Surname "Ristau" listed on headstone, which was the correct and which was the original spelling before the family immigrated to America.
Gottlieb's surviving brother Friedrich Wilhelm "William" changed to the RISTOW spelling. His mother, Rosine, also in the cemetery, is also listed as "Ristow".
Surname "Ristau" listed on headstone, which was the correct and which was the original spelling before the family immigrated to America.
Gottlieb's surviving brother Friedrich Wilhelm "William" changed to the RISTOW spelling. His mother, Rosine, also in the cemetery, is also listed as "Ristow".
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