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Our interest now turns to which of these early Riehlmanns were George's parents, brothers, uncles, etc. Because records show George was only around 16 at the time he came to New Orleans, he possibly came with relatives or met them upon his arrival in America. We feel that George Riehlmann had relatives in this county for several reasons. Frank A. Riehlmann told us that he had "Riehlmann relatives" in Louisville, Kentucky and New York. He said they were wealthy and owned a bakery. He also said they came to visit his relatives in New Orleans a couple of times, but they were not very friendly. Celey Hanley (Mrs. Ruben Ochoa) a granddaughter of George Riehlmann said this also. Myrtle Heitzmann Morris also told us that the Riehlmann's had relatives m Syracuse, New York. At the end of the obituary notice of George's wife in the New Orleans newspaper is printed "Louisville and Memphis papers please copy." It appears the family wanted someone in these cities to be notified of the death.
A few older family members remember there were also two families in New Orleans related to the Riehlmanns. They were the Nuskem and Loeb/Lobe families. On George Riehlmann’s New Orleans marriage application and certificate, a “Moses Lobe” is listed as George’s witness. In the 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses of New Orleans, we find “Moses Lobe” listed as age 35 (1825), wife Catherine Lobe bom in Germany age 35, Soloman age 5, Herman 3, and Charlotte Lobe age 2. This Moses Lobe died in New Orleans on October 1,
1895. These children of Moses Lobe have birth records in the New Orleans civil records showing the mother to be “Catherine Mahler.” We know our George Riehlmann’s mother was Margaretha Mahler, bom in Germany in 1797. In the 1880 census of New Orleans, we find living in the home of Moses and Catharine, a 17 year old girl - “Katie Nuskem” - listed as a “servant.” This girl, as we will show, is the daughter of George Riehlmann’s sister, Catharina Riehlmann! We also find a “Henry Loeb” bom 1852 and “Mary Loeb” born in 1855 as listed in the 1880 census of New Orleans. They married in New Orleans on January 9, 1872, and she is listed as the daughter of “Daniel Rihlmann and Catherine Zittel ” They had several children bom in New Orleans, and this Daniel has many records in New Orleans. Daniel is no doubt a relative of our George, but it is not clear at this time. There is no doubt a close connection between our Riehlmanns and the Lobe/Leob family, but this is also not clear at this time. The Nuskern family connection will be covered later as a sibling of George Riehlmann.
Older family members also recall that the “Jung” family of New Orleans (Jung Hotel Family) came to America with George Riehlmann, and they were possibly related. One connection we have found was on George’s baptismal record in Germany where “Heinrich Jacob Jung” was a witness. Also, George Riehlmann’s grandmother was Anna “Margaretha” Jung.
Mr. Frank E. Seitz of Florence, MS, said the Riehlmann's had at least one close relative left in Germany. This relative was a "cripple,” and he played the "accordion.” There was some land left behind in the old country, and this person fell heir to it. Mr. Seitz has quite a few old pictures of George, his wife, and their family. We have copied some of these old photographs for our own record.
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