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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
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
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
(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: 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