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Anna Magdalena Reber Bloss |
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“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists."
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Anna Magdalena Reber Bloss was born in Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany on June 3, 1720. Her parents were Johan Bernard Reber and Anna Maria Ahl. She married Johann Conrad Bloss. Their children and life together are described in detil in the section on Conrad and Magdalena Bloss. She became a widow before 1781 when the Heidelberg Reformed Church listed her as a widow. She probably lost her husband in the Revolution. In 1781 she was sponsor for her granddaughter and namesake. The 1790 census listed "Lanah Plose" as a widow in Heidelberg township. Magdalena Bloss lived with her son-in-law Peter Seidel, five years before she died. Magdalena died in 1803 when she was about 60 years old. Peter Seidel was appointed administrator of her estate, Aug. 8, 1803. |
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