Samuel Reiman Sr.

Samuel Reiman was born in Plots'k, Odeska, Ukraine on September 26, 1850 to Gottlieb & Anna Dorothea Reimann. He was baptized on October 1, 1850 at Alt-Elft, Plotzk, Akkerman, Bessarabia, Russia. Samuel married Katharina Rall on June 18, 1872 in Mansburg, Bessarabia, Russia. He came to the United States at the age of 29 years old, on a ship named Lessing with Captain Voss. The Lessing left Hamburg, Deutschland (Germany) on May 12, 1880. They arrived in New York on May 26, 1880. He traveled with his wife Katherine and two children Edward (11 months old) and Lydia (1 month old). In 1900 He was living in Grand Bluff, Washington with his wife Katherine, and their eight children. Edward, Lydia, Rebecca, Samuel Jr. Anna, Richard, Lena and Benjamin. By 1910, the family has moved to Quincy, Washington to farm. Richard, Lena, Benjamin and Sigmund are still living at home. In total, there were 13 children born to the couple, Gottlieb, Edward, Lydia, Theresa, Johann, Rebecka, Christina, Samuel, Anna, Richard, Lena, Benjamin, and Sigmund. Two children Gottlieb and Christina died in infancy. The family stayed and farmed in the Quincy Valley until Katherine passes away in 1928 and Samuel passes away in 1929 in Quincy, Washington at the age of 78 years old. Samuel and Katherine are both buried in the Pioneer section of the Quincy Valley Cemetery. Many of their children stayed in the Quincy Valley and are buried near them in the Quincy Valley Cemetery.