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Bartholomew's
Book
Bartholomew Riehle was educated at a religious
(Roman Catholic) school near his home in Offenburg,
Baden, Germany. In
1810 he wrote a short “book” to meet the requirements
for the completion of his program of study, to which
he gave the title, “A Short Biography of The Lord
Jesus and His Mother and His Mother's Parents”.
He kept this hand written manuscript for the
rest of his life and in it he faithfully recorded the
births and deaths of his many children, much as
others recorded such information in the family bible.
While we do not know the
whereabouts of this book today, it was translated
into English in 1969.
Jack Riehle painstakingly transcribed this
into electronic format recently, working from a
rather poor quality photocopy.
We are very pleased that Jack has graciously
permitted Riehle.Net to publish Bartholomew’s book on
our site.
The book provides interesting
insights into the education and religious beliefs of
a relatively educated individual early in the
nineteenth century.
More significantly, the record of births and
deaths has provided important genealogical
information from one of the most important Riehle
immigrant ancestors that we have been able to
identify. As
Jack states in his introduction, “This document is
important to Riehle genealogists and as such must be
preserved for all generations who are interested in
the Riehle surname.”
Most readers will not
take the time to read the entire document, but we
think you will find it interesting to read Jack's
introduction, to review the records of births and
deaths and to read excerpts of the “Biography” itself
in order to get a sense for what this young man wrote
back in 1810.
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