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Birth Name:Ludwig Heinrich Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: L. Henry Riedesel
Birth Date: July 12, 1818
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
Place of Death: Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Place of Burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Wheatland
Marriage(s):
1) Maria Amalia Riedesel, August 8, 1841, Wunderthausen
2) Elisabeth Schumacher, November 21, 1854, Crawford County, Ohio
Emigration: 1845
Settlement: Originally near Galion in Crawford County, Ohio. Pioneer settler at Wheatland in 1855.
Known in U.S. as: L. Henry Riedesel
Birth Date: July 12, 1818
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: July 31, 1894
(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: Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Place of Burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Wheatland
Marriage(s):
1) Maria Amalia Riedesel, August 8, 1841, Wunderthausen
2) Elisabeth Schumacher, November 21, 1854, Crawford County, Ohio
Emigration: 1845
Settlement: Originally near Galion in Crawford County, Ohio. Pioneer settler at Wheatland in 1855.