Riedesel Emigrants: Their Children and Ancestors

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Following is as complete a list as we have of the Riedesels who emigrated to the United States from Germany in the 1800s and early 1900s. When a name appears as a link, that means there is an Adobe Acrobat "pdf" file detailing their known ancestry.  Unless otherwise noted, they were prepared by Paul Riedesel using Family Tree Maker for Windows software. More will be added as they become available.

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Index

• From Haase in Wunderthausen: L. Henry, Anna, J. Ludwig, George and John
• From Bergmanns/Gabels in Wunderthausen: Wilhelmina, Henry, Louis C., and J. Daniel; possibly Anna
• From Altehäusers in Wunderthausen: Henry and son Christian Willi
• From Schreiners/Großeludwigs in Wunderthausen: Ludwig and sons John, Henry D., Louis D., George D., and Philipp John
• From Weymers in Wunderthausen: Johannes (John Radle); brothers George, Fred and Henry
• From Am Kloster in Wunderthausen: Henry Hermann and Catherine
• From Försters hinter der Huthe in Wunderthausen: Elizabeth, Henry, and George
• From Seimes in Wunderthausen: Johann Georg (George Riddle); siblings Henry, Florentine and Anna Catherine
• From Wetzels in Wunderthausen: Johannes Riedesel (John Rittase), Ludwig Riedesel (Louis Radle), and Anna Catherine Riedesel
• From Försters am Lotzenberg in Wunderthausen: John of St. Clair County, IL; his likely nephew, John of St.Louis
• From Känals in Wunderthausen: John
• From Berleburg: Johann Heinrich and Johann Ludwig
• From Erndtebrück: Karl, and Luise,  Ludwig, and August
• From Diedenhofen, Alsace-Lorraine: Marie, John Henry and Peter; Louise
• German Origins Uncertain

• Kane County Illinois: Friedrich and children Maria Caroline, Sophia, William, and Mary
• Charles in Chicago

From Haase in Wunderthausen

• L. Henry Riedesel (1818-1894). Came to U.S. in 1845 from Haase Haus in Wunderthausen and settled at Wheatland, Iowa. A transcription of his will from Clinton County is available here. Married (1) Amalia Beitzel/Riedesel (1822-1848), (2) Elizabeth Schumacher (1831-1887).

• J. Louis (1841-1923), Sioux Falls, Iowa. Married Emma Wirth.
• Anna Elisabeth (1843-1848).
• John Albert (1848-1932), Idalia, Colorado. Married Katherine Strackbein.
• William (1855-1932), Wheatland. Married Anna Koch.
• Mary (1857-1863)
• Theodor (1859-1941), Wheatland. Married Emma Meyer.
• Albert Martin (1862-1955), Denver, Colorado. Married Edith Henderson.
• Rev. Charles Henry (1871-1960). Married Elise Zipf.

• Anna Elisabeth Riedesel (1820-1909). Came to U.S. in 1845 from Haase Haus in Wunderthausen with her husband, J. Franz Homrighausen (1814-1907). Like the rest of the family, they lived at Galion Ohio before settling for good in Wheatland.

• Maria Homrighausen (1845-1933), Wheatland. Married L.H. Strackbein.
• Catharine  Homrighausen (1847-1940). Married Erastus Holmes.
• Elisabeth  Homrighausen (Abt. 1848-??)
• Franz H.  Homrighausen (1854-1928). Married Florentine Theresa Knoche.
• Louis F.  Homrighausen (1858-1919). Married Louisa Puetsch.
• John  Homrighausen (1860-1939).
• Susan  Homrighausen (1863-1899). Married George Kroh.

• J. Ludwig Riedesel (1822-1910). Came to U.S. in 1844 from Haase Haus in Wunderthausen and settled at Wheatland, later Glidden, Iowa. Married Catherine Schneider (1823-1894).

