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This is Michael Riesberg sending. I reside in Pensacola, Florida. My late
father is Van Vechten Riesberg Jr. My father was an engineer with General
Motors. My father's father was Van Vechten Riesberg Sr who resided in
Philadelphia as well as New Jersey. My father's mother was Katherine Becker.
Van Vechten Riesberg Sr was an inventor. His most famous patent was for a
ballpoint pen design in 1912==which unfortunately never went into
production. He also invented a steam radiator relief valve. During
prohibition, he and my grandmother were bootleggers using a gas station in
New Jersey as a "front". I have been told that she was a good ice skater.
Van Vechten Sr's father, Werner Riesberg, was a chemist who came from
Germany in the mid 1800's. He apparently settled in Savannah Georgia and was
in the Civil War. He apparently survived and apparently re-located to
Philadelphia----although it is at this point that the family history gets
confusing and sketchy. During the Depression, Van Riesberg Sr left the
family and apparently died a mysterious death------nobody knows the exact
date and location. My father, his sister (Ida Mae Riesberg/Fedoruk) and his
brother Jacob Becker Riesberg (who currently resides in Philadelphia with
his wife Pat) resided with their mom (Katherine) in a squatters village in
what was Grassy Sounds outside of Wildwood New Jersey. My father went on to
Indiana to attend college---then to California where he eventually went to
work for General Motors. Jacob and his wife Patricia have 3 children (my
cousins)-----Janet Riesberg who also lives here in Pensacola, Jonathan
Riesberg who lives with his wife Mary in Norristown Pennsylvania, and Joyce
Riesberg/Rubey who lives in Memphis. I am interested in learning more about
my family and heritage . I hope this helps. Question---- Are you a Riesberg
descendent or are you helping find information for the Riesberg family?
Thanks. Michael V. Riesberg MD
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