Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families

Johann Niclaus Melchior
1. Johann Niclaus Melchior was born in Jun 1668; died on 25 Jul 1731 in Leeheim, Germany. Family/Spouse: Anna Margaretha Damm. Anna was born in 1669 in Kleinenglis, Germany; died on 26 May 1709 in Leeheim, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Johann Adam Melchior
was born on 7 Jan 1741 in Leeheim, Germany; died on 14 Dec 1816 in Leeheim, Germany.
- 2. Johann Adam Melchior
Generation: 2
2. Johann Adam Melchior
(1.Johann1) was born on 7 Jan 1741 in Leeheim, Germany; died on 14 Dec 1816 in Leeheim, Germany. Family/Spouse: Anna Christina Winter. Anna was born on 7 Jan 1741 in Leeheim, Germany; died on 14 Dec 1816 in Leeheim, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Johann Conrad Melchior
was born on 16 Aug 1773 in Leeheim, Germany; died on 17 Sep 1852 in Leeheim, Germany.
- 3. Johann Conrad Melchior
Generation: 3
3. Johann Conrad Melchior
(2.Johann2, 1.Johann1) was born on 16 Aug 1773 in Leeheim, Germany; died on 17 Sep 1852 in Leeheim, Germany. Family/Spouse: Anna Elizabeth Fischer. Anna (daughter of H Fischer and Anna Maria) was born on 18 Jan 1779 in Stockstadt am Rhein, Germany; died on 18 Jan 1844 in Leeheim, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Ludwig Friedrich Melchior
was born on 1 Jan 1804 in Leeheim, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt; died on 16 May 1873 in Leeheim, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt.
- 4. Ludwig Friedrich Melchior
Generation: 4
4. Ludwig Friedrich Melchior
(3.Johann3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johann1) was born on 1 Jan 1804 in Leeheim, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt; died on 16 May 1873 in Leeheim, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt. Family/Spouse: Anna Christina Margaretha Horst. Anna was born in 1805 in Stockfadl, Leeheim, Stk, H-Dr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Jacob Melchoir
was born on 25 Jan 1849 in Leeheim, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt; died in 1926 in Unadilla, Otoe, Nebraska, United States of America.
- 5. Jacob Melchoir
Generation: 5
5. Jacob Melchoir
(4.Ludwig4, 3.Johann3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johann1) was born on 25 Jan 1849 in Leeheim, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt; died in 1926 in Unadilla, Otoe, Nebraska, United States of America. Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Thiele. Elizabeth was born in Jul 1836 in Germany; died in 1914 in Otoe, Nebraska, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Malinda K Melchoir
was born on 28 Apr 1872 in Nebraska; died on 24 Aug 1946 in North Branch Lutheran Cemetery, Otoe Co., NE.
- 6. Malinda K Melchoir
Generation: 6
6. Malinda K Melchoir
(5.Jacob5, 4.Ludwig4, 3.Johann3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johann1) was born on 28 Apr 1872 in Nebraska; died on 24 Aug 1946 in North Branch Lutheran Cemetery, Otoe Co., NE. Malinda married John William Riege on 4 Apr 1895 in Otoe Co., NE. John (son of Ernst Friedrich Riege and Wilhelmina Struhs) was born on 23 Oct 1870 in Grant Co., Wisconsin; died on 27 Apr 1954 in Unadilla, Otoe, Nebraska, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Verne Frederick Riege
was born on 4 Sep 1912; died on 14 Oct 2000.
- 7. Verne Frederick Riege
Generation: 7
7. Verne Frederick Riege
(6.Malinda6, 5.Jacob5, 4.Ludwig4, 3.Johann3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johann1) was born on 4 Sep 1912; died on 14 Oct 2000. Family/Spouse: Gladys Minnie Hoferer. Gladys (daughter of John Carl Hoferer and Anna Marie Hoffart) was born on 20 Mar 1916 in Verdigre, Ne; died on 20 Sep 1998. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 8
8.
Lynn Arthur Riege
(7.Verne7, 6.Malinda6, 5.Jacob5, 4.Ludwig4, 3.Johann3, 2.Johann2, 1.Johann1)Family/Spouse: Cheryl Lynn Lamason. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Anita Riege
- 10. Christian D Riege
was born on 3 Mar 1973 in Torrance, CA; died on 6 Sep 2011 in Carson City, NV; was buried in Page, Ne. - 11. Larissa Blu Riege
was born on 9 Feb 1988.
- 9. Anita Riege
