Riedesel Emigrants by Origin

Background

This is a secondary index to persons named Riedesel who came to the United States as emigrants. They are organized around their village/town of origin. Most were from the village of Wunderthausen, and they are further divided on the basis of their house of origin. This was a very important reference in both record keeping at the time and how similarly-named people were distinguished in common speech. Clicking on a link will open a page specific to that individual. Those who died as children in this country are not shown.

Town of Berleburg

Town of Diedenhofen (now Thionville, France)

Village of Erndtebrück

Village of Wunderthausen (by house name)

Altehäusers

Am Kloster

Bergmanns (aka Gabels)

Försters am Lotzenberg

Försters hinter der Huthe

Haase

Känels

  • John Riedesel (1842-1891; emigrated 1867) Milwaukee via St. Louis

Schreiners (aka Groβeludwigs)

Seimes (aka Weiβkopfs)

Wetzels

Weymers

  • John Radle (sic; 1810-1873; emigrated ~1840); Cherokee County via Oxford, NJ, and Wheatland
  • George Riedesel (1842-1927; emigrated 1906); Wheatland, Iowa
  • Henry Riedesel (1847-1930; emigrated 1867); Salem, Oregon
  • Fred Riedesel (1852-1916; emigrated 1871); Worthington, Minnesota

Unter der Laye

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