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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
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
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
(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.)
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