Caroline Dorothea Maria RIESS Blank, 1844-
Wife of a Sattler, Büdner, Händler (saddler, small farmer, merchant)
Berthold's mother

 Father Johann RIESCH, 1817-1867
 Mother Ernestine Wilhelmina POLZIN Riesch, 1812-1850
       Sister Frederike Wilhelmine Maria RIESS, 1838-1853
       Sister Rosalie Wilhelmine Johanna RIESS, 1840-1859
       Brother Wilhelm Friedrich RIESS, 1842-1842
       Brother August Johann Friedrich Wilhelm RIESS, 1843-1843
       Caroline Dorothea Maria RIESS Blank, 1844-
       Brother Wilhelm Martin Ferdinand "William" RIESS, 1847-

 Husband Friedrich Wilhelm BLANK, 1823-
       Daughter Martha Charlotte Augusta BLANK Kuphal, 1864-
       Daughter Ida BLANK Salchow, 1868-1947
       Son Willi BLANK, -ca 1936
       Son Berthold Hermann Albert BLANK, 1881-1959

Time Line

14 April 1844 - Born at Behlkow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern at 8:30 PM

17 April 1844 - Baptized there. Godparents were Peter Sturm from Behlkow, Maria (Tews) Breger from Behlkow and Wilhemine Drews from Behlkow

5 May 1844 - Grandfather Peter RIESCH, age 63, died there of Abzehrung (consumption)

3 January 1847, age 2 - Brother Wilhelm Martin Ferdinand "William" RIESS born there

7 November 1849, age 5 - Grandfather Martin Gottlieb POLZIN, age 60, died at Borntin, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

9 June 1850, age 6 - Mother Ernestine Wilhelmina POLZIN Riesch, age 37, died at Behlkow of Waßersucht (dropsy, edema)

20 December 1850, age 6 - Father Johann RIESCH, age 33, married Friederica Wilhelmine BUTZLAFF, age 24, at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

6 September 1851, age 7 - Half-sister Maria Wilhelmine RIESS born there

14 February 1853, age 8 - Sister Frederike Wilhelmine Maria RIESS, age 14, died at Behlkow of Schlag (stroke, apoplexy)

12 July 1853, age 9 - Half-sister Emilie Friederika RIESS born there

19 December 1853, age 9 - Half-sister Emilie Friederika RIESS died there of Krämpfe (convulsions)

4 September 1854, age 10 - Half-sister Maria Wilhelmine RIESS, age 2, died there of Krämpfe (convulsions)

31 May 1855, age 11 - Half-sister Pauline Wilhelmine RIESS Frädrich born there

3 November 1856, age 12 - Half-brother Johann Gottfried Peter RIESS born there

15 December 1857, age 13 - Half-brother Johann Gottfried Peter RIESS, age 1, died there of Scharlachfieber (scarlet fever)

25 October 1858, age 14 - Half-sister Anna Therese Maria RIESS born there

16 March 1859, age 14 - Sister Rosalie Wilhelmine Johanna RIESS, age 19, died at Borntin of Auszehrung (tuberculosis)

28 August 1859, age 15 - Half-sister Anna Therese Maria RIESS died at Behlkow of die durchbruch der Zähne (teething)

28 February 1862, age 17 - Married Friedrich Wilhelm BLANK, age 38, there

17 August 1862, age 18 - Half-sister Rosalie Auguste Sophia RIESS born there

Sometime after 1862 - Mother-in-law Dorothea Luise BARTELT Blank died

19 March 1864, age 19 - Daughter Martha Charlotte Augusta BLANK Kuphal born at Behlkow

20 November 1864, age 20 - Half-sister Rosalie Auguste Sophia RIESS, age 2, died there of Krämpfe (convulsions)

Until sometime after 1864 - Resided there

9 May 1865, age 21 - Half-brother Emil Friedrich Erdreich RIESS born there

25 July 1865, age 21 - Half-brother Emil Friedrich Erdreich RIESS died there of Krämpfe (convulsions)

4 September 1866, age 22 - Half-brother Otto Friedrich Ferdinand RIESS born there

27 March 1867, age 22 - Father Johann RIESCH, age 50, died there of Abzehrung (tuberculosis)

1868, age 23 - Resided at Ludwigshorst, Kreis Regenwalde, Pommern

27 January 1868, age 23 - Daughter Ida BLANK Salchow born there

4 May 1870, age 26 - Grandfather's widow Johanna Friedericke "Friedericke" RATHKE Parpart Polzin, age 74, died at Borntin of Schlagfluß (apoplexy, stroke)

14 September 1871, age 27 - Brother Wilhelm Martin Ferdinand "William" RIESS, age 24, married Hanne Bertha Henriette "Johanna" ERDMANN, age 23, at Paynesville, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

8 May 1874, age 30 - Half-sister Pauline Wilhelmine RIESS, age 18, married August Friedrich Wilhelm FRäDRICH, age 30, at Behlkow

As of sometime before 1881 - Resided at Görke, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

23 April 1881, age 37 - Son Berthold Hermann Albert BLANK born there

29 June 1891, age 47 - Granddaughter Maria "Mary" SALCHOW Koski born at Klätkow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

9 December 1895, age 51 - Sister-in-law Hanne Bertha Henriette "Johanna" ERDMANN Riess, age 47, died at Haverhill, Olmsted County, Minnesota of pneumonia due to typhoid fever

23 March 1898, age 53 - Grandson Fritz KUPHAL born

17 June 1901, age 57 - Grandson Otto Martin Freudenreich SALCHOW born at Treptow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

As of sometime before 1905 until sometime after 1917 - Resided at Gumtow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

Sometime before 1905 - Husband Friedrich Wilhelm BLANK died at Klätkow

13 January 1905, age 60 - Son Berthold Hermann Albert BLANK, age 23, married Lydia Auguste Marie BEISE, age 21, at Triebs, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

27 October 1906, age 62 - Grandson Fritz Emil Willy BLANK born at Arnsberg, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

2 August 1907, age 63 - Grandson Alfred Fritz Edward SALCHOW born at Wangerin, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

12 July 1909, age 65 - Granddaughter Anna BLANK Metze born at Arnsberg

30 December 1915, age 71 - Granddaughter Ella Martha Maria BLANK Greul born at Wangerin

11 November 1916, age 72 - Granddaughter Maria "Mary" SALCHOW, age 25, married August Frad KOSKI, age 21, at Greifenberg, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

Sometime after 1917 - Died