Peter RIESCH, 1780-1844
Bauer (farmer) in Behlkow
Berthold's great-grandfather

 Father Johann "Hans" RIESH, ca 1761-1786
 Mother Catharina WENDT Riesh Brandt, ca 1759-1822
       Peter RIESCH, 1780-1844
       Brother Martin RIESH, 1784-1786

 Wife Sophia TREPTOW Riesch, 1790-1822
       Son Hans RIESH, 1808-1808
       Son Martin RIESH, 1810-1811
       Son Peter RIESS, 1812-1813
       Daughter Sophia RIESH Block Radtke, 1814-1892
       Son Johann RIESCH, 1817-1867
       Son Martin RIEHS, 1819-
       Daughter Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte "Wilhelmine" RIESCH Schwanz, 1821-1871

 Wife Dorothea BLOCK Dittmer Riesch, 1780-1834

Time Line

2 June 1780 - Born at Behlkow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

4 June 1780 - Baptized there

Resided at Hof #3 there

About January 1784, age 3 - Brother Martin RIESH born there

15 March 1786, age 5 - Brother Martin RIESH, age 2, died there

6 April 1786, age 5 - Father Johann "Hans" RIESH, age 24, died there

26 October 1787, age 7 - Mother Catharina WENDT, age 28, married Gottfried BRANDT, age 22, there

10 March 1788, age 7 - Half-brother Johann BRANDT born there

18 June 1788, age 8 - Grandfather Peter RIESH, age 58, died there

21 April 1790, age 9 - Half-brother Gottfried BRANDT born there

2 October 1791, age 11 - Half-brother Martin BRANDT born there

1794, age 13 - Recorded in the Amtes Suckow tax census there. Peter was only 8 years old when he inherited the farm from his grandfather Peter. His step-father, Gottfried Brandt, operated the farm as an Interimswirt until Peter came of age.

5 June 1794, age 14 - Half-brother Joachim BRANDT born there

21 July 1794, age 14 - Half-brother Joachim BRANDT died there

16 March 1796, age 15 - Half-brother Christian BRANDT born there ; Half-sister Dorothea BRANDT born there

8 July 1796, age 16 - Half-sister Dorothea BRANDT died there

24 August 1799, age 19 - Half-sister Catharina BRANDT born there

About 1808, age 27 - Married Sophia TREPTOW, age 18

20 November 1808, age 28 - Son Hans RIESH born at Behlkow

14 December 1808, age 28 - Son Hans RIESH died there

13 December 1810, age 30 - Son Martin RIESH born there

23 October 1811, age 31 - Son Martin RIESH died there

23 September 1812, age 32 - Son Peter RIESS born there

5 February 1813, age 32 - Son Peter RIESS died there

3 June 1813, age 33 - Godparent when Phillip TREPTOW (his brother-in-law's son) baptized at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

15 September 1813, age 33 - Half-sister Catharina BRANDT, age 14, died at Behlkow of Geschwulst (dropsy)

16 February 1814, age 33 - Daughter Sophia RIESH Block Radtke born there

25 June 1814, age 34 - Godparent when Maria TREPTOW Kressin (his brother-in-law's daughter) baptized at Gützlaffshagen

10 November 1815, age 35 - Half-brother Gottfried BRANDT, age 25, married Sophia HOGE at Behlkow

6 February 1817, age 36 - Son Johann RIESCH born there

12 February 1817, age 36 - Half-brother Christian BRANDT, age 20, married Maria BEHRBOM there

26 April 1819, age 38 - Son Martin RIEHS born there

19 January 1821, age 40 - Mother-in-law Maria TEWS Treptow, age 60, died at Gützlaffshagen of Brustkrankheit (pneumonia)

14 November 1821, age 41 - Half-brother Johann BRANDT, age 33, married Sophia Louisa Johanna Wilhelmina "Wilhelmine" KURTH at Behlkow

20 November 1821, age 41 - Daughter Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte "Wilhelmine" RIESCH Schwanz born there

8 January 1822, age 41 - Half-brother Martin BRANDT, age 30, married Sophia Louise MICHAELIC there

13 February 1822, age 41 - Mother Catharina WENDT Riesh Brandt, age 62, died there of Gelbsucht (jaundice)

10 December 1822, age 42 - Wife Sophia TREPTOW Riesch, age 32, died there of Schlagfluß (apoplexy, stroke)

12 December 1823, age 43 - Married Dorothea BLOCK, age 43, there

9 June 1832, age 52 - Daughter Sophia RIESH, age 18, married Heinrich Martin "Martin" BLOCK, age 31, there

11 July 1834, age 54 - Father-in-law Johann "Hans" TREPTOW, age 74, died at Gützlaffshagen of Brustkrankheit (pneumonia)

29 December 1834, age 54 - Wife Dorothea BLOCK Dittmer Riesch, age 54, died at Behlkow of Brustbeklemmung (stifling of the chest)

14 April 1837, age 56 - Son Johann RIESCH, age 20, married Ernestine Wilhelmina POLZIN, age 24, at Görke, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

18 February 1838, age 57 - Granddaughter Frederike Wilhelmine Maria RIESS born at Behlkow

About October 1839, age 59 - Son Martin RIEHS, age 20, married Wilhelmine BERGIN, age 21

2 January 1840, age 59 - Granddaughter Rosalie Wilhelmine Johanna RIESS born at Behlkow

21 February 1840, age 59 - Half-brother Christian BRANDT, age 43, died there of Schlägerei erhalten Wunden (wounds suffered in a brawl)

28 February 1840, age 59 - Grandson Heinrich Martin "Martin" BLOCK born at Darsow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

21 January 1842, age 61 - Grandson Wilhelm Friedrich RIESS born at Behlkow

22 January 1842, age 61 - Grandson Wilhelm Friedrich RIESS died there of Krämpfe (convulsions)

8 November 1842, age 62 - Daughter Friederike Wilhelmine Charlotte "Wilhelmine" RIESCH, age 20, married Johann SCHWANZ, age 30, there

22 February 1843, age 62 - Grandson August Johann Friedrich Wilhelm RIESS born there

7 April 1843, age 62 - Grandson August Johann Friedrich Wilhelm RIESS died there of Krämpfe (convulsions)

3 October 1843, age 63 - Granddaughter Albertine Wilhelmine SCHWANZ born at Gützlaffshagen

14 April 1844, age 63 - Granddaughter Caroline Dorothea Maria RIESS Blank born at Behlkow

5 May 1844, age 63 - Died there at 4:00 PM of Abzehrung (consumption)

8 May 1844 - Buried