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Facts
Birth Name: Georg Ludwig Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: Louis D. Riedesel
Birth Date: September 17, 1847
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
Place of Death: Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Place of Burial: Smith Cemetery, Moore
Marriage(s): Anna Wagner, August 1880, Wheatland, Iowa
Emigration: 1866 on ship Atlantic out of Bremen, port of New York
Settlement: Worked initially in Kansas City area but farmed at Wheatland, Iowa
Known in U.S. as: Louis D. Riedesel
Birth Date: September 17, 1847
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Groβeludwigs/Schreiners
(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 12, 1929
(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: Smith Cemetery, Moore
Marriage(s): Anna Wagner, August 1880, Wheatland, Iowa
Emigration: 1866 on ship Atlantic out of Bremen, port of New York
Settlement: Worked initially in Kansas City area but farmed at Wheatland, Iowa