. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. ger, andhas four children, George, Katherine, Amelia, andMary (who lives in Johnstown, Pennsylvania). Mr. Riefler was educated in Germany, wherehe attended school until he reached the ageof four-teen. He then learned the weavers trade with hisgrandfather Bauman, and this business he followedfor about five years. On October 8, 1851, hestarted for America
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. ger, andhas four children, George, Katherine, Amelia, andMary (who lives in Johnstown, Pennsylvania). Mr. Riefler was educated in Germany, wherehe attended school until he reached the ageof four-teen. He then learned the weavers trade with hisgrandfather Bauman, and this business he followedfor about five years. On October 8, 1851, hestarted for America with his uncle Michael andfamily, embarking at Bremen in the sailing vesselGustaf, and spent forty-two davs upon the water,the voyage being rough and dangerous, as well aslong and tedious. His father had advanced hispassage money, and on arriving at New York hewas obliged to borrow the amout of the fare toHonesdale, Penn., where his uncle, John M. Bau-man, who has since been treasurer of Wayne coun-ty, had located the previous spring. Mr. Rieflerarrived at Honesdale in December, 1851, and inthe following January he obtained his first perma-nent employment in the Hungarian tannery, hisfirst earnings being sent to his father to repay the.
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