• Susan (1847-1942)
• Franz (1848-1931), Charter Oak, Iowa. Married Ella Wirth.
• Louis A. (1850-1922), Glidden, Iowa. Married Sophia Wetter.
• Catherine (1851-1863)
• Philip (1855-1913), Laramie, Wyoming. Married Mary Klar.
• Florentina (1859-1927), Wheatland. Married Dietrich Beckmann.
• George (1860-1945), Glidden, Iowa. Married Nellie Fobes.
• John Conrad (1862-1931), Glidden, Iowa. Married Mary Launspauch.
• Anna Sophia (1864-1927), Sebaka, Minnesota. Married Henry Wetter.

• George Riedesel (1825-1901). Came to the U.S. in 1845 from Haase Haus in Wunderthausen and settled at Wheatland. Married Elizabeth Gerhardt (1841-1926). Her mother was Maria Althaus from Wunderthausen.

• Mary (1861-1947). Married August Kramer.
• Anna (1863-1948). Married Albert Dickman.
• Lisetta (1969-1930). Married George Ott.
• Louisa (1872-1926). Married Henry Ott.
• Edward (1875-1923). Married Lillian Werder.
• Theophil C. (1879-1957), Wheatland. Married Augusta Struck.
• Albert (1882-1943), Clinton, Iowa. Married Clara Endorf.
• John. Died before 1879.

• John Riedesel (1829-1904). Came to the U.S. in 1845 from Haase Haus in Wunderthausen and settled in Wheatland. Married Elizabeth Knoche (1835-1923).

• Christine (1860-1937)
• Ferdinand (1863-1946)
• Emma (1868-1943)
• Katharine (1870-1907). Married Ernest Rowold.
• Anna (1872-1940). Married Fred Endorf.
• Emil (1889-1953)
• Otto (1881-1959)

From Bergmanns/Gabels in Wunderthausen

• Wilhelmine Riedesel(1829-1897). Came to the U.S. in about 1848 from Bergmanns Haus in Wunderthausen. Married George Schneider (1825-1883) in Ohio. Moved on to Wheatland in about 1852.

• Carolina Schneider (1848-1906). Married John Fritchley.
• Louis Schneider (1850-1929). Married Amelia Rettig.
• Elisabeth Schneider (1852-1885). Married John Thompson.
• Rhoda Schneider (1854-1927). Married A. M. Hall.
• Anna Schneider.
• Catharina Schneider (1857-1913). Married John Thompson.
• Henry Schneider. Married ?? McFarlin.
• William Schneider (1860-1889). Married Elisabeth Frickie.
• Laura Florentine Schneider (1862-1891).
• Mary Schneider. Married ?? Nagbel.
• Christina Schneider (1866-1892).
• Sarah Schneider (1868-1891). Married J. C. McCuley.
• Lisetta Schneider (1871-1899). Married ?? Debner.
• Edward Schneider (1872-1885).
• Lydia Schneider (1875-1898).

• Henry Riedesel (1834-1898). Came to the U. S. about 1855 from Bergmanns Haus in Wunderthausen. Lived at Davenport, Wheatland, and Lanesboro, Iowa. Married Florentine Schneider (1841-1920).

• John W. (1857-1925), Lanesboro, Iowa. Married Amanda Goodwin.
• Philip Henry (1859-1944), Oklahoma. Married Ida Ristine.
• Henry E. (1860-1913). Never married.
• Elizabeth (1862-1939). Married Henry Miller .
• Paul Gabriel (1865-1941), Sioux City, Iowa. Married Rose Frieden.
• Peter (1867-1931), Wheatland. Married Hulda Voss.
• Minnie (1869-1955?). Married Edward Miller.
• Flora (1871-1895)
• Emma (1874-1943). Married Louis Vader.
• Hubert (1877-??). Married Grace Aldrige.
• Hannah (1880-1931). Married P. J. Cassem.
• Clara Eva (1887-1977). Married Albert Beckman.

• Louis C. Riedesel (1840-1913). Came to the U.S. from Bergmanns Haus in Wunderthausen in 1867 and settled near Lowden, Iowa. Married Katherine Peter (1842-1909).

