Mrs. Amanda Reber

Amanda Reber, who was born Amanda Boalt, was the first wife of Sandusky attorney George Reber. She died on December 19,1847,at the age of 31. Amanda Boalt Reber is buried in Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery.


















Below is genealogical information about George Reber from the book GENEALOGY OF THE REBER FAMILY DESCENDED FROM JOHAN BERNHARD REBER, 1738, available fulltext at the Internet Archive.


















Sallie Reber, a daughter of George Reber from his second marriage, was a well known popular light opera singer.

Sallie Reber, Popular Singer

Sallie Reber was the daughter of Sandusky lawyer George Reber. She was born in 1850 to George Reber and Nancy Stiles Reber. She was a popular singer in New York and other major cities, often performing in comic operas.

Sallie was married first to Franklin F. R. Laing, and after his death she married James D. Fish a banker whose bank failed in 1884. Sallie Reber Laing Fish died on March 10, 1885,following a bout of gastritis. She is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Erie County, Ohio.

An obituary for Sallie Reber Laing appeared in the New York Times on March 19, 1885. It was not widely known at the time of this obituary that she had become married to banker James Dean Fish.