Hermes-Steffes-Reuter Family - Person Sheet
NameJohann Josef Hermes 
Birth16 Jul 1828, Masburg, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany146
Death13 Feb 1864, Masburg, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
FatherHubert Hermes (1806-1849)
MotherAnna Maria Steffes (1806-1850)
Spouses
Birth9 Jun 1834, Masburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death29 Jun 1906, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan
BurialMount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan147
FatherFranz Steffes (1809-1871)
MotherAnna Margaretha Scheid (1810-1882)
Marriageabt 1852, Masburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
ChildrenMatthias (1853-)
Franz (Frank) (1854-)
Katharina ‘Katie’ (1857-1934)
Gertrude (1858-1926)
NN (1861-1861)
Maria Emma (1864-1928)
Notes for Maria (Spouse 1)
In 1881, Anton and Maria (Steffes-Hermes) Reuter emigrated from Germany arriving in New York enroute to Detroit. Offspring traveling to America included John and Katharina (Hermes) Schefges (Schäfges) and 3 children, Joseph, Maria and Gertrude; Gertrude Hermes, Emma Hermes, Frank Reuter, Catherine Reuter and Margaret Reuter. Frank Hermes and Matthias Hermes choose to stay in Masburg. Maria Reuter 2 stayed in Germany to care for her grandmother Reuter, Anna Maria (Adams) Reuter, mother of Anton Reuter. When her grandmother died in 1888, Maria immigrated to Detroit, Michigan. She revisited her birthplace in 1908 (see 1908 Masburg photo).