Emma Ratsch Individual Detail
Father - William Rudolph H. Ratsch (b. 18 Nov 1839, d. 12 Jun 1899)
Mother -Wilhelmina Dorothea Braun (Brown) (b. 7 Aug 1849, d. 18 Apr 1932)
10 Oct 1884 Born in Sterling, Whiteside Co., Illinois
11 Jun 1885 Living in Denton Prect., Lancaster Co., Nebraska
4 Jun 1900 At school, living with family on farm at Denton, Nebraska
9 Nov 1904 - Married Otto Albert Raddatz (b. 7 Mar 1879, d. 12 Nov 1957);
Lincoln, Nebraska.
12 Jun 1906 - Daughter, Bertha Amelia (Emilie) Katherine Raddatz at Pleasant
Dale, Seward Co., Nebraska
5 Dec 1908 - Son, Paul L Raddatz at Pleasant Dale, Nebraska.
29 Dec 1909 - Son, Ervin Albert Henry Raddatz at Pleasant Dale, Nebraska.
7 May 1910 - Living in P Precinct, Seward Co., Nebraska
4 Oct 1912 - Daughter, Eva Ethel Helen Raddatz at Lodgepole, Nebraska
8 Jun 1915 - Son, Tafiel Otto Raddatz at Lodgepole, Nebraska
1 Dec 1918 - Son, William Herman Raddatz at West Lorenzo, near Sidney,
Nebraska
21 Mar 1920 - Living in Chambers Precinct, Cheyenne County, Nebraska
4 Feb 1921 - Child #7
3 Jul 1929 - Daughter, Violet Jeannette Raddatz at Lorenzo, Nebraska
24 Apr 1930 - Living in Lorenzo Precinct, Cheyenne County, Nebraska
22 Aug 1961 - Died in Sidney, Nebraska
26 Aug 1961 - Funeral held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Sidney,
Nebraska
26 Aug 1961 - Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sidney, Nebraska
(Died at age 76 yrs; had 8 children).
Sources
1885
Nebraska State Census, June 11, 1885, Denton Precinct, Lancaster Co.,
Nebraska, William Ratsch household, at ancestry.com
1900
Federal Census, Denton, Nebraska., June 4 & 5, 1900, William Ratsch
household, at ancestry.com.
1910
Federal Census, P Precinct, Seward Co., Nebraska, May, 7, 1910, Otto Raddatz
household, at ancestry.com
1920 Federal Census, Chambers Precinct, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, March 21,
1920, Otto Raddatz household, at ancestry.com.
1930 Federal Census, Lorenzo Precinct, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, Apr. 24,
1930, Otto A. Raddatz, household, at ancestry.com
Raddatz, Emma, funeral program for Aug. 26, 1961, Sidney, Nebraska
Raddatz Family History, Jeanette Namuth & Mary Morgan, 1982 with updates
Raddatz Family History, Mary & Melanie Morgan, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, self
published
Raddatz, John Fritz et al, Legal records, Sidney, Nebraska. Cheyenne County
Courthouse. Abstract, wills, other court records.