Henry Riedesel Facts and Links

Facts

Birth Name: Ludwig Heinrich Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: Henry Riedesel
Birth Date: July 23, 1834
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Gabels/Bergmanns
(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: July 17, 1898
Place of Death: Carroll County, Iowa
Place of Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Sheridan, Iowa
Marriage(s): Elisabeth Florentine Schneider, about 1856
Emigration: 1855-1857
Settlement: Worked up Mississippi from New Orleans, settled in Wheatland; to Lanesboro, Iowa, 1891

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