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All on Wed Feb 12 12:16:12 2020
I *think* I'm researching the same name also. My mother had done research around 2000 and had the name "Renfanz", I now see via FamilySearch that some of the church records show "Rönfanz"; I am guessing that Roenfanz is the Americanized version.
My Rönfanz/Roenfanz is originally from Pomerania, Prussia, Germany.
The Antwerp immigration route is similar to my other ancestors, as well as settling in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota.
I have a Johann Erdmann (or G.) Rönfanz/Renfanz born about 1779. Died 8 February 1846 in Eschenriege, Newstettin, Pomerania.
He married Agatha Louise Priebe (spelling? because nothing links to her); their children: Charlotte Henriette, Wilhelmine Caroline Friederike, and Carl Gottlieb (b/d in Eschenriege).
Johann has a second wife: Henriette Louise Boettcher
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