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    Emigration to America
1. Causes for Emigration From the German Counties of Wittgenstein
2. Wheatland as the New Wunderthausen
3. Why the Riedesels Went to Ohio in 1844/1845
4. Wunderthausen Emigrants in Oxford, New Jersey
5. The Riedesels Emigrating from Alsace Lorraine
   
   German Origins
6. The Origin of the Riedesel Name in the Former County of Wittgenstein: What Is Known and New Theories
7. Mannus Riedesel-The Master Builder of Wittgenstein
8. Wittgenstein History and Genealogy
9. First Five Known Generations of Riedesels in Wittgenstein
10. The Riedesels, Freiherren (Barons) zu Eisenbach
11. Legends about the Riedesel Name
12. General F. A. Riedesel, FzE
13. Why "von Riedesel" Is Incorrect
    
    Recollections
14. Blossoms on the Thistle--Life of Rev. Charles Riedesel
15. My Boyhood Days--Loyd Riedesel

1. Die Entstehung des Namens Riedesel in der Grafschaft Wittgenstein: Bekanntes und neue Theorien
2. Wunderthausen Auswanderer Zentrum
3. Die Riedesel Familien in Wittgenstein
4. Wikipedia Artikel (hauptsächlich die Riedesel zu Eisenbach)

• Amalia Riedesel Riedesel (1822-1848; emigrated 1845); Crawford County, Ohio
• Anna Catherine Riedesel Busch (1853-?; emigrated 1871); Oxford, New Jersey
• Anna Elisabeth Riedesel Homrighausen (1820-1809; emigrated 1845); Wheatland
• Anna Elisabeth Riedesel (1846-?; emigrated 1868?)
• August Riedesel (1826-1916; emigrated ~1850); DeWitt County, Texas
• Carl Riedesel (1854-1936); emigrated 1880; Crookston, Minnesota
• Catherine Riedesel Radle (1815-1909; emigrated 1837); Oxford, New Jersey
• Catherine Riedesel (~1859-?; emigrated 1867)
• Catherine Riedesel (1871; emigrated 1885)
• Charles Riedesel(~1819-?); Chicago. Unknown.
• Dina Riedesel (~1853-?; emigrated 1867)
• Elisabeth Riedesel Daniels (1861-1948; emigrated 1881); Denver, Iowa, later to Miami, Florida
• Florentine Riedesel Baumgartner/Strable (1843-?; emigrated 1871); Oxford, New Jersey
• Fred Riedesel (1852-1916; emigrated 1871); Worthington, Minnesota
• Friedrich Riedesel (~1817-?); Dundee, Illinois. Unknown.
• George Riddle/Radle (sic; 1810-1894); Oxford, New Jersey
• George Riedesel (1825-1901; emigrated 1844); Wheatland
• George Riedesel (1842-1927; emigrated 1906); Wheatland
• George D. Riedesel (1844-1932; emigrated 1861); Wheatland, later to Moore, Oklahoma
• George L. Riedesel (1863-1933; emigrated 1881); Denver, Iowa
• Henry Riedesel (1834-1898; emigrated 1855); Wheatland, later to Lanesboro.
• Henry Riedesel (1836-1902; emigrated 1893); Rochester, New York
• Henry D. Riedesel (1841-1917; emigrated 1867); Wheatland
• Henry Riedesel (1847-1930; emigrated 1867); Salem, Oregon
• Henry Riedesel (1856-1931; emigrated 1881); Woodbury County, Iowa; ended up in Osage County, Kansas
• Henry F. Riedesel (1865-1932; emigrated 1881); Wheatland
• Henry Herman Riedesel (1865-1935; emigrated ~1882); Kansas City
• John Henry Riedesel (1883-1945; emigrated 1899); Westfield, New York
• J. Louis Riedesel (1841-1923; emigrated 1844, son of L. Henry); Sioux Falls, Iowa
• Johann Ludwig Riedesel (1775-?); emigrated 1819; Philadelphia
• J. Ludwig Riedesel (1822-1910; emigrated 1844); Crawford County, Ohio; Wheatland; later to Glidden
• Johann Heinrich Riedesel (1772-?; emigrated 1819); Philadelphia
• Johann Jost Riedesel (1825-1899); Smithton, Illinois etc.
• Johann Daniel Riedesel (1851-?; emigrated 1860); Rochester, New York
• John Radle (sic; 1810-1873; emigrated ~1840); Cherokee County via Oxford, NJ, and Wheatland
• John Rittase (sic; 1787-1855; emigrated 1814/1815); Littlestown, Pennsylvania
• John Riedesel (1829-1904; emigrated 1844); Wheatland
• John Riedesel (1833-1898; emigrated 1854); Wheatland
• John Riedesel (1842-1891; emigrated 1867); Milwaukee via St. Louis
• John Riedesel (1846-?; emigrated 1866); St. Louis
• Katherine (Riedesel) Riedesel (1854-1908; emigrated 1906); Wheatland
• L. Henry Riedesel (1818-1894; emigrated 1845); Crawford County, Ohio; Wheatland
• Louis Radle (1817-1903; emigrated ~1837; Oxford, New Jersey
• Louis C. Riedesel (1840-1913; emigrated 1867); Wheatland
• Louis D. Riedesel (1847-1929; emigrated 1866); Wheatland
• Ludwig Riedesel (1784-c1848; emigrated 1845); Crawford County, Ohio
• Ludwig (born Georg Gabriel) Riedesel (1809-?; emigrated 1867); Kansas City
• Ludwig Riedesel (1830-1901; emigrated 1849); DeWitt County, Texas
• Luise Riedesel Pieper (1860-1949; emigrated 1880); Minnesota, Illinois, and finally Nordheim, Texas
• Marie Riedesel Zehner (1880-?; emigrated 1899); Tennessee/Oklahoma
• Marie Luise Riedesel Barr (1898-1977; visited ~1899, emigrated 1922); Fargo, North Dakota
• Peter Riedesel (1886-1975; emigrated 1904); Washington state
• Philipp John Riedesel (1860-1940; emigrated 1867), Kansas City
• Wilhelmine Riedesel Schneider (1829-1897; emigrated 1848); Wheatland, later to Lanesboro
• Christian Willi Riedesel (1872-1965; emigrated 1893); Rochester, New York