Hi all, I see a lot of posts for Rinkes in the Detroit, MI area - while I haven't been able to connect the dots, my great-grandfather is from the Detroit/Gratiot area.

His name is John Rinke, b. 26 Mar 1872, d. 26 Dec 1953.
He was married to Mary Weithoff.
Family history holds that his parents died when he was young (perhaps under 10 yrs old), possibly in a fire, and he kept the Rinke name but was raised in another family, the Salters. We have not been able to find the names of his biological parents, who would have been Rinkes - perhaps one of your relatives connects??

Looking forward to any info!