• Frederick F. (1861-1910), Wheatland. Married Christina Horstman.
• George L. (1867-1916), Big Rock, Iowa. Married Emma Franey.
• August John (1869-1941).
• Louis C. Jr. (1870-1958), St. Joseph, Missouri. Married (1) Rebecca Hazelton, (2) Emma Myers.
• Katie (1872-1953). Married Fred Hansen.
• Louise (1874-1949). Married Edward McClellan.
• Emma (1878-1942). Married George Agnew.
• Ernest (1879-1958), Davenport, Iowa. Married Marie Jess.
• Julius (1881-1905).
• Rudolph (1882-1956), Bennett, Iowa. Married Anna Hagge.
• Minnie (1885-1946). Married John Schepers.
• Herman (1887-1942).
• Walter

• Anna Elisabeth Riedesel(1846-?). Believed to have to come to Rochester in 1867. Nothing more is known.

• John Daniel Riedesel (1851-??). Came to the U.S. about 1860 from Bergmanns Haus in Wunderthausen. Lived in Rochester, NY. Married Elizabeth Mehne.

• Roy (1895-1964). Married (1) Emma Barlies (2) Lois Barner.
• Ormonde (1898-1978), Rochester, NY. Married Wilhelmina Langefeld.
• John (1901-1950).

From Altehäusers in Wunderthausen

• Henry Riedesel (1836-1902). Came to the U.S. in 1892 from Altehäusers Haus in Wunderthausen.  Lived in Rochester, NY. Married Elizabeth Dickel, though she died in Germany.

• Eduard (b. 1860), remained in Germany.
• August (b. 1862), remained in Germany.
• Christian Willi (1872-1965), Rochester, NY. Married Anne Duerr.

From Schreiners/Großeludwigs in Wunderthausen

• Ludwig Riedesel (1809-before 1880). Came to the U.S. in 1867 from Schreiners/Großeludwigs Haus in Wunderthausen. May or may not have lived briefly at Wheatland, but then went to the Kansas City area. Married (1) Maria Knoche, the mother of the first four sons shown, and (2) Elisabeth Knoche, mother of Phillip John, at least two daughters, and another son who died infancy.

• John Riedesel (1833-1898) came from Schreiners Haus in Wunderthausen and settled in Wheatland. Married Florentine Mörchen. (1834-1919).
• Elisabeth (1859-1882).
• John (1861-1945). Married Emma Webbles
• Fred (1863-1948)
• Christina (1865-1949). Married John Knable (Knebel)
• Anna (1867-1938). Married Ed Grell
• Mary (1869-1936)
• Lisetta (1871-1958). Married William Hoffman
• Lena (1873-1953). Married John Lang
• Laura (1875-1970). Married John Beuthien
• Emma (1877-1929). Married Louis Strackbein

• Henry D. Riedesel (1841-1917), came to the U.S. in the 1870s  from Schreiners Haus in Wunderthausen and settled in Wheatland.  Married (1) Katherine Knebel (2) Louise Rixe.

• Henry (1875-1894)
• Frank (1877-1950). Married Kate Peterson.
• Emelia (1884-1958). Married Christian Hamdorf.
• Julius (Jack) (1887-1944)
• Florentine (1888-1889)
• George (1889-1889)
• Frederick Herman (1891-1966), Wheatland. Married Anna Hamdorf
• Martha (1899-1967). Married Herman Debner.

• George D. Riedesel (1844-1932) came to the U. S. from Schreiners Haus in Wunderthausen and settled in Wheatland. Later moved to Oklahoma. Married Susanna Mörchen (1860-1948).

• George (1883-1970)
• Adele Louise (1885-1958).
• Alvena Susannah (1888-1978). Married Leo John Meyer.
• Oscar (1891-1891)
• Louis Franklin (1898-1990)

• Louis D. Riedesel (1847-1929). Came to the U.S. around 1865 from Schreiners Haus in Wunderthausen and settled in Wheatland around 1868. Married Anna Wagner (1859-1933).

