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Birth Name: Georg Ludwig Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: Louis C. Riedesel, possibly Charley
Birth Date: January 7, 1840
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): Wilhelmine Elisabeth (Katherine) Peter, February 25, 1866, Diedenshausen
Emigration: 1867 on ship Humboldt out of Bremen, port of New York
Settlement: Cedar County, Iowa (near Wheatland)
Known in U.S. as: Louis C. Riedesel, possibly Charley
Birth Date: January 7, 1840
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Gabels/Bergmanns
(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: January 1, 1913
(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): Wilhelmine Elisabeth (Katherine) Peter, February 25, 1866, Diedenshausen
Emigration: 1867 on ship Humboldt out of Bremen, port of New York
Settlement: Cedar County, Iowa (near Wheatland)