Henry D. Riedesel Facts and Links

Facts

Birth Name: Johann Heinrich Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: Henry D. Riedesel
Birth Date: June 22, 1841
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Groβeludwigs/Schreiners
(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 29, 1917
Place of Death: Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Place of Burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Wheatland
Marriage(s):
  Katherine Knebel, November 01, 1871, Wheatland
  Louise Rixe, 1889, Wheatland
Emigration: 1867 on ship Argonaut out of Bremen, port of New York
Settlement: Kansas City briefly, but farmed most of his life at Wheatland

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