Ludwig RADTKE, 1824-1893
Farmer
Berthold's great-aunt's second husband

 Wife Sophia RIESH Block Radtke, 1814-1892
       Daughter Augusta RADKE, ca 1852-
       Daughter Mary RADKE, ca 1857-

Time Line

16 August 1824 - Born at Darsow, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

17 October 1850, age 26 - Married Sophia RIESH, age 36, in Dargislaff?

About 1852, age 27 - Daughter Augusta RADKE born at Dargislaff, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

As of sometime before 1854 - Resided there

10 September 1854, age 30 - Godparent when Albert Ludwig SCHWANZ (his sister-in-law's son) baptized at Gützlaffshagen, Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern

1855, age 30 - Occupation listed as Büdner (small farmer)

About 1857, age 32 - Daughter Mary RADKE born at Dargislaff

As of sometime before 1865 - Occupation listed as farmer

3 June 1865, age 40 - Emigrated in Hamburg. 17 Ratkes, Blocks, and Brandts from Dargislaff traveled together as a group on the ship 'Bavaria'.

19 June 1865, age 40 - Immigrated at New York, New York

1 October 1867, age 43 - Wedding attendant when stepson Heinrich Martin "Martin" BLOCK, age 27, married Wilhelmine Christine Henriette LINDER, age 20, at Lutheran Church, Oak Creek, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

As of sometime before June 1870 - Resided there

21 June 1870, age 45 - Recorded in the United States Census there

18 April 1892, age 67 - Wife Sophia RIESH Block Radtke, age 78, died
Ludwig Radtke Grave Marker

16 March 1893, age 68 - Died

Buried at Saint Johns Cemetery, Oak Creek