John Riedesel Facts and Links

Facts

Birth Name: Johannes Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: John Riedesel
Birth Date: March 30, 1829
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Haase
(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: December 9, 1904
Place of Death: Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Place of Burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Wheatland
Marriage(s): Elisabeth Knoche, July 7, 1859, Wheatland
Emigration: Originally near Galion in Crawford County, Ohio. To Wheatland to stay in 1857.
Settlement:

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