Riedel branch

Riedel branch overview

The Riedels are part of Anna's maternal ancestors. Anna's maternal grandfather was Louis Hermann Riedel.

Louis Hermann Riedel, Anna's maternal grandfather

Louis and several generations of his ancestors

The Riedel family migrated in 1873 as part of a group known as "Colonia Saxonia" from Saxony, Germany, to the "Thumb" of Michigan. (Anna's maternal grandmother, Anna Marie Schreiter, was also part of the Colonia Saxonia migration group.)

Saxony (Sachsen), Germany, where many of the Riedel ancestors were born

The Riedels migrated to the "Thumb" of Michigan.

The oldest daughter in the Heinrich Adolph (Adolph) Riedel family died in Germany. The family arrived with four children, and a fifth was born in Michigan. Anna's grandfather Louis is standing on the right.

Heinrich Adolph Riedel family

All of the Riedels not born in the United States eventually became naturalized U.S. citizens.

Heinrich Adolph Riedel application for U.S. citizenship

For more information

• Ancestry Member Tree: "vanRaaphorst-Riedel-1" (Tree ID 104917897, ancestry.com), owned by avanraaphorst; access requires appropriate sharing/permissions
• Riedel-Schreiter Family History Book (contains the complete set of "Letters Home") (PDF)
• Archived post from News from Nan about "Letters Home" (the story of the Schreiter/Riedel migration from Germany to the USA, as told by Alvin Schreiter in letters to his brother Otto, back home in Germany) (PDF)
• Riedel Family Page (PDF)
• "Christmas in Germany" by Isolde Kneschke Schenk (a Schreiter cousin) (PDF)
• News from Nan post (by Nan) about the Riedel/Schreiter cottage on Lake Huron (PDF)
• News from Nan post (by Nan) about the "Red House" family home in Minden City, Michigan (PDF)
• News from Nan post (by Nan) about the "Riedel Lumber Company" family business in Minden City, Michigan (PDF)
• German and Dutch history and geography (PDF)