"
Catherine7/FGermany
William4/M"
Elizabeth2/FPennsylvania
Andrew67/MnoneGermany
Andrew, Jr27/MBlacksmithGermany
Mary8/12/FPennsylvania
Note: Andrew (age 67) must be Henry's Father and Andrew, Jr. (age 27) most likely is Henry's brother.
1860 United States Federal Census > Illinois > Wabash > Lancaster
739/739HenryReiber45/MBlacksmith1000500Hefson, DSG
Margaret45/FHefson, DSG
John20/MHefson, DSG1
Sarah18/FWabash, IL1
Andreas17/MHefson, DSG
Catherine15/FHefson, DSG
William13/MHefson, DSG
Elizabeth11/FPA
Andreas75/MHefson, DSG
HenryKrowmiller 21/MWaggonmaker10Germany
Note: John and Sarah both said they had been married less than a year. This indicates that
Sarah is Henry's daughter-in-law and John's wife.
1880 United States Federal Census > Illinois > Wabash > Lancaster > District 122
233/264RiberHenryW/M/65BlacksmithGermany
MargaretW/F/65Germany