• Frank G. (1881-1881)
• Auguste (1882-1974). Married Henry Schnede.
• Paulina (1884-1914)
• Anna (1887-1979). Married Henry Müller.
• Louise (1891-1975). Married James Blaine St. John.
• Louis Armour (1893-1975). Wheatland. Married Elsie Rowold.
• Ephrem (1895-1935). Married Lillian Strackbein.
• Phillip (1898-1971), Wheatland. Married Lydia Schneider.
• Perry (1904-1962). Married Emma Rowold.

• Phillip John Riedesel (1860-1940) came to the U. S. from Schreiners Haus in Wunderthausen, and lived in Kansas and Missouri. Married Augusta Hainer (1861-1940).

• Elisabeth Ann (1882-1973)
• Nicholas August (1884-1919). Married Myrtle Wynkoop.
• Pansy (1887-1889)
• Phillip Marcus (1890-1958), Nevada, MO. Married Susan Eberle.
• Margaret (1896-??)
• Harry Lee (1900-1951), Kansas City. Married Naomi Bradon.

• Dina Riedesel (c1853-after 1929). Nothing more known.

• Catherina Riedesel(1859-after 1929). Nothing more known.

From Weymers in Wunderthausen

• Johannes Riedesel/John Radle (1810-1873). After marrying Maria Catherine Repp in Oxford, NJ, he lived at Wheatland and later in Cherokee County, IA, where he is buried. He and his wife were at least sometimes known as Riedesel (she is buried with that name), but the descendants went by Radle.

• Elisabeth Riedesel/Radle (1841-1841)
• Margaret Riedesel/Radle (1842-1890), married Everett Marean
• Frederick Radle (1845-1895), married Anna Olson
• Henry Radle (1847-1922), married Pauline Hahn
• Anestena Radle (1849-1888), married N. Davisson
• Mary Radle (1851-1923), married L. D. Sizer
• Floradene Radle (1853-1853)
• Sarah Ann Radle (1855-1910), married James K. Smith

(The following three were brothers).

• George Riedesel (1842-1927). Came to the U.S. in 1906 from Weymers Haus in Wunderthausen. Lived in Wheatland. Married Katherine Riedesel (1854-1908). All children born in Germany, and only some came to U.S.

• Georg Wilhelm (1874-1877)
• Katherine (1876-1933)
• Emelia Lisetta (1877-1877)
• Emelia Lisetta (1879-1963). Married Georg Kroh.
• Louisa (1881-1937). Married John Strackbein.
• Anna Elisabeth (1885-1952). Married Frank Strackbein.
• Georg Ludwig (1883-1931). Married Minnie Fox.
• Ludwig Heinrich (1888-1958)
• Frederick Heinrich (1889-1977). Married Ethel Diller.
• Emma (1891-1986). Married Albert Strackbein.
• Gustave Heinrich (1893-1959), Wheatland. Married Emma Wulf.
• Adolph Emiel (1895-1973). Married Elsie Ott.

• Henry Riedesel (1847-1930). Came to the U.S. in 1867 from Weymers Haus in Wunderthausen and lived in Cherokee County, Iowa; Cathay, North Dakota, and Salem, Oregon. Married Charlotte Bohle.

• Louis George (1875-1967), Cathay, ND. Married Mary Steineke.
• Amanda (1877-1926). Married Frank Lathrop.
• Frederick August (1879-1959), Salem, OR. Married Elva MacElhanney.
• Martha (1882-1959). Married Kasper Lathrop.
• Mary (1885-??). Married Charles Robinson.
• Edward Henry (1891-1982, Cathay, ND. Married (1) Rose Jackson (2) Bessie Asseln.

• Frederick Riedesel (1852-1916). Came to the U.S. in 1880s from Weymers Haus in Wunderthausen and settled in Worthington, Minnesota. Married Petra Nella Vander Meer.

