Schreiter branch

Schreiter branch overview

The Schreiters are Anna’s mother’s maternal ancestors. Anna’s mother, Nettie (Nan) Riedel van Raaphorst, was one of six children born to Louis and Anna (Schreiter) Riedel, both immigrants from Germany.

Anna Maria Schreiter, Anna's maternal grandmother

Anna and several generations of her ancestors

Both the Schreiter and Riedel (Anna's maternal grandfather was Louis Hermann Riedel) families migrated in 1873 from Saxony, Germany, to Forestville, Michigan, as part of a group known as Colonia Saxonia (Saxon Colony). Anna van Raaphorst’s grandmother, Anna Marie, was just a baby when she immigrated.

Saxony (Sachsen), Germany, where many of the Schreiter ancestors were born

The Schreiters migrated to the "Thumb" of Michigan.

Schreiter migration trunk, 1873