Rieker and Riecker Lineage

There are 2 different Riekers who married into the Breymaier/Breimaier family.  It is not certain whether the 2 Riekers are related.  The two Breymaiers are related as brother and sister.

Bertha RIEKER (1861 Apr 9 - 1937 Jan 19) g.17 see husband

(The John Rieker in this genealogy lineage is not the same as the John Rieker in the next lineage.)

Hans Jacob RIECKER (1684 May 25 - d.) g.13

Andreas RIECKER (1716 Mar 6 - 1794 Jan 9) g.14

Johann Jakob RIECKER (1757 Mar 16 - 1825 Feb 6) g.15

Maria Catharina RIECKER (1782 Jul 15 - d.) g.16 see father

Johannes RIECKER (1783 Oct 30 - 1784 Feb 20) g.16 see father

Maria Magdalena RIECKER (1785 Jul 23 - d.) g.16 see father

Johan Georg RIECKER (1787 Mar 5 - d.) g.16 see father

Johannes RIECKER [ii] (1788 Jul 28 - 1789 Jun 19) g.16 see father

Johan Jacob RIECKER (1789 Oct 6 - 1789 Nov 3) g.16 see father

Johan Andreas RIECKER (1791 Mar 13 - 1791 Mar 26) g.16 see father

Anna Maria RIECKER [ii] (1792 Oct 15 - d.) g.16 see father

"Daughter" RIECKER [p] (1794 Feb 27 - 1794 Feb 27) g.16 see father

Eva Margaretha RIECKER (1795 Mar 4 - 1798 Apr 4) g.16 see father

Christiana RIECKER (1796 Oct 2 - 1797 Sep 16) g.16 see father

Johan Gottlieb RIECKER (1797 Nov 6 - 1797 Nov 17) g.16 see father

Lousia Fredericka RIECKER (1799 May 7 - 1799 Sep 8) g.16 see father

Christoph Frederick RIECKER (1800 Sep 6 - 1800 Dec 10) g.16 see father

Christoph Frederick RIECKER [ii] (1801 Sep 28 - 1801 Oct 14) g.16 see father

Christian Frederick RIECKER (1802 Nov 27 - 1806 Oct 3) g.16 see father

Johann Jacob RIECKER (1805 Mar 30 - 1871 Nov 16) g.16 - became John RIEKER in America

Magdalena RIECKER (1832 Nov 10 - 1896 Dec 25) g.17 see father

John RIECKER (1834 Jan 11 - 1891 Nov 30) g.17 see father

Jacob RIECKER (1835 Jun 18 - 1853 May 26) g.17 see father

Anna Maria RIECKER (1838 Jan 26 - 1919) g.17 see husband

Friderike RIECKER (1839 Apr 12 - 1904 Aug 4) g.17 see father

Christian RIEKER (1841 Oct 22 - 1877 Jun 15) g.17

Theodore Edgar RIEKER (1868 Jun 10 - d.) g.18

1 son with descendants, status unknown g.19

1 son, status unknown g.19

Christian Florentine RIEKER (1869 Nov 16 - d.) g.18

Floyd Edward RIEKER (1896 Sep 9 - 1962 Jul 8) g.19 see father

1 son, status unknown g.20

1 daugher, status unknown, g.20

Lillian C. RIEKER (1899 Aug 23 - 1998 Oct 5) g.19 see husband

Mary Elizabeth RIEKER (1870 Oct 6 - 1923 Sep 17) g.18 see husband

Emma Alice RIEKER (1874 Sep 1 - 1968 May 2) g.18 see husband (m. HARRINGTON)

Jonathan Benjamin RIEKER (1876 Apr 20 - 1939 Dec 9) g.18

Jonathan Benjamin RIEKER Jr. (1907 Jun 23 - 1980 Dec 3) g.19 see father

Jane Louise RIEKER (1919 May 5 - 1980 Oct) g.19 see father

1 daughter, married, status unknown g.19

1 daughter, married with descendants, status unknown g.19

Matilda Christine RIEKER (1877 Dec 2 - 1923 Jun 13) g.18 see husband

Rosina RIEKER (1848 Oct 18 - 1900 Sep 30) g.17 see husband

Elizabeth RIEKER [ii] (1851 - 1944) g.17 see husband

John Jacob RIEKER (1854 May 27 - 1924 Sep 29) g.17

Eugene RIEKER (1877 Mar 21 - 1877 Sep 6) g.18 see father

Charles Franklin RIEKER (1878 Aug 10 - 1912 Jun 27) g.18

James Gustave RIEKER (1881 Sep 15 - 1914 Mar 31) g.18

Lilla Ethel RIEKER (1911 Feb 15 - 1987 Apr 17) g.19 see husband

1 child, status unknown, g.19

Irma Charlotte RIEKER (1885 Sep 7 - 1962 Jul 4) g.18 see father

Clara Alida RIEKER (1890 Apr 22 - 1980 Jul 5) g.18 see husband

Benjamin RIEKER (1862 - 1934) g.17

Ella(?) RIEKER (b. - d.) g.18 see father

Caroline RIEKER (1864 - 1930) g.17 see father

Christoph Friedrich RIECKER [ii] (1806 Sep 6 - 1806 Sep 25) g.16 see father

Thomas RIECKER (1807 Nov 28 - d.) g.16 see father

Christoph Friedrich RIECKER (1809 Aug 5 - d.) g.16 see father

Maria Magdalena RIECKER [ii] (1812 Aug 27 - 1814 Mar 22) g.16 see father

Anna Christina RIECKER (1814 Sep 19 - 1814 Sep 21) g.16 see father

This lineage includes all children of Christian Rieker (g.17) and his known RIECKER ancestors.  The earlier RIECKER portion of this lineage is from modern research into several sources.  The later RIEKER portion of this lineage is based on family records.

Johann Jacob RIECKER changed his family name to RIEKER sometime after he came to America.  The RIECKER spelling is the predominant one used earlier in Germany and the RIEKER spelling is the predominate one used later in America.  For both, the "IE" is pronounced as a hard "E" using German phonetics, like in Riesling or wiener.  The RIECKER and RICKER spellings appear on tombstones for burials as late as the turn of the 20^th Century in Zoar Cemetery.  The REIKER spelling appears on tombstones for burials into the mid 20^th Century in Rose Hill Burial Park.

The family is from Wurttemberg, Germany, through Johann Jacob Riecker (g.16) who immigrated with most of his children to Zoar, Ohio (Tuscarawas County).

This Rieker/Riecker genealogy lineage is mainly ancestral to Harrington.