• Elizabeth Ann (1885-1958). Married Karl Johnson.
• Charles L. (1886-1911)
• Henry L. (1888-1967). Married Mamie Davis.
• Julia Jewell (1891-1978). Married Hie Wiechman.
• George Fred (1893-1978). Married Goldie Blaze.
• Kathryn Mae (1895-1984). Married Charles Kinsman.
• Nellie Dora (1897-1992)
• Lydia Esther (1900-1973). Married Ove Larson.
• Olive Amanda (1902-1997)
• Edward A. (1902-1967)

An Kloster in Wunderthausen

• Henry Herman Riedesel (1865-1935). Came to the U.S. from "Am Kloster" in Wunderthausen in 1881. Settled in Kansas City area. Married Bertha Werther (Werber?). He had a sister Catherine (1871-?) who emigrated in 1885, but nothing more is known of her.

• Anna (1898-1922). Married John Neibrook.
• Lena (1900-1959). Married Ernest Smith.
• Henry Herman (1902-1924)
• Joseph Franklin (1906-1995), Kansas City. Married Ruth Jones.
• Clara (1909- ). Married Allis Keltz.
• Bertha (1910-1997). Married Johnnie Olsen.
• Ella (1916-). Married Allen Olson.

From Försters hinter der Huthe in Wunderthausen

• Elizabeth Riedesel (1861-1948). Believed to have come to the U.S. in 1881 from Försters hinter der Huthe in Wunderthausen. Married in Waverly, Iowa, to Monroe Daniels (1864-1924). They later moved to Florida.

• Esther Daniels (1887-1926). Married Herman Moeller.
• Earl Daniels(1888-1968). Married Mattie Gulick.
• Mabel Daniels (1890-1995!!). Married Harry Briden.
• Ted Daniels (1893-1974). Married Mary Roundtree.
• Josephine Daniels (1899-1988).

• George Riedesel (1863-1933). Came to the U.S. in 1881 from Försters hinter der Huthe in Wunderthausen and settled, eventually, in Wheatland. Married Mary Wilder (1869-1967).

• Alice (1892-1973). Married Arthur Phillips.
• Florence Louise (1896-1987). Married Philip Harvey.
• Raymond Henry (1900-1987), Sturgis, SD. Married Georgia Williams.
• Vernon Louis (1904-1991), Pismo Beach, CA. Married Mabel Bates.

• Henry F. Riedesel (1865-1932). Came to the U.S. in 1881 from Försters hinter der Huthe in Wunderthausen and settled in Wheatland. Married Emma Puetsch (1871-1955). No children.

From Wetzels in Wunderthausen

• The man known as John Rittase (1787-1855) was born Johannes Riedesel in this house. Came to the U.S. in about 1815 and eventually settled in Pennsylvania. He had married Catherine Elisabeth Pott (1793-1866) of Mannes house in about 1815. Children:

• Johann Georg Pott (1812-1812)
• Johannes Riedesel/Rittase (1814-1831); he was born in Wunderthausen
• Henry Jacob Rittase (1819-1878), married Rachel ??
• Christena Deanne Rittase (1822-1844), married Frederick Bald
• William Rittase (1823-1892), married Mary Bittle May
• Maria Elisabeth Rittase (1828-1856), married William Bogan
• Ishmael Rittase (1832-1886), married Mary Ann Bart
• Mary Ann Rittase (1834-?), married Amos Hilbert

• His much-younger half-brother Ludwig Riedesel (1817-1903) came to America in the early 1840s. He settled near Oxford, New Jersey, where many other Wunderthäuser eventually lived as well. His descendants apparently took the name Radle and he was sometimes called Louis Radle or Riedel or Riddle. These are the only children I know of, but there could have been others.
            First marriage to Caroline:

• John Riedesel/Radle (1847-1854
• Anna Elisabeth Riedesel (c1848-?), married Ludwig Lauber (1844-1873) from Gründchen in Wunderthausen
• Catherine Riedesel/Radle (1849-1854)
• Louisa Riedesel/Radle(c1854-?)
• George Riedesel/Radle (1856-1861)
• Christian Riedesel/Radle (c1859-?)
• Louis Riedesel/Radle (1863-1867)

Second marriage to Catherine:
• Caroline Riedesel/Riddle (c1872-?)
• William Riedesel/Riddle (c1873-?)
• Rose Riedesel/Riddle (c1874)-?

