George Riedesel Facts and Links

Facts

Birth Name: Georg Ludwig Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: George Riedesel
Birth Date: January 12, 1825
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Haase
(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 14, 1926
Place of Death: Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Place of Burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Wheatland
Marriage(s): Elisabeth Gerhardt, February 16, 1860, Galion/Crawford County, Ohio
Emigration: 1845
Settlement: Originally near Galion in Crawford County, Ohio. To Wheatland to stay in 1863/1864.

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