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NameAnna “Annie” Loretta Riggs 
Birth27 Oct 1860, New York
Death17 Nov 1939, 75 Township Line Road, Horsham, PA
Memo4:30 am (death certificate)
Spouses
Birth19 Mar 1856, Germany
Death1 Apr 1926, Jewish Hospital, Philadelphia
MemoSource: Death Certificate
Burial5 Apr 1926, Hatboro Cemetery, Hatboro, PA
Baptism25 Mar 1856, Freiburg, Baden, Germany
OccupationLaborer (Source: Death Certificate)
FatherJoseph Thoma (1820-)
MotherJosepha Schaetzle (1820-)
Family Media
Notes for Anna “Annie” Loretta Riggs
Cemetery record says she was 79 at death, and that her middle name was “Loretta”
“Annie” is from 1900 census
See Death Certificate on-file
Research completed:
Times Chronicle newspaper 11-23-39 to 12-14-39
Helwig funeral home 1859-1965
Rowland Funeral Home 1891-2002
Old York Road Historical Society clipping file
NOTHING found in any of the above
Hi Steve,
Unfortunately we are unable to locate a marriage in Montgomery County between a Joseph Thomas and a Anna "Annie" Loretta Riggs, we were also unable to locate an estate record. You may want to check with Philadelphia archives to see what they have.
http://www.phila.gov/phils/carchive.htm
Thank You,
Montgomery County Archives
2010 Old Arch Road
East Norriton, PA 19401
“Annie” is from 1900 census
See Death Certificate on-file
Research completed:
Times Chronicle newspaper 11-23-39 to 12-14-39
Helwig funeral home 1859-1965
Rowland Funeral Home 1891-2002
Old York Road Historical Society clipping file
NOTHING found in any of the above
Hi Steve,
Unfortunately we are unable to locate a marriage in Montgomery County between a Joseph Thomas and a Anna "Annie" Loretta Riggs, we were also unable to locate an estate record. You may want to check with Philadelphia archives to see what they have.
http://www.phila.gov/phils/carchive.htm
Thank You,
Montgomery County Archives
2010 Old Arch Road
East Norriton, PA 19401
Notes for Joseph (Spouse 1)
I NEED ONE MORE PRIMARY DOCUMENT TO SOLIDIFY THIS AS HIS PARENTS AND LINE.
THE FAMILY STORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT OUR NAME WAS “THOMA” IN SOUTHERN GERMANY. THIS AND THE BIRTH DATE FITS THAT BILL.
Based on the record I believe to be his parents, he is possibly from the area of Freiburg, Germany.
Christened “Joseph Thoma” 25 March 1856.
Possible record for Joseph Thomas (census says 1880)
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
about Josef Thomas
Name: Josef Thomas
Year: 1881
Place: America
Source Publication Code: 5475.1
Primary Immigrant: Thomas, Josef
Annotation: Emigrations from the former Prussian part of Saarland in the 19th century. Date and port of arrival. Extracted from archives in Saarland, county archives in Saarbrucken, and the main archives in Koblenz. Date and place of birth, port of emigration, inform
Source Bibliography: MERGEN, JOSEF. Die Auswanderungen aus den ehemals preussischen Teilen des Saarlandes im 19. Jahrhundert (II): Die Auswanderer. Saarbruecken: Institut fuer Landeskunde im Saarland, 1987. 646p. (Veroeffentlichungen des Instituts fuer Landeskunde im Saarland, Band 28)
Page: 202
Hi Steve,
Unfortunately we are unable to locate a marriage in Montgomery County between a Joseph Thomas and a Anna "Annie" Loretta Riggs, we were also unable to locate an estate record. You may want to check with Philadelphia archives to see what they have.
http://www.phila.gov/phils/carchive.htm
Thank You,
Montgomery County Archives
2010 Old Arch Road
East Norriton, PA 19401
Research completed:
Times Chronicle newspaper 4-3-26 to 4-24-26
Helwig funeral home 1859-1965
Rowland Funeral Home 1891-2002
Old York Road Historical Society clipping file
NOTHING found in any of the above
THE FAMILY STORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT OUR NAME WAS “THOMA” IN SOUTHERN GERMANY. THIS AND THE BIRTH DATE FITS THAT BILL.
Based on the record I believe to be his parents, he is possibly from the area of Freiburg, Germany.
Christened “Joseph Thoma” 25 March 1856.
Possible record for Joseph Thomas (census says 1880)
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
about Josef Thomas
Name: Josef Thomas
Year: 1881
Place: America
Source Publication Code: 5475.1
Primary Immigrant: Thomas, Josef
Annotation: Emigrations from the former Prussian part of Saarland in the 19th century. Date and port of arrival. Extracted from archives in Saarland, county archives in Saarbrucken, and the main archives in Koblenz. Date and place of birth, port of emigration, inform
Source Bibliography: MERGEN, JOSEF. Die Auswanderungen aus den ehemals preussischen Teilen des Saarlandes im 19. Jahrhundert (II): Die Auswanderer. Saarbruecken: Institut fuer Landeskunde im Saarland, 1987. 646p. (Veroeffentlichungen des Instituts fuer Landeskunde im Saarland, Band 28)
Page: 202
Hi Steve,
Unfortunately we are unable to locate a marriage in Montgomery County between a Joseph Thomas and a Anna "Annie" Loretta Riggs, we were also unable to locate an estate record. You may want to check with Philadelphia archives to see what they have.
http://www.phila.gov/phils/carchive.htm
Thank You,
Montgomery County Archives
2010 Old Arch Road
East Norriton, PA 19401
Research completed:
Times Chronicle newspaper 4-3-26 to 4-24-26
Helwig funeral home 1859-1965
Rowland Funeral Home 1891-2002
Old York Road Historical Society clipping file
NOTHING found in any of the above