Caroline (Knebel) Riedesel Facts and Links

Facts

Birth Name: Caroline Knebel
Known in U.S. as: Caroline Henze/Riedesel
Birth Date: November 25, 1834
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Beckers
(Houses in German villages had common names that were often referred to in documents, and which to this day are sometimes used to identify individuals.)
Death Date: June 08, 1898
Place of Death: Illinois
Place of Burial: St. Marcus Cemetery, Round Prairie
Marriage(s):
1) Unknown
2) William Henze, probably Illinois
3) Johann Jost Riedesel, September 14, 1860, Monroe, Illinois
Emigration: Unknown
Settlement: Monroe County, Illinois, later to Smithton, Illinois

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