TrishPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:58 am
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Hi Anna, Barb, and Sophia,
I found a few trees in various websites. None of them had the exact date for the death of Wiera Richter. They all state she died in 1972 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. None of the trees have any documentation for proof of this information listed.
In one tree listed the birth and death of Reinhold Richter. He was born 25 February 1855 in Lodz. He died 20 October 1930 in Lodz. There is no documentation for proof of these dates.
I found the following information on the Brazil, Sao Paulo Immigration Cards, 1900-1965.
Name Wiera Mathilde Richter
Gender Female
Birth May 24 1892
Lodz, Polonia
Arrival Mar 22 1953
Santos, Brazil
Residence Rua Das Guajuviras, 102 - Jabaquara
Father Reinhold Richter
Mother Mathilde Richter
Source: Brazil, São Paulo Immigration Cards, 1900-1965
Page: 401
Name Jadwiga Von Scheibler
Gender Female
Birth Jan 10 1890
Lodz, Poland
Arrival Mar 22 1953
Santos, Brazil
Residence Rua Das Guajuviras, No 146 - Jabaquara
Father Reinhold Richter
Mother Mathilde Richter
Source: Brazil, São Paulo Immigration Cards, 1900-1965
Page: 149
Regards,
Trish
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BarbOsloPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 11:17 am
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Hi Trish,
I got this from my Brazilian friend. He also sent me a website, but unfortunately it is not free.
-Barb
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SophiaPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:24 am
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Cemetery Search Results
I've been searching for Rinehold and Matylda's graves but haven't found them in the Łódź cemetery records. Specifically, they don't appear in the search database for the largest evangelical cemetery https://lodzogrodowa.grobonet.com/grobonet/start.php?id=wyniki&name=richter&submit=Szukaj. I believe if we could locate their grave, we might be able to connect with family members (assuming the grave still exists).
The absence of both graves and death certificates from the parish records suggests they may have left before their deaths and passed away elsewhere.
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Hi Anna,
I want to make a quick comment on this part of what you wrote. I would be cautious to draw any conclusions from the lack of online cemetery records and lack of online parish records of death for the Richters. Grobonet is not at all complete, and other online grave websites like FindAGrave are also incomplete. The same is true for sites we have relied on in this search so far, like Geneteka. Much of what gets indexed on those sites is volunteer-driven and therefore whole chunks of data are missing. Further, the deaths of Reinhold and Matylda may be during years that are not available to researchers because they fall within the 100-year privacy policy. More confounding still is that fact that many graves are not permanent, even today.
If you are in Lodz, and if you are fluent in Polish, perhaps you would take a look for local newspapers to see if you can find death notices. Trish found a reference to the year 1930 for Reinhold's death, albeit without source information, but it could be a good starting point for you. Also, you can search city directories for Lodz (both business directories and address directories) to get a sense of when various people were in the city. When they disappear from those directories, you can begin to focus on potential death dates if you believe they did in fact die while still in Lodz.
May I also suggest you make note of the spelling REINHOLD as opposed to Rinehold and Rienhold which you have used in some of your posts here.
I do hope that you are able to pull together enough data to get corrections made to those websites which have incorrectly stated that Wiera's grandfather was Zygmunt.
Best of luck in your continuing research for this very interesting family,
Sophia
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 1:27 pm
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SophiaPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 2:42 pm
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Having looked at the records that Barb just posted, I would go with these two spellings when referring to Wiera's father:
1. Reinhold Richter
2. Rajnhold Rychter
These two forms will sound practically identical if the former is spoken using the rules of German pronunciation and the latter using rules of Polish pronunciation.
Just my two cents,
Sophia
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:44 am
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Hi Sophia,
Indeed, perfect timing  . Just as we've started our research, tennis has really taken off in popularity after Iga Świątek's victory.
Best regards,
Anna
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