When Sofia (Sophie) Kober was born on December 21, 1870, in Buchenbach, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, her father, Johann Kober, was 44, and her mother, Maria Sophia Stirn Kober, was 33. She married Johann Friedrich Wilhelm (Fred) Reister in 1896 in Chester Township, Ottawa County, Michigan. They had three children during their marriage, Herbert Charles, Louise Margaret, and Franklin George. She died on September 10, 1962, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the age of 91, and was buried in Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conklin, Michigan.
Sophia had ten siblings:

Friedrich Wilhelm Kober
BIRTH 15 JUL 1860 • Büchenbach, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
DEATH 6 NOV 1945

George Kober - 59513260
BIRTH 30 JUL 1862 • Baden-Württemberg, Germany
DEATH 25 OCT 1949 • Alpine Township, Kent Co., MI

Magdalene Kober
BIRTH 24 AUG 1864 • Büchenbach, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
DEATH 30 AUG 1864 • Büchenbach, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany

Christian Kober
BIRTH 25 MAY 1866 • Büchenbach, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
DEATH 3 OKT 1943 • Germany

Maria Magdalena (Mary) Kober Constantine - 59437529
BIRTH 29 DEC 1868 • Büchenbach, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
DEATH 1906 • Alpine, Kent, Michigan, USA

Karl Kober - 59513360
BIRTH 25 MAY 1873 • Büchenbach, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
DEATH 28 AUG 1961 • Michigan

Wilhelm Kober
BIRTH 13 OCT 1875 • Büchenbach, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
DEATH 23 OCT 1956 • Untersteinbach, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany

Magdalena (Lena) Kober
BIRTH 17 JUN 1877 • Büchenbach, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
DEATH 14 JULI 1959 • Germany

Margarete (Maggie) Kober Beuschel - 59436345
BIRTH 17 JUN 1877 • Büchenbach, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
DEATH 27 NOV 1950 • Chester Twp., Ottawa Co., MI

Johann (John) Kober - 59513322
BIRTH 4 APR 1878 • Büchenbach, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
DEATH 27 AUGUST 1976 • Sparta, Kent, Michigan, United States of America