Talk:Bruce Reitz

I applaud Bruce Reitz for all his accomplishments. But My ancestors from Kleingladenbuch, Darmstedt, Germany back to the late 1600s had the name REITZ. Wilhelm Reitz, Johannes Reitz I, Johannes Reitz II, given credit by the British who were also there, for the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. His daughter died at 7, one boy stayed home, five boys moved to Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin in 1857-8. One had 14 children, one had 12, and two had four each. One of the next generation moved to the state of Washington, had 15 children, and I am in contact with one of those grandchildren. There are literally scores, perhaps a few thousand relatives in the rural Fond du Lac, Wis. area. I live in Hays, Kan., but keep up with them and I have some cousins in the New England area and one and her family in Canada. I am the last of the great-great grandchildren of the Waterloo hero. Three of my cousins have died in the last two years. By accident I found a Reitz in the Abilene, Kan., area and he would be 100 by now but recalled a cousin coming through from Superior, Neb., each summer to visit another cousins in Texas. We have records on the Reitz who moved to Superior. He left his family there and went to Denver for a gold rush and there was killed in a gun fight in the middle of the street but had male offspring in Superior. When I read about Bruce I was happy and shocked. Happy to find another Reitz and schocked that we found another Reitz we did not know about. Johan Jacob Reitz, Johan Goorge Reitz, Johan Jost Reitz and Johan Christian Reitz and Johan Henreich Reitz settled in Wisconsin and one move away soon after ward and then about 35 years later the one son of Johan Jacob Reitz, Jacob Johan Reitz, moved to Washington. I would like to know Bruce's ancestry and the list of his offspring if any so I can fit them into our family tree. Thank you very Much. I am Timothy Raymond Matas. My mother was Loretta Schmidt Matas. Her mother was Marie Reitz Schmidt. Her father was Johan George Reitz. His father was Johannes Reitz II, the hero of Waterloo. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me. By sending this message you should have my email address and upon your request I will give you any other information I have. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.232.215.200 (talk) 09:09, 4 December 2020 (UTC)