Louis C. Riedesel Facts and Links

Facts

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
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
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)

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