
Husband: Heinrich "Henry" Rademacher Third Great-grandfather | ||
Born: 15 July 1806 in Eifel Region, Germany 1 2 Married: Died: 02 February 1899 in Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan 11 12 Buried: 05 February 1899 in Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan 14 15 Saint Mary's Cemetery Buried: in Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan 20 Saint Mary's Cemetery Father: Karl Rademacher Mother: >>> Spouses: | ||
Wife: Maria Gertrude "Gertrude" Esch Third Great-grandmother | ||
Born: 12 January 1812 in Wimbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 21 22 23 Buried: 1886 in Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan 27 Died: 09 May 1886 in Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan 28 29 30 Buried: 11 May 1886 in Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan 31 Saint Mary's Cemetery Father: Christian Esch Mother: Gertrud Zimmer Spouses: | ||
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04 (F): Anna Gertrude "Gertrude" Rademacher Born: 12 August 1838 in Wimbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 40 41 Died: 04 September 1916 in Suttons Bay, Leelanau, Michigan Spouses: Felix Joseph Saier | ||
05> (F): Anna Apollonia "Appolonia" Rademacher ![]() Born: 08 August 1841 in Wimbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 42 43 44 45 46 Died: 19 December 1915 in Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan 47 48 Spouses: John Peter Pohl | ||
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08 (M): John Peter Rademacher Born: 02 August 1849 in Michigan 58 59 Died: 18 June 1927 in Riley Township, Clinton, Michigan 60 Spouses: Nancy Baker |

Heinrich "Henry" Rademacher:
*RELN: 3GGF (5)
Immigration: About 1846, Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan; Section 15 3
Emigration: 29 March 1846, Wimbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 4
Immigration: 25 August 1846, New York, New York; Heinr Rademacher; Age 48; Origin Germany; Ship John N. Gosler, London to New York 5
Census: 1850, Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan; Henry Rademacher; Age: 47; Farmer; Estate $530; Born: Prussia 6
Property: 01 March 1850, Clinton County, Michigan; Township 6 North, Range 4 West (Westhalia); owned the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 15 (40 acres) 7
Property: 10 March 1856, Clinton County, Michigan; Township 6 North, Range 4 West (Westhalia); owned the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 15 (40 acres) 8
Census: 1860, Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan; Henry Rademacher; Age: 54; Born: Prussia
Property: 1864, Clinton County, Michigan; Township 6 North, Range 4 West (Westhalia); owned the East half of the Southwest quarter of Section 15 (80 acres) 9
Census: 1880, Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan; Henery Rademecher [Rademacher]; Father; Male; Married; White; Age: 74; Born: Prussia; Fa: Prussia; Mo: Prussia. [Listed under Gerhard Rademacher household] 10
Cause of Death: Vascular heart disease and old age
Died: January 1899, Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan 13
Obituary: 23 February 1899, Saint Johns, Clinton, Michigan 16
Transcription:
Deaths During January
Westphalia
Henry Rademacher age 92.
Grave Marker: Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan; St. Mary's Cemetery; Henry Radamaker; Born Jul. 15, 18[06?]; Mary [G?]; Wife of H. Radamaker; Born Jan. 12, 1812; Died May 9, 1886. 17 18
Occupation: Farmer 19
Maria Gertrude "Gertrude" Esch:
*RELN: 3GGM (5)
Immigration: 25 August 1846, New York, New York; Maria Gertruda Rademacher; Age 36; Origin Germany; Ship John N. Gosler; London to New York 24
Census: 1850, Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan; Gertrude; Age: 39; Born: Prussia 25
Census: 1860, Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan; Mary Gertrude; Age: 49; Born: Prussia
Census: 1880, Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan; Mary G. Rademecher [Rademacher]; Mother; Female; Married; White; Age: 68; Born: Prussia; Fa: Prussia; Mo: Prussia. [Listed under Gerhard Rademacher household] 26
Grave Marker: Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan; Saint Mary's Cemetery; Henry Radamaker; Born Jul. 15, 18[06?]; Mary [G?]; Wife of H. Radamaker; Born Jan. 12, 1812; Died May 9, 1886 32 33
(01) Johann Peter Rademacher:
*RELN: 2GGU (6)
(02) Maria Elisabeth Rademacher:
*RELN: 2GGA (6)
(03) Johann Jakob Rademacher:
*RELN: 2GGU (6)
(07) Christina Rademacher:
*RELN: 2GGA (6)
Census: 1850, Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan; Christina; Age: 3; Born: Michigan 57
Census: 1860, Westphalia Township, Clinton, Michigan; Cristina; Age: 13; Born: Prussia

- Evelyn A. Weiland, Editor, Of Pilgrimage, Prayer and Promise: A Story of St. Mary's, Westphalia 1836-1986 (Westphalia, Michigan: Westphalia Historical Society, 1986). [337], 42.
