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Orleans in the first place is beyond us. Anyway, after his return to New Orleans in 1890, he was to remain in that city until his death. We know that he did visit his daughter in Bay St. Louis, MS, on a few occasions as told by Margaret Riehlmann’s daughter-in-law, Pauline Heitzmann.
Based on photographs of Mary Henecko and stories we were told, she was a rather short woman of medium build, and she had dark hair and dark eyes. Her death certificate in New Orleans states that she died from "chronic parenchyma, nephritis, and dysentery." This is a kidney disease with severe diarrhea or something similar.
From all our sources, George and Mary Riehlmann had 10 children. According to information from various interviews and the 1880 Pike Co. census, all of their children were bom in Louisiana with the exception of their last two children - Louisa and Elizabeth who were bom in Mississippi. Their first child, Margaret, was bom in New Orleans according to her birth certificate, her death certificate, and the Heitzmann Family Bible. With Margaret born in New Orleans, it would be safe to assume that the other children, except Louisa and Elizabeth, were also bom in New Orleans. The following is information that we have compiled on the children of George and Mary Riehlmann:
I.	Margaret Louise “Maggie” Riehlmann - bom on September 29, 1860 in New Orleans, LA, according to her baptismal record at the Jackson Avenue Evangelical (Lutheran) Church. The old Heitzmann Family Bible and a newspaper obituary also state that she was bom in New Orleans. Her MS death certificate and the 1880 census of Pike County give her place of birth as Louisiana. Maggie's headstone in Cedar Rest cemetery says she was born on September 29, 1860, while the family Bible lists her birth as Sept. 29, 1861. Her death certificate says she was bom on September 29, 1862, and her daughter, Myrtle Morris, told us she was 63 years old at death or bom in the year 1863.
This is a typical example of how dates are often messed up by close family members!
Maggie died at her daughter's home, Mrs. W. E. (Ruby) Bass in Long Beach, MS at 7:00 p.m. She went to live with Ruby (actually in a house next door) after her husband, Jacob Heitzmann died. Her death certificate, Bible entry, and headstone in Cedar Rest Cemetery in Bay St. Louis all give her date of death as August 14, 1927. We were told by some that she suffered severe headaches and grieved over her husband’s death. Some say she grieved so much that she "drank some rubbing alcohol and killed herself." Whether her act was deliberate or accidental is something that will probably never be answered. Her death certificate states that she died by "swallowing alcohol." Others think she “accidentally" drank the alcohol. Maggie's personality is well remembered by her descendants. She has been described as one of the most "inconsiderate, demanding, and self-centered persons who ever walked the earth”! She is credited with breaking up her daughter, Ruby's first marriage, running off her son, Alvin Heitzmann, and making life generally miserable for everyone around her. Other than the few good things some of her children told us about her, we have only found negative opinions.
Her daughter, Myrtle Morris, told us her mother could read and write well, and that she received her formal education in New Orleans. Myrtle
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