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Limmer John [Male] b. 19 APR 1845 Maryland - d. 26 MAY 1912 Wentworth, Lake, South Dakota
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1860 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Web: South Dakota, Cemetery Index, 1831-2008
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1860 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Georg Lauber
Title: Wunderthausen: Geschichte der Häuser und Familie
Publication: Name: Self-published; Location: Wunderthausen, Bad Berleburg, Germany; Date: No Date;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Web: South Dakota, Cemetery Index, 1831-2008
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;
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Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Web: South Dakota, Cemetery Index, 1831-2008
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1860 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
Born in Schmidts Haus in Wunderthausen. Came to America on the ship Louise, docking in Baltimore on June 3, 1841. There are no other Wittgensteiners that I can recognize among the 300+ passengers. She was without question coming to join her brother who had arrived a few years before. For luggage she had "one little box."
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Wisconsin, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1860 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Marriages, 1838-1911
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;
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Author: Georg Lauber
Title: Wunderthausen: Geschichte der Häuser und Familie
Publication: Name: Self-published; Location: Wunderthausen, Bad Berleburg, Germany; Date: No Date;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1860 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Georg Lauber
Title: Wunderthausen: Geschichte der Häuser und Familie
Publication: Name: Self-published; Location: Wunderthausen, Bad Berleburg, Germany; Date: No Date;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Wisconsin, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Wisconsin, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1987
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1860 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
Born in Schmidts Haus in Wunderthausen. They arrived in the port of Baltimore on July 1, 1834 on the ship Palmer out of Bremen.
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Marriages, 1838-1911
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;
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Author: Georg Lauber
Title: Wunderthausen: Geschichte der Häuser und Familie
Publication: Name: Self-published; Location: Wunderthausen, Bad Berleburg, Germany; Date: No Date;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Georg Lauber
Title: Wunderthausen: Geschichte der Häuser und Familie
Publication: Name: Self-published; Location: Wunderthausen, Bad Berleburg, Germany; Date: No Date;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Baltimore, Passenger Lists, 1820-1964
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
Born at Petersgrund near Wunderthausen and came to America with her husband and one child on the ship "Palmer" that arrived in Baltimore in July 1834. It is a good guess that the child was her son, Georg Gabriel, who was born out of wedlock. Whether Schmidt was the father is not recorded. They wound up in Milwaukee.
Received degree in pharmacy in 1934 from the State University of Idaho, M. S. at the University of Nebraska, and Ph.D. at Iowa State University. Served on the faculty of the University of the Pacific beginning in 1948.
This marriage is documented but it is only a guess that she is a daughter of William and Bertha.
As of 1880, he was working as tailor and they lived in the city of Chicago. By 1900 they were divorced and Dora/Dorothea was living back in Kane County.
Whether this family preferred 'Rietesel' or 'Riedesel' is not clear to me. There are sources for both.
An 1863 passenger list (Hamburg to Quebec) lists this family with children Caroline 23, Sophie 14, Wilhelm 9, and Marie 5. The ship was the 'Main' out of Hamburg departing on May 2, 1863. This record gives his former residence as "Camper" which was a tiny place close to the tiny place of Nehringen. The oldest daughter, Johanna, was not on this ship but is probably the "Anna" in an 1870 Census record. The ship was the "Main" and left Hamburg on May 2, 1863.
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Author: Emma Wetter Hobbs
Title: History and Genealogy of the Wetter-Miller-Schneider-Riedesel Families in Europe and America
Publication: Name: (Self published); Location: Ogallala, Nebraska; Date: 1947;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1910 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: South Dakota, Death Index, 1879-1955
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1910 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1910 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: South Dakota, Death Index, 1879-1955
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1940 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1930 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Emma Wetter Hobbs
Title: History and Genealogy of the Wetter-Miller-Schneider-Riedesel Families in Europe and America
Publication: Name: (Self published); Location: Ogallala, Nebraska; Date: 1947;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Kansas, City and County Census Records, 1919-1961
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: South Dakota, State Census, 1915
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1940 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1930 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: South Dakota, State Census, 1915
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: South Dakota, State Census, 1915
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: South Dakota, State Census, 1915
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1940 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: Kansas, City and County Census Records, 1919-1961
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1930 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1940 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
Educated at Parks College (Mo.) and Kearney State College (Nebr.) Served in World War II. Following the war, he began working in the field of newspaper advertising in Warrensburg, Missouri. They later moved to Winfield, Kansas, where he continued with his career until his death in 1961. No children.
Attended Illinois Institute of Technology and graduated from Augustana College in Rock Island, IL, 1947. Served in US Navy in the South Pacific in World War II. Designed, built and sold homes.
Quad City Times:
William George Riedesel was born on June 24, 1922, in Walcott, Iowa, the son of George and Ella (Ehrke) Riedesel. He married Sara Fuller in 1949 in Muscatine. She preceded him in death in 1979. He then married Evelyn Anderson in 1983 in Davenport. She preceded him in death in 2004.
William worked as a Homebuilder and Architect for Mel Foster for 50 years, retiring in 2001. He was also a Realtor in the Quad-City Area for 50 years. He received his B.A. degree at Augustana College.
