Family Life
The Riefle family had its origins in Pforzheim, in the Black Forest area of Baden, German Republic. Henry immigrated from there to Baltimore in 1832. He was the first son, second child of Michael and Carolina Wagner Rufle. Henry's parents were married on May 22, 1808, and between 1812 and 1819, the family name was changed from "Rufle" to "Riefle." The trade of meat cutting extended to both lines of the family, including his father and his grandfather, Johann Rufle, and his mother's father, Ferdinand Wagner.
Henry married Jacobina Rohrbacher (born May 30, 1810, in Weingarten, Baden, the third child of Johan and Margaretha Rohrbacher) in the Zion Lutheran Church in Baltimore, c. 1834. Jacobina had immigrated to Baltimore in 1832 with her sister and father. Henry and Jacobina lived at Gist Street (now Patterson Park Ave.) by 1840. By then, he also bought a dwelling, stable and slaughterhouse at the S.W. side of Baltimore and Reisterstown Turnpike Road. In 1845, bought a tract of land known as "Newington" for $1,250. In 1885, this property was addressed as 752 Pennsylvania Ave. Henry also acquired a third home likely located at 436 Pennsylvania Avenue, near Wilson Street.
Henry and Jacobina had eight Riefle children: Caroline B., Catherine Elizabeth, Henry Francis, Amelia Jacobina, Henrietta Virginia, George F., Christian Louis, and Caroline Medinger. Their parents are buried in Greenmount Cemetery.
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