Heinrich Friedrich Riekenberg

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About Heinrich Friedrich Riekenberg

Heinrich Friedrich "Fred" RIEKENBERG married Dorothea Maria Louise "Mary" Pralle on 31 Jul 1870 in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Bremen (Hermansberg), Marshall County, Kansas.

His second wife was Mary (Maria Lohse) Meyer, married May 8 1888. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/83609:2551

His third wife was Dorthea Holdman.

In a statement handwritten by Great-great grandpa Fred, he says he served in the Hanover Army in 1866, in Prussia. He fought in the battle at Langensalza in 1866. (A medal is displayed on his breast pocket). He immigrated to Illinois in 1868 and came to Kansas in September of 1869. The statement, originally written in Gerrman, was translated by his great-granddaughter, Luella Riekenberg Colburn. The translated document is uploaded here.

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Heinrich Friedrich Riekenberg's Timeline

1845
March 6, 1845
Nienhagen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland (Germany)
1870
1870
1870
1871
November 13, 1871
Hanover, Washington County, Kansas, United States
1874
June 4, 1874
Marshall, KS, United States
1878
July 16, 1878
1879
July 16, 1879
Marshall, KS, United States
December 23, 1879
Marshall, KS, United States