Margaretha Klöver was born May 20, 1870 to Gerd Jacobs Clover and Anna Margaretha Janssen Thomssen in Firrel. She got married on April 9, 1892 to Reinhard de Buhr (born Jan 29, 1862 in Filsum):
They had ten children, all born in Filsum:
- Reina Geske Anna de Buhr, born March 8, 1893
- Annette Margaretha de Buhr, December 17, 1894
- Gretchen de Buhr, Sept 28, 1896
- Helmine de Buhr, 21 December 1898
- Gerhard de Buhr, December 3, 1900
- Helmrich Reinhard de Buhr Jan 27, 1902
- Reinhard de Buhr, March 11, 1904
- Martin Anton de Buhr, born 28 November 1908
- Margaretha de Buhr, March 4, 1911
- Evert Johannes de Buhr, Jan 31, 1913
Reina immigrated from Hamburg on the SS Clay on August 9, 1923. She was 30 and a nurse and her father Reinhard lived in Stallbruggerfeld. Her destination was 438 31st Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A friend, Aug. Schwalbe, was meeting her. Reina married John Zeeh (father Christian Zeeh, mother Amelia York) on November 27, 1929. Reina was a 36 year old nurse and John was retired and 75. Reina’s residence was in Bridgewater, Michigan and John’s was in Oak Park, Illinois.
There is a March 25, 1930 death certificate that Reina filled out for Helmina Zeeh, a single woman born December 21, 1899 in Stallbruggerfeld Germany to Reinhard De Buhr and Margueritte Klover (so they must have had 3 children).
Martin Anton de Buhr, age 27, married Margaretha Boer (parents Evert de Boer and Trijntje Thalen), age 23 born in Oosterhesselen, on September 3, 1936.
