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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
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
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
(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): Katherine Riedesel, November 24, 1872, Girkhausen
Emigration: 1906
Settlement: Wheatland, Iowa