• Anna Catherine Riedesel (1815-1909), the sister of "Louis Radle" from Wetzels, was the wife of Johann Georg Riedesel (George Riddle) from Seimes/Weißkopfs. She had eight children. See the listing under "Seimes."

From Försters am Lotzenberg in Wunderthausen

• John Riedesel (1825-1899) was born Johann Jost but known as John or Johannes. He was living in southern Illinois (Monroe County) by the 1860s when he married the widow Caroline Knebel Henzel (1834-1898) from Beckers house in Wunderthausen. They also lived in neighboring St. Clair County, all near St. Louis.

• Infant
• Sophia (1863-1891); married Henry Grommet
• Katherine (1865-1946); married Edward Rieso
• Carolina (1868-??)

• I am reasonably certain that the John Riedesel (1846-1902) of St. Louis was a nephew of the first John. He married Louisa Schlesselman who was born in 1851 in Missouri, though her parents were from Hanover. These children are known through Census and family records, but there were two more.

• Emma (c1878-1884)
• Lisette Amelia (1880-1970); married Edward Murphy
• John (1883-?); married Adell Kubisch
• Frank Henry (1885-1965)
• Albert (1890-1937); married Estelle Hanselman
• Catherine
• Two others, names unknown

From Känals in Wunderthausen

• John/Johannes Riedesel (1842-1891). Settled in Milwaukee in about 1880 after living for several years in St. Louis. His wife, who came on the same ship in 1867 and who he married in 1869, was Maria Catherine Lauber (1848-??) from Hohmanns house in Wunderthausen.

• Lena Emma (1878-1880)
• Lena (1878-??), married L.K. Smith [probably a twin of Lena Emma]
• Louis William (1881-1968)
• Mathilda Wilhelmina (1883-??)
• Kitti
• Louisa

From Seimes/Weißkopf in Wunderthausen

• Johann Georg Riedesel (1810-1894) was the George Radle/Riddle/Ritesel of Oxford, NJ. They apparently settled on the "Riddle" name for posterity. His wife was born Anna Catherine Riedesel (1815-1909) in Wetzels house in Wunderthausen, thus a brother of "Louis Radle/Riddle." They had eight children:

• Catherine Riddle (1839-1917)
• Margaret Riddle (1839-??); died as a child
• George S. Riddle (1841-1923); married Mary Pittenger
• Louisa S. Riddle (1843-1924); married Cornelius Brokaw
• Christian Riddle (1845-??); died as a child
• Philip R. Riddle (1847-??); married Tamsin Baylor
• Mary E. (1855-1940); married John Eckmeter

• Florentine (1843-??), First married Heinrich Baumgartner in Oxford, NJ, and had at least three children, none of whom survived to 1900:

• Katrina Baumgartner (1875-?)
• Mary Baumgartner (1876-?)
• Margaret Baumgartner (1878-?)

• Henry G. Strable (1880-?)
• Anna Strable (1886-?)

• Anna Catherine Riedesel (1853-??), married Karl Busch in Oxford, NJ

• Florentine Bush (1881-?)
• Charles Bush (1884-?)
• Marie Bush (1886-?)
• Jeanette Bush (1888-?)
• Three others who died in childhood, names unknown to me

• Heinrich Friedrich Riedesel (1856-1931). He was known as Henry and is buried at the Burlingame Cemetery, Osage County, Kansas. Never married.

From Berleburg

• Johann Heinrich Riedesel (1772-?) and Johann Ludwig Riedesel (1775-?) came to Philadelphia in 1819. Only the older brother is known to have married back in Germany. He married Henriette Gäkler (1784-?) from Schwarzenau.

