FOURTH GENERATION

8. William Henry RINGLIEB ^{(10) (11)(12) (13)(14) (15)} was born on Sep 1 1864 in Pequannock, Morris Co., NJ. ⁽¹⁶⁾ He was buried in 1948 in St. Mary's Cemetary, Boonton, NJ. He died on Sep 19 1948 in Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey. He died in Morristown Memorial Hospital. He was a Stone Mason.⁽¹⁷⁾ Listed as a butcher apprentice in 1880 Census at age 19. He was married to Sarah V. FOLEY on Jan 10 1887.⁽¹⁸⁾ Sarah Foley, whose christening brought the Foleys to Boonton, went to work at an early age when hard times hit with the closing of the Boonton Iron Works in 1876. She was one of the young people who found employment in the American Hard Rubber Company plant in Butler. Boys and girls walked together over the hills from Butler to Boonton every Saturday night, summer and winter, to hear Mass on Sunday. Or, as one of them put it, "To get a clean shirt, bless themselves, and come back for Monday morning." Aunt Sarah told me they carried their clean clothes and loaves of fresh bread in pillow cases slung over their shoulders. Sarah and several of the other girls boarded with the James Cummings family, formerly of Boonton, whose daughter Jennie became a lifelong friend of the Foley girls.

In January 1887 Sarah Foley was married in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church to William Ringleib, whose father Theodore Ringleib had supervised construction of the Church in the early 1860's. They lived at 131 Church St. and on Cedar St. in Boonton before moving to the Ringleib homestead in Boonton Township in 1905. There they lived for the remainder of their lives. They had three children:
Anna, who died in infancy; Mary who became Mrs. Joseph Greffe; and William who married Elisa Araujo of La Plata, Argentina, and built his home adjacent to his father's.

William Ringleib Sr. was considered one of the finest stone masons in Morris County. Examples of his work may be seen at thc Duke Estate in Somerville; the piers supporting The Boonton Reservoir Bridge; the sacristy of Mount Carmel Church; St. Anthony's Convent, Butler; and the wall surrounding the Morris County Court House in Morris town. He preferred native stone for his work and his favorite project was Our Lady's Grotto at OLMC Church, which he built out of the choicest pudding stones he could find on his farm. To general regret, that beautiful Grotto was dismantled in 1961 when the transept was added to the Church.

Aunt Sarah was an indomitable soul, Hard-working, good-natured, cheerful and resourceful, she worked well with people and for years was chairlady of OLMC suppers bazaars and lawn parties. Talented in many ways, she was a good dressmaker, an excellent cook, a successful gardener and a kind nurse. She was a most hospitable person, with a warm welcome for everyone, child or adult. Her grandnieces and grandnephews have happy memories of going berrying with Aunt Sarah, of helping her search for eggs, pick apples in the orchard, draw water from the well, etc. and of carrying home bouquets from her ever-blooming garden. Remembered, too, are happy times in the barn watching Bill, Jr. run the cider press and jumping in the hay loft. The traditional Ringleib hospitality has continued for three generations and has warmed many hearts.

In 1937 Sarah and William Ringleib celebrated their Golden Wedding with a Mass at Mount Carmel Church and a home reception for two hundred guests. Among those pre-sent were their bridal attendants, Anna Smith Carr and James Ringleib, and their organist, Christina Ringleib Cullen. Crowning the day came a cablegram from Holland from the pastor who had married them, the Rev. James P. Poels, who had retired to his native country.

9. Sarah V. FOLEY ⁽¹⁹⁾ was born on Jan 6 1864 in Hewitt, NJ. She was christened on Jul 21 1864 in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Boonton NJ. She was buried in 1953 in St. Mary's Cemetary, Boonton, NJ. She died on Nov 9 1953. Children were:

4 i. William J. RINGLEIB Sr..
ii. Mary Veronica RINGLEIB was born on Apr 6 1889 in New Jersey. She died on May 9 1962 in Denville, New Jersey.
iii. Anna RINGLIEB. Died in infancy.