When Dale and I first started researching the Rademacher family history, all we had to go on was a 22-page family tree that had been assembled in about 1975 by Mrs. Joe (Kay) Nave. Kay’s mother-in-law was Helena Rademacher Nave, the beautiful woman (back row, second from left) in the Rademacher family photo. (Next weekend, […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

In April 1991, Louis, Joan, Dale and I (along with baby Kyle) traveled to Nebraska to see some relatives and we decided to stop in Crete to see what we could find out about the Rademacher family. There are no Rademachers living in Crete anymore, so we had a list of places to visit to […]