When Dale, Louis, Joan, Kyle and I visited Crete in 1991, one of the highlights of our visit was a tour of the Rademacher House. After stopping at the church and cemetery, we went to the offices of the local newspaper to what they might have to say about the Rademachers who used to live […]
The family of Frank Rademacher
Frank Rademacher, Joseph’s younger brother, was the first to come to America. He was born in 1845 in Olpe, Germany. He came to America in 1868 at the age of 23. He had been drafted into the German army but like many young German men of that era, he left for America before his service started. […]
Salathiel Timmons
Genealogy is such a cool hobby. You never know what’s around the corner when you start doing some research. Remember a few days ago, I pulled a random envelope out of my files? It concerned the military service of my great-great-great-grandfather Salathiel Timmons. Well, after writing that post, I decided to go on ancestry.com and […]
Joseph and Josepha Rademacher
Joseph and Josepha emigrated from Germany in 1878. We are most familiar with them from the iconic Rademacher family photo from 1920: This photo was taken on their 50th wedding anniversary. Joseph was 77 years old at the time, and Josepha was 70. I am struck by how handsome their children are. For example, click […]
Two cousins
I suppose it’s inevitable that a genealogy blog must report sad news from time to time. First I am sad to report the death of Warren Rudeen, the third child of Walt and Anna Rudeen’s four children. His three siblings preceded him in death. Warren was very interested in the Rudeen family history and even […]
