John Riedesel Facts and Links

Facts

Birth Name: Johannes Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: John Riedesel
Birth Date: October 15, 1842
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Känels
(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: October 15, 1891
Place of Death: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Place of Burial: Union Cemetery, Milwaukee
Marriage(s): Maria Katharina Lauber, January 20, 1869, St. Louis, Missouri
Emigration: Probably 1867 on ship Union out of Bremen, port of New York
Settlement: St. Louis at time of marriage, then to Milwaukee

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