When Gottfried Heinrich Grieszinger was born on 13 January 1811, in Lauffen am Neckar, Besigheim, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Georg Martin Griesinger, was 31 and his mother, Christina Catharina Stiriz, was 31. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Esther Schultz. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Fulton Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 3 December 1895, in Delta, Fulton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Delta, Fulton, Ohio, United States.