Franz Homrighausen Facts and Links
Facts
Birth Name: Johann Franz Homrighausen
Known in U.S. as: Franz Homrighausen
Birth Date: July 6, 1814
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, Grand Duchy of Hesse (under Napoleonic rule)
Place of Death: Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Place of Burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Wheatland
Marriage(s):
1) Anna Elisabeth Riedesel (b.1819), April 26, 1840, Wunderthausen
2) Anna Elisabeth Riedesel (b.1820), January 21, 1844, Wunderthausen
Emigration: 1845
Settlement: Originally near Galion in Crawford County, Ohio. Pioneer settler at Wheatland in 1855.
Known in U.S. as: Franz Homrighausen
Birth Date: July 6, 1814
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, Grand Duchy of Hesse (under Napoleonic rule)
House of Origin: Räderhaase/Haasebergers
(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: February 27, 1907
(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.)
Place of Death: Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Place of Burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Wheatland
Marriage(s):
1) Anna Elisabeth Riedesel (b.1819), April 26, 1840, Wunderthausen
2) Anna Elisabeth Riedesel (b.1820), January 21, 1844, Wunderthausen
Emigration: 1845
Settlement: Originally near Galion in Crawford County, Ohio. Pioneer settler at Wheatland in 1855.
Links (reports include more life stories and information)
Ancestry report (pdf)
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