They also had a daughter, named Wilhelmina Heinrietta Block who was baptized (or born) on March 5, 1826. Her Battrow, Prussia sponsors were Christoph Bubbolz, Paul Lemcke, Anna Christina [last name illegible] and Anna Louisa Breda (maiden name Penck). [LDS Microfilm #0905036]

Family notes say he married Agnes, had several children including Edward, William and Julius and died of fever. He or at least one of his children lived in Chicago, Illinois. William appears on the 1880 census with his parents in Germania (see census entry toward bottom of this page) and as Wilhelm on an immigration record in 1870 when he was 15 (see immigration information toward bottom of this page).

The Montello Express in 1883 says that Wm. F. Block married Agnes J. Torse (both of Germania) in Germania on Dec. 4, 1883, by Rev. C.F. Reichart of Westfield. [SOURCE: www.rootsweb.com post on Marquette Co., WI pages]

He died of appendicitis in Germania, WI (according to unsubstantiated family notes). He is buried next to his father in a Germania cemetery. His tombstone said he died in 1876 (see picture above).

Relatives told me the following, which I have not independently verified: Minnie married Jan Derk Reijnders (who was also known as Dr. George Reynders) in 1875/6 in Holland, WI, a few months after his first wife (Anna Victoria Petersen) died. After Minnie's first husband died, she married Tolbert Phelps. Tolbert had a brick foundry (Reynders Bros. & Phelps) in Mexico in the early 1900's, along with other family members. Minnie and her first husband apparently lived in Clinton County, Iowa; Chicago, IL and Holland, WI.

The 1910 Federal Census in the Chicago (Ward 31), Cook County, Illinois, shows:

• Phelps, Talbert H., head of household, married 13 years (2nd marriage), age 46, born in Iowa, father born in Ohio, mother born in Pennsylvania, occupation - engineer (street work, self employed), 16 weeks out of work in 1909, renting house
• Minnie T. Phelps, wife, age 50, married 13 years (2nd marriage), mother of 4 children with 3 living at the time of census, birthplace of Minnie and both parents was listed as "Ger-German," immigrated in 1870 [this matches the immigration record noted below, housewife
• Reynders, Minnie M., daughter, single, age 26, born in Iowa, father birthplace - "Hol-Dutch," mother birthplace - "Ger-German," not employed
• Reynders, Alfred H., son, single, age 30, born in Wisconsin, father birthplace - "Hol-Dutch," mother birthplace - "Ger-German," occupation - foreman in mine

• G.R. Reinholz (age 41, physician, born in Holland, father born in Holland, mother born in France)
• wife Minnie (age 20, born in Germany)
• son Henry [first name and middle initial hard to read] (age 9, born in Wis.)
• son George [name hard to read - middle initial impossible for me to read] (age 7, born in Wis.)
• son [name hard to read] (age 3, born in Wis.)
• son - "not named" (age 2 months, born in Feb. in Wis.)
• Mary Fletcher (age hard to read - first digit definitely a 2; second digit may be a 3, boarder, born in Wis., parents born in New York) [this record also says Mary is his "wife" but it must be an error]

Minnie's father's (Frederick Block's) 1883 obituary said that his eldest daughter was in Minnesota. He died April 18, 1883.

Family notes say that Minnie and Jan Derk (George) had the following children: Edward Reynders (born 1876), Alfred Reynders (born 1880) and Minnie Marie Reynders (b. 1884). Henry and George listed in the 1880 census were children from G.R. Reinholz's first marriage (to Anne Victoria Petersen). A birth announcement in the Marquette News on Mar. 20, 1880 said that Dr. Reinholz had a son on Tuesday, Mar. 16, 1880. [SOURCE of newspaper announcement text: post on rootsweb.com] This would have been Alfred. Alfred lived in Chicago and had a daughter.

The 1920 Federal Census in Chicago, Cook County, IL (enumeration district 1897; ward 31) shows:

• Alfred Reynders (age 39, born in Wis., parents born in Germany [this doesn't match information we have on our relative Alfred's father who was born in Holland], engineer)
• wife Eta (age 33, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Illinois)
• mother-in-law Emma Heald (age 60, born in Illinois, parents born in Germany)
• daughter Patricia (age 7, born in Iowa)

The 1930 Federal Census in Chicago, Cook County, IL (ward 15, enumeration district 16-558) shows:

• H. Alfred Reynders (age 50, home value $10,000, born in Wis., father born in Holland, mother born in Germany, paving engineering - street paving)
• wife Etta (age 44, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Illinois)
• daughter Patricia (age 17, single, born in Iowa)

Unsubstantiated family notes say he died at age 8 in a drowning.

Unsubstantiated family notes say he died in Davenport, IA, in 1934.

