Parents Mathias and Katie Reiter Thiel.*
Married Mary Flies 1889 (parents Henry and Katie Smitz)

*Reiter per relative request 47705167
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excerpt from bio on rootsweb.ancestry, Remsen, Plymouth Co:
"In 1888, John Thiel was united marriage to Mary Flier, and to this union sixteen children have been born, Anna, Kathryn, Frank, Leona, Matthew, Fred, Marie, Robert, Christophel, Alice, Alma, Erma, John, Urban, Helen and Dorothy. Anna is the wife of George Wermes and they are the parents of one child, Clarence; Kate married Peter Christoffel, and they are the parents of two children, Marie and Henry; Leona is the wife of Elmer Donner; Alma and Erma are twins."

"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"Name: John Thiel
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Jan 1889
Event Place: Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, United States
Age: 26
Father's Name: Mathias Thiel
Mother's Name: Kattie Ruther
Spouse's Name: Mary Flier
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
Spouse's Father's Name: Henry Flier
Spouse's Mother's Name: Katie Smitz

1880 U.S. Census (birth family)
Self Mathias Thiel M 57 Germany
Wife Katie Thiel F 46 Germany
Son Mathias Thiel M 26 Germany
Son Joseph Thiel M 22 Wisconsin,
Son Nicholas Thiel M 18 Wisconsin,
Son John Thiel M 16 Wisconsin,
Daughter Maggie Thiel F 15 Wisconsin,
Daughter Mary Thiel F 10 Wisconsin,
Son George Thiel M 7 Wisconsin,
Daughter Kate Thiel F 4 Wisconsin
Grandfather Mathias Riter M 79 Germany

Census 1900
Head John Thiel M 37 Wisconsin
Wife Mary Thiel F 27 Wisconsin
Daughter Anna D Thiel F 10 Iowa
Daughter Katie A Thiel F 9 Iowa
Son Frank Thiel M 8 Iowa
Son Mathias Thiel M 7 Iowa
Son Frederick Thiel M 6 Iowa
Daughter Leona Thiel F 4 Iowa
Daughter Mary Thiel F 2 Iowa
Son Robert Thiel M 0 Iowa
Brother George Thiel M 28 Wisconsin

Census 1920
Head John Thiel M 57 Wisconsin
Wife Mary Thiel F 47 Wisconsin
Son Frank Thiel M 28 Iowa
Son Mat Thiel M 26 Iowa
Son Fred Thiel M 25 Iowa
Daughter Mary Thiel F 21 Iowa
Son Robert Thiel M 19 Iowa
Son Christ Thiel M 17 Iowa
Daughter Alice Thiel F 15 Iowa
Daughter Alma Thiel F 13 Iowa
Daughter Irma Thiel F 13 Iowa
Son John Thiel M 12 Iowa
Son Heban Thiel M 10 Iowa
Daughter Helen Thiel F 8 Iowa
Daughter Dorothy Thiel F 4 Iowa
Daughter Dernice Thiel F 1 Iowa

Census 1930
Head Mary Thiel F 56 Wisconsin
Son Frank Thiel M 36 Iowa
Daughter Helen L Thiel F 18 Iowa
Daughter Dorothy Thiel F 14 Iowa
Daughter Bernice Thiel F 11 Iowa
Son-in-law Alphonse Pick M 25 Iowa
Daughter Erma C Pick F 23 Iowa
Grandson Glen G Pick M 1 Iowa

locations/notes on children--
*linked; ##link requested
Anna (m.Geo.Wermes) 92599320*
Kathryn (Katie) b.1891 m. Peter Christoffel
Frank b1892 *linked
Leona Anna 1896 m. Elmer Jos. Donner 1916
Matthew b.1893 d.by 1955
Fred linked*
Marie, b.1898 d.1957 m.Louis Wendel Means 1924)*
Robert, d.by 1937
Christophel, b. 1902 d.by 1955
Alice(est.1904 d.Jun 13, 1993 Marcus, Cherok.Co
m.Bernard Curry 1927)
Alma(est1907 m.George Case, 1926)
Erma Pick 75929031*
John (Jack) 82164314 ##
Urban 93358238*
Helen *
Dorothy (linked)*
Bernice linked*