| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Gedcom File Email Us | Fifth Generation121. Peter Quinter
REIDER3,9,29,33,57 was born
on 20 Jun 1854 in Exeter Township, Berks Co., PA. He died on 7 Nov
1908 in Greenwich Township, Berks Co., PA. He was buried in New Jerusalem
"Dunkel's" Church, Greenwich Twp., PA. Peter and Jacob were twins.
Peter was first a farmer near Lenhartsville. He later stopped farming and became
a hatter. Reading directory of 1917 lists Sarah, widow of Peter at 331 McKnight
Street, Reading.
Peter Quinter REIDER and Sarah RITTER were married after 1880.
Sarah RITTER33,57,58
was born on 18 Sep 1855 in Greenwich Township, Berks Co., PA. She
died on 20 Apr 1963. She was buried in New Jerusalem "Dunkel's" Church,
Greenwich Twp., PA. Daughter of George and Sallie Ritter. Sarah
died at the home of her daughter, Edna in Virginville, PA. At an age of 107,
she was determined to be the oldest person in Pennsylvania. She had received
plaques from the Pennsylvania Medical Society on her 105th and 107th birthdays
as well as congratulatory messages from President Dwight Eisenhower on her 105th
birthday, and from President John F. Kennedy on her 107th. Following her husbands
death in 1908, she left her farm at Dreibelbis Station and lived in Reading and
Hamburg, before moving to the home of her daughter Edna, where she has resided
the past 21 years. She was a charter member of the Virginville Grange. At the
age of 100, she was still attending services at Dunkel's Lutheran Church, Kutztown,
where she was a member. Sarah had a sister Mary, who married a Leibensperger,
and two brothers, John and Samuel.
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