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LEONHARD RIEPE[1, 2, 3, 4]  1819 - 1885

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• Birth	Est Apr 1819	Haspe, Hagen, Westphalia, Prussia
  Christened	16 Apr 1819	Evangelisch, Hagen-Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia/Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	27 Oct 1881	, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA   [3, 4]
  	Leonhard immigrated to America at age 62 years on the ship "S.S. Weser" with his wife, Caroline, their son, Carl, and their widowed daughter, Ida [Riepe] Arns, and her 2 children, Johanne Arns, age 5 years, and Emilie Arns, age 7 years. Departed from Bremen, Germany and arrived in Baltimore, MD on October 27, 1881.
  Died	3 Dec 1885	Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa, USA
  Person ID	I1211	Riepe Roots Database
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2006
  Father	Heinrich Wilhelm Riepe,   b. 27 Nov 1778, Hagen-Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia ,   d. Bef 1850, ,,, Prussia/Germany
  Mother	JOHANNA MARIA ELISABETH ROTTMANN,   b. 25 Mar 1782, Hagen-Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia ,   d. 12 Aug 1857, , Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
  Married	30 Apr 1814	Hagen-Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia
  Family ID	F759	Group Sheet
  Family	CAROLINE LOUISE AUFERMANN,   b. Est 1827, ,,, Prussia/Germany
  Married	27 Sep 1845	Hagen-Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia   [2]
  Children	1. Lina Amalie Riepe,   b. Est Jun 1846, Hagen-Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia   2. IDA RIEPE,   b. Est Feb 1848, Hagen-Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia   3. Maria Franziska Riepe,   b. Est 5 Jan 1850, Hagen-Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia   4. Child BI (Female) Riepe,   b. 17 Feb 1854, Hagen-Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia ,   d. 17 Feb 1854, Hagen-Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia > 5. CARL EWALD RIEPE,   b. 22 Oct 1857, ,,, Prussia/Germany ,   d. 9 Jan 1940, Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa, USA > 6. CARL RIEPE,   b. 21 Mar 1866, Haspe, Hagen, Westphalia, Prussia ,   d. 10 Oct 1929, Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa, USA
  Family ID	F328	Group Sheet

• Photos		Ship Image & Description - "S.S. Weser" Status: Located. Steamship built by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland for the Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) line. 2,870 tons, length 325 ft. x beam 40 ft., clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts, iron construction, screw propulsion. Service speed of 11 knots. Accommodations: 60 passengers in 1st class, 120 in 2nd class, and 700 in 3rd class…
  Documents		Immigration Pass from Hagen Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia for LEONHARD RIEPE (#1211) & family Status: Located. Page 1 (cover): "German Empire Kingdom of Prussia No. 137 of the Register Traveling pass Valid till October 7, 1882 for the innkeeper Leonhard Riepe from Haspe"
  		Immigration Pass from Hagen Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia for LEONHARD RIEPE (#1211) & family Status: Located. Page 2: "who in the company of his wife, Mrs. L. Riepe, Carolina nee Auvermann, 54 years old in traveling to America" (continued on Page 4)
  		Immigration Pass from Hagen Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia for LEONHARD RIEPE (#1211) & family Status: Located. Page 3: "Description of the bearer - Age: 62 years Height: medium Hair: grizzled Eyes: blue Shape of face: longish Special Marks: non Personal signature of Bearer: Leonh. Riepe"
  		Immigration Pass from Hagen Hamm, Westphalia, Prussia for LEONHARD RIEPE (#1211) & family Status: Located. Page 4: (continued from Page 2) - "his son, the painter's apprentice Karl Riepe, fifteen years old, his daughter, the widow of Reinhard Arns, Ida nee Riepe, Thirty-three years old, and her children Emilie Arns, 7 years old and Johannes Arnz, five years old."
  		Passenger List - "S.S. Weser" Status: Located. arrived October 27, 1881, Baltimore, MD

• Sources

  [S44] LDS - C963035 / 0578846, christening record. [S67] LDS - M963045 / 0578856, marriage record. [S517] IMM - Baltimore Ship Lists 1820-1891, immigration record. [S529] IMM - CD Germans to America, 1875-1888, immigration record.