- "Photographs," John M. Voisin, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama. [131], Grave marker for Heinrich Rademacher and Maria Gertrude (Esch) Rademacher, July 27, 2004; Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan; St. Mary's Cemetery.
Quality: 3.
- Evelyn A. Weiland, Editor, Of Pilgrimage, Prayer and Promise: A Story of St. Mary's, Westphalia 1836-1986 (Westphalia, Michigan: Westphalia Historical Society, 1986). [337], p. 42.
"Between 1840 - 1850"
- Joseph Scheben, Untersuchungen zur Methode und Technik der deutschamerikanishen Wanderungsforschung: an Hand eines Vergleichs der Volkszählungslisten der Township Westphalia, Clinton County Michigan, vom Jarhre 1860 mit Auswanderungskarten des Kreises Adenau (Bonn: Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, 1939). [410], p. 72.
- Family Tree Maker, Passenger and Immigration Lists: New York, 1820-1850 (CD 273) [339], Family 242842; NARA M237; Film 63.
- 1850 Census: Westphalia Township, Clinton County, Michigan M432 Roll 349 [165].
- United States Bureau of Land Management "Federal Land Patents," digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/: accessed). [590], Hendrick Rodamaker, Certificate 7012, Accession/Serial Number MI2680__.490; downloaded; 10 August 2003.
Quality: 3.
- Ibid., Heinrich Rademacher, Certificate 14204, Accession/Serial Number MI2790__.229; downloaded; 6 June 2003.
- D. S. Harley, J. P. Harley, J. D. Nash, H. G. Brigham, and M. C. Wagner, Map of the Counties of Clinton and Gratiot, Michigan: From Official Records and Special Surveys (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Samuel Geil, 1864); digital image, Michigan GenWeb, MIGenWeb (http://www.rootsweb.com/~miclinto/: accessed. [306], downloaded; 2 June 2000; Westphalia Township.
Quality: 2.
- 1880 Census: Westphalia Township, Clinton County, Michigan, FHL Film 1254577; National Archives Film T9-0577 [199], US National Archives Film T9-0577, p. 547C.
- Hengesbach, Charlotte, Correspondence from Hengesbach, Charlotte St. Mary's Church, Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan [373], E-Mail to Mike Voisin, January 18, 2007.
- Michigan Michigan History Foundation, "Death Records, 1897-1920," death certificates, Seeking Michigan (http://seekingmichigan.org/: accessed). [450], downloaded; 31 October 2009; Death Certificate of Henry Rademacher, February 2, 1899.
Quality: 3.
- The Clinton Republican, St. Johns, Clinton, Michigan. [556], Deaths During January, Westphalia; 23 February 1899; Volume 43, Number 45, Page 4.
Quality: 2.
- Hengesbach, Charlotte, Correspondence from Hengesbach, Charlotte St. Mary's Church, Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan [373], E-Mail to Mike Voisin, January 18, 2007.
- Michigan Michigan History Foundation, "Death Records, 1897-1920," death certificates, Seeking Michigan (http://seekingmichigan.org/: accessed). [450], Internet; 31 October 2009; Death Certificate of Henry Rademacher, February 2, 1899.
Quality: 3.
Buried at St. Mary's Cemetery.
- The Clinton Republican, St. Johns, Clinton, Michigan. [556], Deaths During January, Westphalia; 23 February 1899; Volume 43, Number 45, Page 4.
Quality: 2.
- Schafer, Diane (transcriptionist), Cemetery Transcription, St. Mary Cemetery, Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan (MiGenWeb, Clinton County, Michigan, 1999) <http://homestead.juno.com/joemiller5/files/Westphalia_Cem.htm> [533], Section 9, East of Main Drive, Middle section.
joint stone for George, Appolonia, Henry, Mary
- "Photographs," John M. Voisin, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama. [131], Grave marker for Heinrich Rademacher and Maria Gertrude (Esch) Rademacher, July 27, 2004; Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan; St. Mary's Cemetery.
Quality: 3.
- 1850 Census: Westphalia Township, Clinton County, Michigan M432 Roll 349 [165].
