Daughter of Claus Nicolaus and Susanna (née Windstein) Reitenauer.
Sister of Johann Michael Reitenauer, Susanna Reitenauer, Anna Eva Reitenauer,
Johann Nicolaus Reitenauer, Catharina Elizabeth Reitenauer,
Catharina Margaretha Reitenauer, Johan Ludwig Reitenauer, Johannes Reitenauer,
Tochter Reitenauer, Johann Balthasar Reitenauer, and Johann George Reitenauer.
Wife of Johann Daniel Klingenschmidt.
Mother of Maria Catharina Klingenschmidt, Johann Peter Klingenschmidt,
Johann Philip Klingenschmidt, Catharina Margaretha Klingenschmidt,
and Johann George Klingenschmidt.

Genealogical information presented by Brian McQuillan ©.
All research credit goes to Michael J. Stewart, and Christine Adams

Evangelische Kirche Tieffenbach (Evangelical Luthern Church in Tieffenbach) records indicate, Anna Christina Reitenauer, the daughter of Claus Nicolaus and Susanna Reitenauer was baptized on 8 May 1692, in Tieffenbach, Lutzelstein, Elsaß-Lothringen, Kingdom of France. Evangelische Kirche Waldhambach records indicate, she married Johann Daniel Klingenschmidt on 22 Feb 1718, Waldhambach, Lutzelstein, Elsaß-Lothringen, Kingdom of France. Church records from Tieffenbach, and Waldhambach show six of this couple's children being baptized. The records also indicate the couple's residence as Moderfeld, Lutzelstein, Elsaß-Lothringen, Kingdom of France.

Although they may have been subjects of the French Crown (nationality), they were ethnically German (what most people mean when they refer to a person's heritage), and Germany as a country did not exist till the late 1800s. Furthermore, you will find this particular group of people are often referred to as Palatines. Anna Christina, with her husband, and at least some of their children boarded the ship Robert & Alice on 12 Apr 1738, in the port of Rotterdam. They arrived at the port of Philadelphia on 11 Sep 1738, and settled in Philadelphia County.

Records indicate the family was affiliated with Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Red Hill, Upper Hanover Township, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania, English North America, Kingdom of Great Britain. Today, Saint Paul’s is one of the oldest congregations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Upper Hanover Township became part of Montgomery County when that county was created in 1784, and still is today. It is estimated Anna Christina Klingenschmidt died in the 1750s, and the 1755 date should be listed as circa or about 1755. It is assumed that she died in Upper Hanover Township, where she is last found in records. Her place of burial denoted here, is also assumed, and is not based on paper documentation, but it would be properly listed as, Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Upper Hanover Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. If further records are discovered at some point, more definitive dates and places may be in the offering. Any speculation in the above information is mine, not the researchers created.

With the documented proof they have carefully laid out, the aforementioned researchers have solved the mystery of the Klingensmith family's origins. In doing so, Anna Christina Klingenschmidt ends up being the matriarch of all the descendants of the Klingensmiths that were the original settlers of Westmoreland County. Supporting evidence for anything else, just is not there.