William served as past president for the Homebuilders Association. He also served as Treasurer Emeritus and Past Potentate for the Kaaba Shrine, Davenport. He was proud and grateful to be a 30-year member of A.A., and for his friendships at Central Discussion of the Bettendorf Group where he conducted a class every Wednesday morning for 25 years. He served on the Davenport Civil Service Commission and was active in various Y.M.C.A. organizations. He was also a life-time member of the Davenports German American Heritage Center. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion.
Survivors include his sons, George (Ginger) Riedesel, Richard (Judith) Riedesel and David Riedesel, all of Davenport; three grandchildren; and a brother, Paul (Patricia) Riedesel, and a special friend, Ruth Reynolds of Davenport. He was preceded in death by his parents, both wives, a daughter, Kathy Riedesel, and son, William Riedesel.
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1900 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
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Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1900 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
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Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: 1880 United States Federal Census
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
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Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1900 United States Federal Census
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Ruth M. Riedesel, formerly of Bennett and Tipton, Iowa, passed away at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, 2008, in Fejervary Nursing Home, Davenport, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at Peace Church of Christ United in Bennett on Monday, April 28, at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be held Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Burial will be at Inland Cemetery near the farm where Ruth and husband, Ernest, lived and farmed for many years. Ruth was born July 21, 1916, in Orange Township near Waterloo, to Clarence and Elizabeth Reitz Hamer. She attended schools there till her graduation from Orange High School and University of Northern Iowa with an elementary teaching certificate. She taught the primary grades at Bennett Community Schools for three years and one year at Lone Tree Schools. Ruth was also employed for a short time at Rock Island Arsenal during World War II. Ruth married Ernest Riedesel from Bennett on April 16, 1944. They farmed and raised two sons, Robert and Ronald, and one daughter, Jean. Ruth returned to teaching kindergarten for 16 years at Bennett Community Schools before retiring. Ruth's love and talent for music led her to service of 34 years as organist at Peace Church of Christ United in Bennett. She and her husband, Ernest, sang and accompanied numerous weddings, funerals and other community events. Ruth volunteered for many church and community groups and shared her time whenever needed. She loved flowers and gardening through her life. Ruth and Ernest were married nearly 50 years. Ruth is survived by her son, Ronald Riedesel and wife Joyce, of Aurora, Colo.; daughter, Jean (Riedesel) Hatch and husband Jim, of Georgetown, Texas, and son, Robert Riedesel and wife Marilyn, of Davenport, Iowa; granddaughter, Wendy (Riedesel) Schlagetter and husband Matt, of Englewood, Colo., grandson, Greg Riedesel of Aurora, Colo., granddaughter, Sara (Riedesel) Verdick and husband Todd, of Bettendorf, Iowa, and grandson, Scott Riedesel and wife Kendra, of Fairfax, Iowa; and sister, Doris Jean Miller and husband Lyle and family from Woodston, Kan. Ruth was proud great-grandmother to Carson and Taylor Schlagetter, Jessalyn, Arissa and Lyra Riedesel and Gavin and Kade Verdick. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Robert and Mervin, and husband, Ernest.
His birthplace was known as Diedenhofen in German, but is now called Thionville as Alsace-Lorraine is again French. Came to the US on February 27, 1904 on the S.S. Vaderland out of Antwerp. His destination is given as Chicago and the home of his sister, Maria Roth. In 1913, he appears to have gone back to Europe and returned in the company of his sister-in-law Emma and two nephews. They were on the ship Patricia out of Cuxhaven and landed in New York. Both their "Nationality" and "Race" are listed as German. Unlike the 1904 record, his place of birth is given as "Paris, France." It is conceivable that this was not Peter at all but his brother John (husband of Emma), but the age seems to match Peter's. He was 5'7" with light hair and eyes.
Inducted into the army in World War I at which time his residence was listed as Kent, Ohio. He was wounded severely enough to qualify for a disability pension. Farmed in Oklahoma until the 1930s, but moved on to Chehalis, Washington.
Living in rented quarters with her three younger daughters as of 1900. She was divorced and working as a dressmaker. One other child was living (presumably Martha), but she had borne three others who were not then alive. She immigrated in 1862.
The state record of her death states that her father was "Boost Abel." The first name is unlikely but the clear implication is that she was born an Abel, with Roast being an earlier married name.
Farmer and agent for New York Life Insurance. Graduate of Benkelman High School and Doane College. Naval aviator during World War II.
Source
Author: Georg Lauber
Title: Wunderthausen: Geschichte der Häuser und Familie
Publication: Name: Self-published; Location: Wunderthausen, Bad Berleburg, Germany; Date: No Date;
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 Brückeschneiders Haus in Wunderthausen. Came to the U.S. with her husband in 1872.
Referred to as Clara Beth in her brother George's obituary.
Born in France but was working in a factory near Frankfurt prior to his emigration to the US. On April 16,1909 he arrived at the port of New York aboard the "President Grant" under the name "Johann"; he was bound for Woodward, Oklahoma and is listed as having a wife named Emma.The Ellis Island records show some of the family returning on March 30, 1913 aboard the ship "Patricia" out of Cuxhaven, Hamburg. What is very curious is that adult male of the party is listed as Peter; the age is not clear; the adult female was Emma, and there were sons Heinrich and Albert. Later records say that John came to the US in 1913. He was naturalized in 1913.
The family lived in Oklahoma until at least 1923 but eventually moved to the Westfield, New York area by 1930. He was a dairy farmer there.
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