Henry Riedesel Facts and Links

Facts

Birth Name: Johann Heinrich Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: Henry Riedesel
Birth Date: October 23, 1847
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: April 26, 1930
Place of Death: Salem, Polk County, Oregon
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Marriage(s): Charlotte Bohle, 1874, Iowa
Emigration: 1867 on ship Union out of Bremen, port of New York
Settlement: Cherokee County, Iowa, to Cathay, North Dakota, to Salem, Oregon

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