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Riedesel Emigrants to Clinton County and Their Children

Paul Riedesel (paul@riedesel.org) of Minneapolis has extensive information on the ancestry of these emigrants from the village of Wunderthausen, Germany, to Clinton County. See https://www.riedesel.org/. He has some wonderful photos there.  He is also eager for information on their descendants.

• L. Henry Riedesel (1818-1894). Came to U.S. in 1845 from Haase Haus in Wunderthausen and settled at Wheatland, Iowa. 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). Ohio, Wyoming, and Wheatland.
  • 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).
  • Mary (1861-1947). Wheatland. Married August Kramer.
  • Anna (1863-1948). Wheatland. Married Albert Dickman.
  • Lisetta (1969-1930). Wheatland. Married George Ott.
  • Louisa (1872-1926). Wheatland. Married Henry Ott.
  • Edward (1875-1923). Wheatland. Married Lillian Werder.
  • Theophil C. (1879-1957), Wheatland. Married Augusta Struck.
  • Albert (1882-1943), Clinton, Iowa. Married Clara Endorf.

   

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

 

• Wilhelmine Riedesel (1829-1897).  Came to the U.S. from Bergmanns/Gabels Haus in Wunderthausen in 1848, presumably with the Schneider family as she married George Schneider, Jr. in 1848. 
  • 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).

   

• Louis C. Riedesel (1840-1913). Came to the U.S. from Bergmanns/Gabels Haus in Wunderthausen and settled near Big Rock, Iowa. Married Katherine Peter (1842-1909).
  • Frederick F. (1861-1910), Wheatland. Married Christina Horstmann.
  • George L. (1867-1916), Big Rock, Iowa. Married Emma Franey.
  • August John (1869-1941). Married Edna Shaw.
  • Louis C. Jr. (1870-1958), St. Joseph, Missouri. Married (1) Mary 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). Never married.
  • Rudolph (1882-1956), Bennett, Iowa. Married Anna Hagge.
  • Minnie (1885-1946). Married John Schepers.
  • Herman (1887-1942). Never married.
  • Walter (died in childhood)

   

• Henry Riedesel (1834-1898). Came to the U. S. about 1855 from Bergmanns/Gabels Haus in Wunderthausen. Lived at Davenport, Wheatland, and Lanesboro. Married Florentine Schneider (1841-1920).
  • John W. (1857-1925), Lanesboro, Iowa. Married Amanda Goodwin.
  • Philip (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-??). Married Louis Vader.
  • Hubert (1877-??). Married Grace Aldrige.
  • Hannah (1880-1931). Married P. J. Cassem.
  • Clara Eva (1887-1977). Married Albert Beckmann.

   

• Ludwig Riedesel (1809-??). Came to the U.S. in 1864 from Schreiners/Grosseludwigs Haus in Wunderthausen. Lived in Kansas City area. Married (1) Maria Knoche, the mother of the  four sons shown, and (2) Elisabeth Knoche.
  • John Riedesel (1833-1898) came from Schreiners/Grosseludwigs 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 1876 from Schreiners/Grosseludwigs Haus in Wunderthausen and settled in Wheatland in 1877. Married (1) Katherine Knabel (Knebel) (2) Louise Rixe.
    • Henry
    • Frank (1877-1950). Married Kate Peterson
    • Julius (1887-1944)
    • Emelia
    • 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/GrosseludwigsHaus in Wunderthausen and settled in Wheatland but later moved to Oklahoma. Married Susanna Mörchen (1860-1948).
    • George (1883-1970)
    • Adele or Della (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/Grosseludwigs Haus in Wunderthausen and settled in Wheatland around 1868. Married Anna Wagner (1859-1933).
    • Frank G. (1881-1881).
    • Auguste (1882-1974). Married Henry Schneider.
    • Paulina (1884-1914)
    • Anna (1887-1979). Married Henry Müller
    • Louise (1891-1975).  Married Blaine St. John
    • Louis A. (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.

     

• George Riedesel (1842-1927). Came to the U.S. in 1906 from Weymers Haus in Wunderthausen. Lived in Wheatland. Married Catherine 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.

   

• 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). They moved on to Denver, Iowa.
  • 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 Riedesel (1865-1932). Came to the U.S. in 1881 from Försters hinter der Huthe in Wunderthausen and settled in Wheatland. Married Emma Peutsch (1871-1955). No children. 

 

• Johannes Riedesel/John Radle (1810-1873) settled originally in Oxford, NJ, but came to the Wheatland area by 1860. His wife died there and is buried in St. Paul's cemetery. He and the children moved on to Cherokee County, Iowa.
  • Elisabeth Riedesel/Radle(1841-1841)
  • Margaret Riedesel/Radle (1842-?). Married Everett Marean.
  • Frederick Riedesel/Radle (1845-?). Married Ann Olson.
  • Henry Riedesel/Radle (1847-?). Married Pauline Haun/Hahn.
  • Anestena Riedesel/Radle (1849-?). Married N. Davisson.
  • Mary Riedesel/Radle (1851-?). Married L. D. Sizer
  • Floradene Riedesel/Radle (1853-1853).
  • Sarah Ann Riedesel/Radle (1855-?). Married James K.Smith.

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This was published in the 1911 Denkschrift zum Fünfzigjährigen Jubiläum der Deutschen Ref. St. Pauls Gemeinde. (i.e. Memorial Booklet for the 50th  Anniversary of St. Paul's German Reformed Church). The book is mostly in  German and set in the old Fraktur type.  St. Paul's Church is in Wheatland.

The photo shows the founding members of the congregation who were still  alive. Those in cameo photos at the top presumably lived elsewhere at the time. 

They were (left to right): Catharine Holmes, Susie Riedesel (single, eventually returned to Wheatland and is buried there as "Aunt Susie Riedesel"), Wilhemine Keller, Flora Riedesel (wife of Henry Riedesel, then of Lanesboro), Heinrich Hainer 

Standing in the middle row were: Philip Schneider, Mrs. Penningroth, Maria Strackbein, Louis Schneider 

Seated in front were: Mrs. Philip Schneider, Florentine Schneider, Elisabeth Riedesel (wife of John Riedesel) 

All the names but Holmes, Hainer and Penningroth came from Wunderthausen.

The identifications were written in by my great-great aunt Emma Wetter Hobbs in the 1940s or earlier.

Leadership of St. Paul's German Reformed Church, Wheatland, 1911: Front row (Trustees): George Ott, Frank Riedesel, Theodor Riedesel; Middle row (Elders): August Kramer, George Homrighausen, John Hoker, P.A.  Schneider; Back row: Henry Riedesel (Deacon), Pastor Gatermann, Ferdinand Schneider  (Deacon), Edward Riedesel (Treasurer)

See Paul's site www.riedesel.org. He has more wonderful photos there. The site also includes a major report on over 130 emigrants from the village of Wunderthausen, Germany, who settled around Wheatland. Among the family names were Homrighausen, Strackbein, Knoche, Knebel, Fuchs/Fox, Mörchen, Schneider, Fey and others.

Current as of February 16, 2002
 

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