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Facts
Birth Name: Georg Friedrich Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: Fred Riedesel
Birth Date: August 19, 1852
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
Place of Death: Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota
Place of Burial:
Marriage(s): Petra Nella Vander Meer, March 4, 1884
Emigration: 1871 on ship Holsatia out of Hamburg, port of New York
Settlement: South Dakota for some time, but finally in Worthington
Known in U.S. as: Fred Riedesel
Birth Date: August 19, 1852
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Weymers
(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: October 15, 1916
(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: Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota
Place of Burial:
Marriage(s): Petra Nella Vander Meer, March 4, 1884
Emigration: 1871 on ship Holsatia out of Hamburg, port of New York
Settlement: South Dakota for some time, but finally in Worthington