Henry Riedesel Facts and Links

Facts

Birth Name: Heinrich Friedrich Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: Henry Riedesel
Birth Date: January 11, 1856
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Seimes/Weiβkopfs
(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: September 19, 1931
Place of Death: Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas
Place of Burial:
Marriage(s): Never married
Emigration: 1881 on ship Salier out of Bremen, port of New York
Settlement: Woodbury County, Iowa; last years in Osage County, Kansas

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