Fred Riedesel Facts and Links

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
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
Place of Death: Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota
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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

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