• Philippine Riedesel (1818-?)
• Johann Heinrich married a Marie ?? and had one known son, Johannes, in 1820 in Philadelphia. It is likely that Johannes is identical with the John B. Riedesel who appears in records from 1850 through his death in the Civil War in 1863.

From Erndtebrück

• Carl Riedesel (1854-1936). Came to the U.S. in 1880 from Erndtebrück and settled in Crookston, MN. Married Margaretha Reinhardt. Brother of Luise.

• Frederick Carl (1883-1927), Washington, DC. Married Regina Brattensbourg. <
• William E. (1885-1964). Married Louise Tiedemann.
• Helen (1888-1935). Married Harold Misner.
• Emma Louise (1890-1973). Married John Balfour.
• George Marsh (1893-1978), Anoka, MN. Married Elsie Bailey.
• Lillian (1895-1983)
• Gretchen (1901-1903)
• Anorma (1904-1970)

• Luise Riedesel (1860-1949). Came to the U.S. some time after 1880, her first husband having died. She met John Pieper on the ship over, and they subsequently married and lived around Nordheim, TX. Sister of Carl.

• Henry Schneider Pieper (son of first marriage)
• John Pieper
• Emily Pieper
• Otto Pieper
• Fred Pieper
• Louise Pieper

• Ludwig Riedesel (1830-1901). Brother of August. Came to the U. S. in 1849 from Erndtebrück and settled in the Yorktown, Texas, area. Married Justine Koenig.

• Louise (1852-1911), married Charles Bernhardt and then William Riley
• Ludwig (1855-1928), Nordheim, TX. Married Emma Riedel.
• Caroline (1857-1940), married Charles Kraatz.
• August C. (1861-1934), Yorktown, TX. Married Pauline Grun.
• Matilda (1869-??), married ?? Buck.
• Perhaps others

• August Riedesel(1826-1916). Brother of Ludwig Riedesel (above) and probably came to the U.S. about the same time. He too lived around Yorktown. Married Amalie Haegerman.

• Maria (1856-1901). Married Franz Wilhelm Boldt
• Ida (c1858-??)
• Augusta (c1861-??)
• Sophia (1867-1926). Married Franz Wilhelm Boldt (after her sister died).
• William (c1871-??)
• Charles (1874-1959). Married Elizabeth ??.
• Louisa (c1877-??)
• Perhaps others

From Diedenhofen in Lorraine

These siblings (and one half-brother) come from a branch of the Riedesels that lived in villages near Marburg, Germany, for several generations. Their father moved to what is now French Lorraine but was then the German district of Lothringen. They moved on to the U.S. while others remained in what are now dominantly French areas.

• Marie Riedesel (1880-??). Probably came to the U.S. in 1899, and probably to the Chicago area originally where she married Adam Zehner. By 1910 they were in Oklahoma, but settled in Tennessee by 1915.

• Albert Zehner (c1906-??)
• Margaret Zehner (c1908-??)
• Theodore Zehner (c1910-??)
• Cecelia Zehner (1914-2003)
• Earl Zehner (1918-??)

• John Henry Riedesel (1883-1945). Came to the U.S. in 1899 from what was then Diedenhofen in Lothrigen, Germany (now French). Lived in Oklahoma and finally the Westfield, NY, area. Married Emma Jacobsen. 

• Henry John (b. 1906), Patton, PA. Married May Helbig.
• Albert Peter (1910-1993), Westfield, NY.
• Ann Margaret (b. 1912). Married Harold Morehouse.
• William Frank (b. 1915), Westfield, NY. Married Marcia Thompson.
• Herman Frederick (b. 1917), Westfield, NY. Married Beatrice Haynor.
• Walter George (b. 1920), Westfield, NY. Married Iola Reynolds.
• Alfred Frederick (1921-1979), Westfield, NY. Married Isabelle Culver.
• Arthur Paul (b. 1923), Westfield, NY. Married Virginia Haskin.