- Schafer, Diane (transcriptionist), Cemetery Transcription, St. Mary Cemetery, Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan (MiGenWeb, Clinton County, Michigan, 1999) <http://homestead.juno.com/joemiller5/files/Westphalia_Cem.htm> [533].
- Evelyn A. Weiland, Editor, Of Pilgrimage, Prayer and Promise: A Story of St. Mary's, Westphalia 1836-1986 (Westphalia, Michigan: Westphalia Historical Society, 1986). [337], 42.
- Esch, Brent James, Data from Brent Esch (E-Mail to Mike Voisin, December 11, 2003) [336].
Adenau (S. 184)
- "Photographs," John M. Voisin, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama. [131], Grave marker for Heinrich Rademacher and Maria Gertrude (Esch) Rademacher, July 27, 2004; Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan; St. Mary's Cemetery.
Quality: 3.
- Family Tree Maker, Passenger and Immigration Lists: New York, 1820-1850 (CD 273) [339], Family 242842; NARA M237; Film 63.
- 1850 Census: Westphalia Township, Clinton County, Michigan M432 Roll 349 [165].
- 1880 Census: Westphalia Township, Clinton County, Michigan, FHL Film 1254577; National Archives Film T9-0577 [199], US National Archives Film T9-0577, p. 547C.
- Schafer, Diane (transcriptionist), Cemetery Transcription, St. Mary Cemetery, Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan (MiGenWeb, Clinton County, Michigan, 1999) <http://homestead.juno.com/joemiller5/files/Westphalia_Cem.htm> [533].
- Hengesbach, Charlotte, Correspondence from Hengesbach, Charlotte St. Mary's Church, Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan [373], E-Mail to Mike Voisin, January 18, 2007.
- "Photographs," John M. Voisin, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama. [131], Grave marker for Heinrich Rademacher and Maria Gertrude (Esch) Rademacher, July 27, 2004; Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan; St. Mary's Cemetery.
Quality: 3.
- "Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1895," index, FamilySearch, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed); citing Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. [94], viewed; 26 October 2013; Mary G. Rademacher, 09 May 1886; GS Film: 987080; Volume 2; page 204; Record 4897.
Quality: 2.
Name: Mary G. Rademacher
Gender: Female
Death Date: 09 May 1886
Death Place: Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan
Age: 74
Birth Date: 1812
Birthplace: Germany
Occupation: Housekeeper
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: Chrisian Esch
Mother's Name: Gertrude Zimmer
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B53228-1
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film number: 987080
Reference ID: v 2 p 204 fn 4897
Citing this Record:"Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHX6-LH7 : accessed 26 Oct 2013), Mary G. Rademacher, 09 May 1886. - Hengesbach, Charlotte, Correspondence from Hengesbach, Charlotte St. Mary's Church, Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan [373], E-Mail to Mike Voisin, January 18, 2007.
- Schafer, Diane (transcriptionist), Cemetery Transcription, St. Mary Cemetery, Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan (MiGenWeb, Clinton County, Michigan, 1999) <http://homestead.juno.com/joemiller5/files/Westphalia_Cem.htm> [533], Section 9, East of Main Drive, Middle section.
joint stone for George, Appolonia, Henry, Mary
- "Photographs," John M. Voisin, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama. [131], Grave marker for Heinrich Rademacher and Maria Gertrude (Esch) Rademacher, July 27, 2004; Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan; St. Mary's Cemetery.
Quality: 3.
- Joseph Scheben, Untersuchungen zur Methode und Technik der deutschamerikanishen Wanderungsforschung: an Hand eines Vergleichs der Volkszählungslisten der Township Westphalia, Clinton County Michigan, vom Jarhre 1860 mit Auswanderungskarten des Kreises Adenau (Bonn: Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, 1939). [410], 72.
- Ibid., 72.
- Ibid., 72.
- Ibid., 72.
- Ibid., 72.
- Ibid., 72.
- Evelyn A. Weiland, Editor, Of Pilgrimage, Prayer and Promise: A Story of St. Mary's, Westphalia 1836-1986 (Westphalia, Michigan: Westphalia Historical Society, 1986). [337], 43.
- Joseph Scheben, Untersuchungen zur Methode und Technik der deutschamerikanishen Wanderungsforschung: an Hand eines Vergleichs der Volkszählungslisten der Township Westphalia, Clinton County Michigan, vom Jarhre 1860 mit Auswanderungskarten des Kreises Adenau (Bonn: Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, 1939). [410], 72.
- 1850 Census: Westphalia Township, Clinton County, Michigan M432 Roll 349 [165].
