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

For more information

• Ancestry Member Tree: "vanRaaphorst-Riedel-1" (Tree ID 104917897, ancestry.com), owned by avanraaphorst; access requires appropriate sharing/permissions
• Riedel-Schreiter Family History Book (contains the complete set of "Letters Home") (PDF)
• Archived post from News from Nan about "Letters Home" (the story of the Schreiter/Riedel migration from Germany to the USA, as told by Alvin Schreiter in letters to his brother Otto, back home in Germany) (PDF)
• Schreiter Family Page (PDF)
• "Christmas in Germany" by Isolde Kneschke Schenk (a Schreiter cousin) (PDF)
• News from Nan post (by Nan) about the Riedel/Schreiter cottage on Lake Huron (PDF)
• News from Nan post (by Nan) about her Schreiter aunts (PDF)
• News from Nan post (by Nan) about the "Red House" family home in Minden City, Michigan (PDF)
• News from Nan post (by Nan) about the "Riedel Lumber Company" family business in Minden City, Michigan (PDF)
• German and Dutch history and geography (PDF)