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Facts

Birth Name: Johannes Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: John Riedesel
Birth Date: January 27, 1846
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Försters am Lotzenberg
(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: 1902
Place of Death: Probably St. Louis, Missouri
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Marriage(s): Louisa Wilhelmina Henrietta Schlesselmann, October 5, 1873, St. Louis, Missouri
Emigration: Probably 1886 on ship Atlantic out of Bremen, port of New York
Settlement: St. Louis

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