Riedel-Schreiter Family History Anna van Raaphorst-Johnson Third Edition (3.0) - November 2014 Riedel-Schreiter Family History | TOC | 3 Contents List of Figures...................................................................................................................5 Chapter 1: Introduction..............................................................................13 Chapter 2: Ancestors.................................................................................15 The Riedel-Schreiter Families............................................................................................................15 The Thumb of Michigan......................................................................................................................19 Why and How Did They Migrate?.......................................................................................................23 Anna's comments about migration..........................................................................................25 Life in Forestville.................................................................................................................................29 Al's comments about Forestville..............................................................................................35 Joan's comments about Forestville.........................................................................................36 Letters Home......................................................................................................................................37 Forestville, Michigan, October 9, 1873....................................................................................38 Forestville, Michigan, January 10, 1879..................................................................................43 Forestville, Michigan, February 18, 1896................................................................................44 Al's comments about letters home...........................................................................................45 Chapter 3: Reminiscences.........................................................................47 Nan's Reminiscences of Her Childhood.............................................................................................47 Getting up in the morning........................................................................................................47 Books.......................................................................................................................................48 The cottage..............................................................................................................................49 Mealtimes................................................................................................................................54 Old-time natural foods.............................................................................................................56 A Sunday tradition...................................................................................................................58 Music.......................................................................................................................................61 Epithets....................................................................................................................................66 Holidays...................................................................................................................................67 Pets..........................................................................................................................................72 Art Bostwick's School Experiences....................................................................................................84 Isolde Kneschke Writes about Christmas in the Erzgebirge..............................................................85 Chapter 4: Remembrances........................................................................89 Nan's Grandparents...........................................................................................................................89 Sal Riedel Provides Genealogical Information...................................................................................90 The Schreiter Family..........................................................................................................................91 Riedel-Schreiter Family History | TOC | 4 Nettie (Nan) Augusta Riedel van Raaphorst......................................................................................93 Paul Schreiter Riedel..........................................................................................................................96 Paul Riedel Remembers the Bostwicks.............................................................................................98 Chapter 5: Letters.....................................................................................101 Letter from Art Bostwick to Jennie Ridley.........................................................................................101 Anna's Comments on Art Bostwick's Letter...........................................................................103 Letter from Louis Riedel to Nettie (Nan) Riedel................................................................................105 Letter from Anna Schreiter to Anna van Raaphorst.........................................................................107 Letter from Dorothy Slack to Jean Riedel.........................................................................................108 Letter from Bill Bostwick to Nettie (Nan) Riedel...............................................................................109 Chapter 6: Recipes...................................................................................113 Potato Dumplings (Grüne Klösse)....................................................................................................113 Duck and Greenies...........................................................................................................................113 Aunt Glad's Brown Bread.................................................................................................................114 Anna Riedel's White Cookies...........................................................................................................114 Springerles.......................................................................................................................................115 Stollen...............................................................................................................................................115 Schoolhouse Ranger Cookies..........................................................................................................116 Chapter 7: Descendants..........................................................................117 Children of Adolph Riedel and Augusta Joram................................................................................117 Grandchildren of Adolph Riedel and Augusta Joram.......................................................................120 "I Did It My Way": Multigenerational Pride and Independence in a German Immigrant Family.......125 Children of Alvin Schreiter and Louise Dorsch.................................................................................129 Grandchildren of Alvin Schreiter and Louise Dorsch........................................................................131 Descendants of Nettie (Nan) Riedel and John van Raaphorst.........................................................132 Chapter 8: Keywords................................................................................143 Chapter 9: For More Information.............................................................147 Riedel-Schreiter Family History | TOC | 5 List of Figures Figure 1: Adolph Riedel....................................................................................................16 Figure 2: Augusta Joram..................................................................................................16 Figure 3: Adolph Riedel family (about 1890)....................................................................17 Figure 4: Augusta Joram with granddaughters [?]............................................................17 Figure 5: Augusta Joram and members of the Ullmann family.........................................18 Figure 6: Alvin and Louise Schreiter with Luise Friederike [?] (about 1867)....................18 Figure 7: Alvin Schreiter...................................................................................................19 Figure 8: Louise Dorsch....................................................................................................19 Figure 9: Thumb of Michigan............................................................................................20 Figure 10: Forestville and Minden City, MI.......................................................................20 Figure 11: Munising, MI.....................................................................................................21 Figure 12: Ward's Forestville Land Map (1872)................................................................22 Figure 13: Beer's Plat of Forestville (1875).......................................................................23 Figure 14: Overview map of Saxony, Germany................................................................24