George Riedesel Facts and Links

Facts

Birth Name: Johann Georg Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: George Riedesel
Birth Date: December 5, 1842
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: January 9, 1927
Place of Death: Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Place of Burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Wheatland
Marriage(s): Katherine Riedesel, November 24, 1872, Girkhausen
Emigration: 1906
Settlement: Wheatland, Iowa

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