Clemens Riehle
Immigrant & Ancestor
1833 - 1927


Clemens Riehle - 1924

Clemens7 Riehle  (Johann Georg6, Johannes5, Bartholomäus4, etc.) was born November 20, 1833 in Wagshurst Germany.  His father was Johann Georg Riehle (1795 - Unknown) and his mother was Maria Anna Kraus (1799 - 1836).  He immigrated to the United States in 1854 and within a few years settled in Perrintown Ohio, about 20 miles east of Cincinnati.  He married (1) Cornelia Mohr February 19, 1860 in Ohio, daughter of Johann Mohr and Maria Götz.  She was born March 14, 1836 in Dayton, Oh, and died October 17, 1867 in Perintown, Ohio.  After her death but before 1870 he married (2) Philomena Weidemer.  Clemens died February 21, 1927 in Milford, Ohio.

Life and Death of Clemens Riehle
From The Milford Record - February 24, 1927

Children of Clemens Riehle

Clemens Riehle and Succeeding First Sons

Photographs of Wagshurst
Birthplace of Clemens Riehle

Greetings from Wagshurst
(Discovery of Clemens Riehle's birthplace)
From Die Familie Riehle newsletter - Volume III, No. 1, March, 1984
Copyright Joan Riehle Ruse, 1984 - Reprinted with permission

Ancestors of Clemens Riehle

The Baden Region and the Thirty Years War
Speculation as to why the family can only be traced back to c.1648


Close-up of Clemens' home in Perintown in 1896 with sons George C.
and Francis A. Riehle in foreground. George and Francis were half
brothers.  Sitting in the back is Clemens.


The same house today.  It is now the home of Marge Riehle, widow of Charles Riehle who was the son of Francis A. Riehle and grandson of Clemens.


Clemens' Farm in Perintown


Cornelia Mohr with twin sister Elizabeth c.1858.
Cornelia was Clemens' first wife and mother to four of his children.


Clemens with eldest son Francis A., his eldest son Albert J., and his
eldest son Robert Riehle.  (See more on First Sons)


Clemens on Picnic in 1922


Clemens and Family were early members of St. Philomena
Catholic Church in Stonelick, OH.

  Except for the recent picture of Clemens house, the historic
marker from St. Philomena and the gravestone, all photographs
on this page provided courtesy of Mary Riehle Heink