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Riedesel Johannes [Male] b. 6 APR 1872 Leidenhofen, Germany - d. 16 JAN 1938 Gasperich, Luxemburg
Was born in the village of Leidenhofen near the German city of Marburg. It is now part of the larger community of Ebsdorfergrund. In 1891, he came alone to New York on the ship Noordland (out of Antwerp, arriving December 11). His occupation is given as that of a painter, and he had a single piece of luggage.
By 1897 he was back living in the town called Diedenhofen in Lothringen by the Germans, and Thionville in Lorraine by the French. It was part of the German empire at the time. By 1899, he was again in the U.S. with his wife, infant daughter Luise, and step-sister Marie. Although destined originally for Mt. Clemens, Michigan, they apparently lived in Chicago for two years or so before returning to Europe for good.
Earlier indications were that he died in 1927, but we have death record from 1938. He died at 7:15 p.m. at the house at 29 Georg Clemenceau in the town of Gasperich. French sources refer to him as "Jean", which is the French equivalent of Johannes.
By 1900 she had borne 7 children, but only three were living. Leon was yet to follow.
A Schomber relative moved to Paris in the 1850s, and was probably the connection that brought Peter Riedesel to Paris as well.
He was a painter by trade.
Source
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
Source
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
Source
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
Wetzels.
Lived in Kurts house, Wunderthausen.
Born in Scheerers Haus in Wunderthausen.
Born in Wetzels house in Wunderthausen.
Born in and became the tenant in Schulze Haus, Diedenshausen.
May have been the Estelle Riedesel who married Louis Hermann Rieks on 14 Jan 1943 near St. Louis. She gave her age as 43, which is not quite correct.
Had a boarding house in Bonnevoie called "Gasthof zu Lothringen Kreuz."
Born in Scheerers house, but married into Försters house, Wunderthausen. Known as Georg Ludwig.
Born in and became the tenant in Diele Haus, Diedenshausen.
He was a painter like his father.
Born in and lived in Hohmanns house, Wunderthausen.
A painter. After the German occupation of Belgium, he was forced to enter the German army and fought on the eastern front.
Born in Kriegers Haus, Diedenshausen, but became the tenant in Diele.
Source
Author: Georg Lauber
Title: Wunderthausen: Geschichte der Häuser und Familie
Publication: Name: Self-published; Location: Wunderthausen, Bad Berleburg, Germany; Date: No Date;
Born in Hohmanns Haus in Wunderthausen. She came to America with her daughters Catherine and Luise. The "Apollo" arrived in New York out of Bremen on May 31, 1875. Her sister, Maria, had come to America a few years before as did two uncles. With her husband presumably deceased and only son dead as a boy, she had little to lose by going to America with the girls. I can find no further trace of any of them.
Born in Hanses Haus, Diedenshausen, and became the tenant. The house also served as an inn.
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