• Peter Riedesel (1886-1975). Came to the U.S. in 1904 from what was then Diedenhofen in Lothrigen, Germany (now French). Lived in Oklahoma, California, Oregon, Washington. Married Marie Hesse. 

• Margaret Anne (b.1923). Married Del Zoppo.
• Helen (b. 1924). Married Don Knoechel.
• Peter Oswald (b. 1926), Chehalis, WA. Married Lorraine Saxton.
• Edna Marie (b. 1927). Married (1) Harry Conradi (2) Harry McCutchen.

• Johannes Riedesel (1872-1938) was a step-brother of the other three. He and his family lived for only a few years in America before going back to Europe. One of his children was Louise Riedesel (1898-1977). She lived in the Chicago area as a small child and then came back on her own in 1922 to marry Clifford Barr in North Dakota.

• Clifford Barr
• Harriet Barr

German Origins Not Known

Friedrich Riedesel (c1817-??). Went to Canada with his wife, Mary, and family in 1862. Moved on to Kane County, Illinois and the town of Dundee about 1863. The 1870 Census gives his birthplace as "Prussia", which did rule Wittgenstein by then. But then Maria Caroline's place of birth is listed as "Hanover" in a later Census. I suspect that Friedrich was a brother to Charles (below). The following four are the known children of Friedrich and Mary.

• Maria Caroline Riedesel (1841-1882). Lived in Ida County, Iowa, after her marriage to Franz Theodor Bochmann.

• Gustav Bochmann (1866-1940). Married Carrie Graf.
• Herman Heinrich Friedrich Bochmann (1870-1962). Married Anna Albers.
• Maria Caroline Bochmann (1873-1966). Married Friedrich Miller.
• Charles J. Bochmann (1875-1927). Emma Schulte.

• Sophia Riedesel (c1849-??). Married Frederich Sturm in Kane County, December 25, 1870

• William Riedesel (1852-1922). Lived in Dundee, Illinois. Married Bertha Whilm.

• Clara 
• Mary (1878-??)
• George A. (1881-1946), Woodstock, IL. Married Laura Laufer.
• Etta (1897-1966). Married John Grafelman.

• Mary Riedesel (1857-1951). Married Charles (Karl) Quicker and lived in the Dundee, Illinois, area.

• Minnie Quicker (1878-1964). Married Joe Sobbee.
• Augusta Quicker (1881-1884).
• Anna Quicker (1883-1914). Married Edward Brammer.
• Ella Quicker (1887-1974). Married Glen Keller.
• Mabel Quicker (1889-1924). Married John C. Fierke.
• Rose Quicker (1892-1980). Married Paul Pundt.
• Violet Quicker (1895-1978). Married Elmer Groves.
• Carl Quicker (1901-1993). Married Petronella Leonhard.

Charles Riedesel (c1819-??) is known through an 1880 Census record from Chicago where he is listed as "Charles Riedseal." However, two of the children in the household have the same names and ages as two people listed in later marriage records as "Riedesel." There was no wife listed in 1880. Insofar as the older daughter is named Friedrika ("Rikka" in the Census record), I would not be surprised if Charles (probably born Karl) was the brother of Friedrich Riedesel in Kane County. Similarly, Friedrich had a son whose full name was "Carl Johann Wilhelm" though he went by William (see above). It is pure guesswork that John is a son of Charles.

• John Riedesel. Married Dora or Dorothea Roast in Kane County, October 2, 1872. They were later divorced.

• Martha Caroline (c1877-?). Married Joseph Buss.
• Clara (1878-?). Married W. H. Noonan.
• Anna M. (1880-?)
• Louise W. (1886-Before 1926). Married George Metzgar.
• 3 other children died before 1900

• Friedrika Riedesel (c1859-?). Married Heinrich Mahnke (?).

• Theodore Riedesel (c1863-?). Married Mollie Gimble.

• "Maddie" Riedesel (c1866-?).

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