JOHN E. REYNAL (18541100)
John E. Reynal was born around 1854 in Portage des Sioux, Missouri, the son of Jean Baptiste Reynal and Catherine Saucier Reynal. He lived his early life in Portage des Sioux with his family and never married it is believed. He most likely came to Forney, Texas with his brother Thomas J. Reynal (18570406) in the early 1880's . The 1900 U.S. Census of Kaufman County, Texas, lists him living in Forney, Texas with the Thomas J. Reynal (18570406) family, being 49 years of age. The 1860 U.S. Census of St. Charles County, Missouri, listed John E. Reynal being 6 years of age, born in 1854. His parents were married in 1852, so the 1854 birth date is most likely correct. The 1900 census shows him the brother of Thomas J. Reynal (18570406), single, and born in Missouri. It also indicates he was a day laborer and that his father was born in Germany, which is incorrect. His mother was listed on this census as being born in Missouri.
The 1900 U.S. Census of Kaufman County, Texas also listed a John E. Reynolds living with the Chas. Ruwold (Rouvaldt) family in the Talty area southeast of Forney. This John E. Reynolds was shown to be 45 years of age on the census, born in Missouri in November, 1854, with both parents born in Missouri. The 1854 birth date coincides with the John E. Reynal birth date, and John E. Reynal may have moved from the Thomas J. Reynal family household to the Chas. Ruwold farm after the census was taken in Forney at the Thomas J. Reynal (18570406) home. John E. Reynal apparently remained a single man throughout his lifetime. The 1910 U.S. Census of Kaufman County, Texas, lists him living with his niece, Virginia Reynal Layden, and her husband, Dennis Lawrence Layden, in the Talty community. The records of St. Martin Catholic Church at Talty, Texas, show John E. Reynal died on March 14, 1922 and was buried on March 15, 1922 in the Oakland Cemetery in Terrell, Texas, with the Rev. Thomas J. Coyne officiating at the burial. Jump up to parent