Riedesel Emigrant Family Pictures

Notes

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From Haase Haus in Wunderthausen (L. Henry, Anna, J. Ludwig, George, John)

  Anna Riedesel (1820-1909) married J. Franz Homrighausen in Wunderthausen. They came to Ohio with her family in 1845.
  • This photo shows the J. Franz Homrighausen family about the 1890s. One daughter died in childhood.
  • Portraits of Anna and Franz were found not that long ago in an old outbuilding at Wheatland. They were not dated but I would guess they are earlier than the above family photo.
     

From Weymers Haus in Wunderthausen (George, Henry, Fred)

   

From Bergmanns/Gabels Haus in Wunderthausen (Henry, Wilhelmine, Louis C., Johann Daniel)

  Louis C. and Katherine (Peter) Riedesel had a large and far-flung family. The settled at Big Rock near Wheatland.

From Schreiners/Großeludwig Haus in Wunderthausen (Louis D., Henry D., George, D., and John; Phillip John)

George D. Riedesel wound up in the Norman, Oklahoma area. Phillip John Riedesel was a half-brother to the others and lived around Kansas City.

From Försters am Lotzenberg in Wunderthausen (John of southern Illinois)

  • This sketch shows John/Johannes Riedesel and his wife Caroline Knebel.
  • Their only child to live a long life was Katherine. She married Edward Rieso, and they are shown together in this portrait.

From Försters hinter der Huthe in Wunderthausen (Georg Ludwig, Henry, and Elisabeth)

From Diedenhofen, Lothringen (now part of France: John Henry, Peter, Marie, and Luise

From Erndtebrück: Carl and Louise; August and Ludwig

  • Carl Riedesel came from Erndtebrück, a larger town in Wittgenstein, and settled in Crookston, Minnesota. This photo of his family is from the late 1920s.
  • Louise Riedesel was the younger sister of Carl. She married John Pieper and eventually lived in Nordheim, Texas. This photograph shows the Pieper family, probably in the 1890s.