Prussia
- Evelyn A. Weiland, Editor, Of Pilgrimage, Prayer and Promise: A Story of St. Mary's, Westphalia 1836-1986 (Westphalia, Michigan: Westphalia Historical Society, 1986). [337], 42.
- Joseph Scheben, Untersuchungen zur Methode und Technik der deutschamerikanishen Wanderungsforschung: an Hand eines Vergleichs der Volkszählungslisten der Township Westphalia, Clinton County Michigan, vom Jarhre 1860 mit Auswanderungskarten des Kreises Adenau (Bonn: Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, 1939). [410], 72.
- Tombstone of Pohl, Apolonia (Photograph by Mike Voisin, July 27, 2004) St. Mary's Cemetery, Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan [572].
- Michigan Michigan History Foundation, "Death Records, 1897-1920," death certificates, Seeking Michigan (http://seekingmichigan.org/: accessed). [450], downloaded; 30 October 2009; Apolonia Pohl, December 19, 1915.
Quality: 3.
- Ibid., downloaded; 30 October 2009; Apolonia Pohl, December 19, 1915.
Quality: 3.
- "Photographs," John M. Voisin, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama. [131], Grave marker of Anna Apollonia (Rademacher) Pohl, July 27, 2004; Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan; St. Mary's Cemetery.
- "Photographs," Estate of Evelyn Mary (Rademacher) Earl, Heather Justice. [125], My grandma and grandpa Rademacher; Photo collection.
Quality: 2.
- Evelyn A. Weiland, Editor, Of Pilgrimage, Prayer and Promise: A Story of St. Mary's, Westphalia 1836-1986 (Westphalia, Michigan: Westphalia Historical Society, 1986). [337], 42.
- Joseph Scheben, Untersuchungen zur Methode und Technik der deutschamerikanishen Wanderungsforschung: an Hand eines Vergleichs der Volkszählungslisten der Township Westphalia, Clinton County Michigan, vom Jarhre 1860 mit Auswanderungskarten des Kreises Adenau (Bonn: Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, 1939). [410], 72.
Name listed as "Gerlach"
- "Photographs," John M. Voisin, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama. [131], Grave marker for Gerhard Rademacher and Appolonia (Buechel) Rademacher, July 27, 2004; Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan; St. Mary's Cemetery.
Quality: 3.
- "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952," index, Family Search, FamilySearch (https//familysearch.org: accessed); citing Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan. [93], Viewed; 26 October 2013; Gerhard Rademacher, 1935; GS Film 001972872; Digital Folder 005362032; Image 02300.
Quality: 2.
Name: Gerhard Rademacher
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 03 Feb 1935
Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 90
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 05 Aug 1844
Birthplace: Coblenz, Germany
Birth Year (Estimated): 1845
Father's Name: Henry Rademacher
Mother's Name: Gertrude Rademacher
GS Film number: 001972872
Digital Folder Number: 005362032
Image Number: 02300
Citing this Record:"Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KF71-22X : accessed 26 Oct 2013), Gerhard Rademacher, 1935. - Michigan Michigan History Foundation, "Death Records, 1921-1947," death certificates, Seeking Michigan (http://seekingmichigan.org/: accessed). [451], downloaded; 12 July 2015; Gerhard Rademacher, Feb 3, 1935, Item 005362032_02300.
- 1850 Census: Westphalia Township, Clinton County, Michigan M432 Roll 349 [165].
- Evelyn A. Weiland, Editor, Of Pilgrimage, Prayer and Promise: A Story of St. Mary's, Westphalia 1836-1986 (Westphalia, Michigan: Westphalia Historical Society, 1986). [337], 42.
- 1850 Census: Westphalia Township, Clinton County, Michigan M432 Roll 349 [165].
- Ibid.
- Evelyn A. Weiland, Editor, Of Pilgrimage, Prayer and Promise: A Story of St. Mary's, Westphalia 1836-1986 (Westphalia, Michigan: Westphalia Historical Society, 1986). [337], 42.
- Michigan Michigan History Foundation, "Death Records, 1921-1947," death certificates, Seeking Michigan (http://seekingmichigan.org/: accessed). [451], downloaded; 12 July 2015; John P. Rademacher, Jun 18, 1927, Item 005363680_00254.
Citation: Mike Voisin, iSeeAncestors (https://iSeeAncestors.com/tree/groups/public/grp00020.php : revised June 12, 2023), Heinrich "Henry" Rademacher & Maria Gertrude "Gertrude" Esch.
Revised: June 12, 2023
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