• Charles Block (age 52, born in Germany, president of a stock food manufacturing company)
• wife Katherine (age 50, born in Iowa, parents born in Ireland)
• son Charles E. (age 30, single, born in Iowa, physician)
• daughter Mary Rose (age 27, single, born in Iowa, stenographer)
• daughter Katherine (age 18, single, born in Iowa, librarian)

• Chas. T. Block (age 62, married at age 22, born in Germany, home value $10,000, immigrated in 1873 [this does not match the 1870 immigration date shown below], naturalized citizen, bond salesman)
• wife Kathrine [as spelled] (age 58, married at age 19, born in Iowa, parents born in New York [this does not match Katherine's parents' birthplace in 1920 census]
• son Charles E. (age 37, single born in Iowa, medical doctor)
• daughter Maryrose (age 34, single, born in Iowa, stenographer in the insurance business)

Family notes she she married Dr. Edward Reynders, brother of Dr. George Reynders who married Dolly's sister Minnie. A Physician's Certificate Diploma - School of Practice (Regular) was issued by the Iowa State Board of Health to Edward J. Reynders on May 13, 1891 and recorded on Feb. 11, 1892 (Book of Certificates No. 1, pg. 59). A marriage certificate held by a descendant shows that Edward Reynders of Albany, NY, married Augusta L. Block of Wisconsin. It says that they were married in Albany, N.Y., on Dec. 8, 1885 (witnesses - John C. Reynders and Minie D. Demgen; cleryman - D.R. Lowell).

Go to Dolly Block's autograph album.

• Edward Reynders (age 53, immigration year given but hard to read, naturalized in 1890, born in Holland, collector - newspaper business)
• wife Dorothy A. (age 50, immigration year hard to read, naturalized in 1890, born in Alsace Lorraine - French, father born in Germany, mother born in France)
• grandson Kenneth Erfft (age 11, born in Illinois, father born in Illinois, mother born in Iowa)

Edward was a doctor involved with the beginning of x-ray's; he gave up his practice when his health was affected. [SOURCE: Kenneth Erfft told a relative] This source also said that Edward died of a cerebral hemorrhage on May 28, 1922. He is buried in the Reynders plot at St. Matthews Cemetery in Albany, NY, along with other relatives.

Kenneth also said that Delia Block looked a lot like his grandmother Dolly, and the Block siblings and their parents were a close, happy family. He also said that they were related to or were close to the first Kaiser in Germany and had good social standing in that country (the first Kaiser was Wilhelm I Hohenzollern; he was King of Prussia [the newly united German empire in 1871] ). [SOURCE: Phone conversation with Kenneth in 2002]

Kenneth died at the age of 94. His obituary confirms what he told me about his background as an authority on business and financial management of colleges and universities. His obituary said he was nationally known for this. In 1975 he was made a Knight of the S.C.O. of St. George, the oldest royal order in Europe. [SOURCE: The Mining Journal Online, Sept. 10, 2003] This was the Sacred Military Constantinian of Saint George; Kenneth R. Erfft is listed as a Knight of Jure Sanguinis (KCN). [SOURCE: The Constantianian Order web site] "Jure sanguinis" means "by right of blood" (i.e., by birth line).

Kenneth R. Erfft was appointed comptroller and treasurer of Rutgers University (formerly the comptroller of Pennsylvania State University). [SOURCE: Gettysburg Times in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - March 15, 1957]

The 1930 Federal Census in Washington, Lucas County, Ohio, shows the family of Dorothy's son Walter:

• Walter F. Reynders (age 40, married at age 22, born in Iowa, father born in Holland, mother born in Iowa, lynotype [as spelled] operator at the Daily Newspaper, home value $6500)
• wife [name hard to read - may be Ferne] (age 40, married at age 22, born in Ohio, parents born in Ohio)
• son Thomas P. (age 10, born in Ohio)
• son James (age 6, born in Ohio)

The 1920 Federal Census in Lynn, Essex County, MA, shows:

• Fred E. Milligan (age 59, born in New York, father born in Vermont, mother born in New York, shoe salesman)
• wife Carrie B. (age 49, born in Germany)

• Frederick E. Milligan (age 69, married at age 52, born in New York, father born in Vermont, mother born in New York, retired)
• wife Carrie B. (age 59, married at age 42, born in New York [this does not match other sources], parents born in Germany)

However, Emm Block [as spelled, without an 'a'] appears on the 1900 (age 15, born Aug. 1884, a "servant" in the household of William Werth and his family. They may or may not be Fredrich's daughter Emma.

• Thomas Garrison (age 45, married at age 38, born in California, father born in Illinois, mother born in Kentucky, home value $4200, plumbing inspector)
• wife Amelia R. (age 53, married at age 46, born in Wis., parents born in Germany)

The following passenger list entry was found in Germans to America, Vol. 24:

• Friedrich Ploch [surname misspelled on passenger list], age 41
• Rosine, age 35
• Wilhelm, age 15
• August, age 12
• Wilhelmine, age 10
• Ottilie, age 8
• Eduard, age 6
• Theodor, age 4
• Auguste, age 2
• Caroline, age .03 infant.

• head of household: Fred Block (age given but hard to read but looks like 51, works in a wagon shop, born in Prussia)
• wife Rosa (age 46, born in Prussia)
• son William (age 25, works on farm, born in Prussia)
• daughter Augusta (age 12, born in Prussia)
• daughter Caroline (age 10, born in Prussia)
• son Frank (age 8, born in N.Y.)
• daughter Emma (age 5, born in Wis.)
• daughter Amelia (age 3, born in Wis.)

The Montello Express said on April 21, 1883 that Frederick Block died in Germania on April 18, 1883 after a "long and painful illness." He was 54 years old and came to Germania about 10 years earlier. He was survived by his wife and several children, with all being "here" with the exception of his eldest daughter who was in Minnesota.