The earliest Rademacher we can find is Johann Peter Rademacher, born about 1709 in Olpe, Germany. He was Dale’s 6th-great-grandfather. There are no surviving church records that go back farther, so I doubt we can ever trace the Rademacher family beyond Johann. But what can we surmise about earlier Rademachers, maybe just based on the […]
Famous Rademachers
Are we related to anyone famous? Here are a few for your consideration: Ingo Rademacher is an actor, probably most famous for his role as “Jax” on the ABC soap opera “General Hospital”. He was also a fifth-place finisher in the 16th season of “Dancing With the Stars”. He was born in Germany just 40 […]
The Rademachers are from Olpe
Our Rademacher ancestors left Germany in 1878. They came from the town of Olpe where the family had lived for many generations – perhaps centuries. Olpe is a cute little town up in a mountainous area east of Cologne. The current population is about 25,000. It would remind you of Estes Park. It is not […]
Birth record for Joseph Rademacher
Here’s a copy of Joseph Rademacher’s birth record as found in the church records in Olpe. You might want to click on the image and open it in a new window f you want to refer to the full-size version as we go along. So the title at the top says “Geborne und Gefaufte im […]
Our first records search
Upon arriving at the Family History Library back in 1992, we found ourselves in the International Section in the first basement level. Some helpful volunteers at the information desk helped us look up Olpe in the computer system. According to the computer, they had microfilm records on file for two churches in Olpe in the […]
