Hillbillies & Vikings

This site is focused broadly on all descendants of John Denboe, an indentured servant who came to the Crown Colony of Maryland in about the year 1664. Also, it maintains a special emphasis on the descendants of John Denbow (1797-1862) and his brother Bazeleel (1795-1857), early pioneers in the hills of Southeastern Ohio, as well as the descendants of Jón Jónsson (1841-1934) of Dalasýsla, Iceland, who was an Icelandic immigrant to Canada and now has progeny throughout North America.

1857 - 1920 (63 years)

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Name	LaVina Margaret Reitz [1]
Birth	20 Jun 1857 [1]
Gender	Female
Marriage Bride	28 Sep 1876 [1]
	Witness Role: Principal: [F1049] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Bride: [I1814] LaVina Margaret REITZ Witness Role: Groom: [I5005] Solomon FIKE
Marriage Bride	7 Mar 1889	Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
	Witness Role: Principal: [F250] ...of Gerson DONEY and LaVina Margaret REITZ Witness Role: Bride: [I1814] LaVina Margaret REITZ Witness Role: Groom: [I1578] Gerson DONEY
Note	Susan Sharp's Notes: The last name of Louvina's parents is Reitz. Louvina must have been married to a Fike before she married Gerson Doney, Jr.
Name	LaVina Margaret Doney
Name	LaVina Margaret Fike [1]
Death	19 Dec 1920	Apollo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Origins
Patriarch & Matriarch	Godfrey Reitz (Father) Catherine Thomas (Mother)
Person ID	I1814	Hillbillies & Vikings
Last Modified	31 Jul 2022

Father	Godfrey Reitz
Mother	Catherine Thomas
Family ID	F1608	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Solomon Fike, b. Abt 1855 d. 6 Jun 1887 (Age ~ 32 years)

Marriage 28 Sep 1876 [1]

Witness Role: Bride: [I1814] LaVina Margaret REITZ
Witness Role: Groom: [I5005] Solomon FIKE

Children

	1. Sarah May Fike, b. 20 Jun 1877 d. Abt 1895 (Age 17 years)
	2. Ruhamah Fike, b. 14 Feb 1879 d. 8 Sep 1913 (Age 34 years)
	3. Calvin Pear Fike, b. 13 Dec 1880 d. Abt 1968 (Age 87 years)

Family ID F1049 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Mar 2025

Family 2 Gerson Doney, Jr., b. 22 Feb 1848, USA d. 25 Aug 1931, Clune, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 83 years)
Other Partners: Margaret m. Abt 1873

Marriage 7 Mar 1889 Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA [1]

Witness Role: Bride: [I1814] LaVina Margaret REITZ
Witness Role: Groom: [I1578] Gerson DONEY

Children

	1. Effie Edna Doney, b. 6 Nov 1890, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Dec 1894 (Age 4 years)
	2. Flora Edna Doney, b. 3 Jan 1893, Pennsylvania, USA d. 2 Mar 1895 (Age 2 years)
>	3. Leona Ada Doney, b. 29 Oct 1895 d. 21 Apr 1974 (Age 78 years) ▻ Charles Frederick Coburn m. Abt 1915

Family ID F250 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Jan 2022

Reference Carl Jón Denbow. "LaVina Margaret Reitz". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1814&tree=tree1 (accessed April 28, 2025).

Sources

[S121] Denbow & Related Families: Errors in Doney Entries.