FatherMagnus Ferdinand Elchior Riedell1 b. 1 Jul 1836, d. 2 Jul 1924
MotherCatherina Dorothea Naugardt1 b. 31 Jan 1843, d. 19 Aug 1908
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Wilhelmina Riedell was born on 19 June 1868 in Chokem Flat, Vaughan, Victoria.1,2,3 
She married Hector McKenzie in 1892 in Congupna, Victoria.1,4 
She died on 25 April 1951 in Numurkah, Victoria, at age 82.1,3 

Family

Hector McKenzie b. 1863, d. 9 Aug 1953
Children

Story

From Goldfields to Farmland
In the summer of 1876-77, the Larsen and Riedell families travelled by wagon from Fryers Creek to Congupna. Laust and Anna Margaretha had two children, Anna Caroline and Andrew. Magnus and Catherina had six children, Magnus jnr., Wilhelmina, Peter, Charles, Annie and five month old Matilda. As well as twelve people, the wagons were loaded with all the posessions of two families plus supplies for the approximately 180 km journey.5
 

Citations

  1. [S131] Under Different Skies, book, p. 225.
  2. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Wilhelmina Riedell entry, birth registration no. 20170, 1868.
  3. [S474] Magnus Riedell & Catherina Naugardt, family history, 1999.
  4. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Hector McKenzie and 'Wmina' Riedell entry, marriage registration no. 4534, 1892.
  5. [S89] The Riedell Family, letter, 1975.