In the first installment about Gust’s probate papers, we saw that he had assets totaling about $2800 at the time of his death. He did not own any real estate, but he had a nice little farming operation, some money in the bank, and a promissory note against his cousin Augusta Samuelson and her son […]
Mathias Blommer: from Germany to America
Up until now, most of what I have posted about the Rademacher family has been based on research that I have either done myself or independently confirmed (if it was done by others). Going back this far on the Kreifels family tree, however, I will only be passing along information that others have collected. Some […]
Gust Rudeen probate records, Part 2
Before we resume our look at Gust’s probate records, I wanted to share some observations about where the family lived between 1882 and 1907, when Gust died. Mom and I stopped at Bethlehem Covenant Church in June and were able to inspect the old church books. The listing for Gust’s family showed that they left […]
Elizabeth Kreifels – overview
At the end of the series about the Rademachers in Snyder, we left off with Ted Rademacher moving household goods and livestock to a farm north of Longmont. This was sometime during 1926. By September 1927, he had married Elizabeth Kreifels. So who was Elizabeth and how did they meet? We’ll now start on a series […]
Gust Rudeen probate records, Part 1
When I was back in Nebraska in June, I was able to collect the probate files for five of my ancestors. This post will take a look at the file for Gust Rudeen. To review, Gust was my great-grandfather, the father of Lawrence Rudeen. He was born in Sweden in in 1855 on the Eket Farm. […]
