RAHE, Wilhelm "William" Rudoph

1842 -

• Name	RAHE, Wilhelm "William" Rudoph
  Gender	Male
  Born	Between 16 Jul and 16 Sep 1842	Lengerich, Osnabruck, Westphalia, Germany
  Notes	Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 13:18:38 +0100 From: Anke Huckriede To: Janet, Roderick Subject: Re: FW: Sunday-greetings Dear Janet and Rod, thank you very much for your very interesting email about the relationship between our families. It is funny that it seems to be a double one, in a sense. I was especially charmed by the foto of Maynard. He is one of the few American relatives we know (or knew) quite well. I remember very well his first visit, it must have been in 1964 or 1965. I was still in kindergarten while my brother Ralf was in his first year in school. Of course is was very exciting for us to have an 'uncle' from America over (in fact Maynard is a full cousin of my mother as you probably know). At that time I was absolutely convinced that all Americans are black so I was quite surprised to see a white man that resembled very much fotos I had seen from my grandfather (who died already in 1948). Maynard was a very nice man, we kids really loved him. He won my heart with a white plush dog with a red collar he brought for me. I also liked very much the magic tricks he showed us. We had a great time together! He came for another visit in August 1980, already as a rather old man, for the silver wedding of my parents. I remember him bringing only very light clothes as suitable for San Diego in summer. We had to get for him the warmest jumper of my father to stand the German summer temperatures. One year later Ralf and I went to the US for holidays and had a wonderful time there. We first stayed a week with the Farr's in there home in Washington State close to the Canadian border (Marlis Farr is a doughter of Olga Kropf who was married to Fred Kropf (I think)). From there we made a great trip via a number of National Parks to San Diego where we stayed with Maynard for a couple of days. In 1986 I stayed in the US for 6 months. In the course of my PhD study in biology I worked in a laboratory of the California Institute of Technology. During my stay I saw Olga Kropf and Marlis Farr. Maynard was already very ill and was staying in a nursery home. He died shortly after I had traced down where he was staying. Also Olga who was already high in her nineties died while I was in the US. Since then we have heard from any of the US relatives only very sporadically. Probably all this is not really of interest for you since you are of course interested in the history of your family. My mother (Martha, born 1920) could tell a lot of the family of her father Heinrich who was a brother to Wilhelm Rahe and Sophie Rahe-Kropf. I know only the following: The parents of Wilhelm, Heinrich, Sophie, Luise (and may be more) were working for a landowner on a large estate. They were working in 'Heuer' which means that they had to work for the landowner on his land and had a small amount of land which they could farm for their own. Probably, they also possessed one or two cows, a pig and a couple of chicken for supply with milk, eggs and meat. With all the children around they were rather poor. Earlier an uncle of the kids had emigrated to the US and he offered to help the kids to start a new life there as well. This opportunity was highly welcome for the Rahe parents and they decided to send their older children Wilhelm, Heinrich and Luise to America to enable them a better life. However, shortly before the journey was going to take place my grandfather Heinrich refused to go. Instead his younger sister, aged only 13 years old, was sent together with her older siblings. In fact, I cannot really understand how parents can send such a young child to country absolutely to them. Their financial problems must have been really large. Anyhow, apparently all the children somehow made their living and founded a large Americian Rahe branch! Maybe it is also nice for you to get to know something about myself. I was born in 1959 in the small German town of Quakenbrueck where my father worked for a food company. After finishing highschool I went to university in Bielefeld where I became a biologist. My PhD I also got in Bielefeld and then I moved to Groningen, The Netherlands, where my boyfriend had accepted a position at the university. I found a post-doc position at the Medical Faculty. Currently I am an assistant professor with a permanent position. My research focusses on the development of improved influenza vaccines. My former boyfriend and now husband Franjo is a professor in Theoretical Biology. Unfortunately, we don't have children (nor does my brother). Thus our little branch of the family ends with us. My mother had one sister (Hedwig) and one brother (Willi). With her husband Heinz Hedwig had one son (Dieter). Dieter married Ingrid and they together had two children, a daughter (Dagmar) and a son (Kai). Dagmar is in her early thirties and isn't married. Kai is married but does not have children so far. Well, that's about what I can tell you about the family. Everything I wrote is what I remember from what my mother told me years ago. Ralf might have more accurate information. He talked to my mother about the family history very recently and also took the genealogy Maynard brougth with him in 1980. I hoped to see him on Christmas but unfortunately tons of snow prevented the meeting. I will send him a copy of this email such that he can correct if I was mistaken here and there. Now I wish both of you a very happy 2002! Anke
  Person ID	I00211	1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2008

  
  

  Father	RAHE, Arnold Johann Heinrich (Wilhelm),   b. Abt 13 Nov 1813, Osnabruck Stadt, Hannover, Preussen ,   d. Between 1868 and 1871  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Mother	REFFELDT, Catherina Willemine Eliazabeth,   b. Abt 1815
  Family ID	F0101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LAMBERT, Fredericke (Lammert),   b. 1 Feb 1842,   d. 23 Dec 1927  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Abt 1866	Kattenvenne, Westfalen, Preussen
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living + 3. RAHE, Ernest Wilhelm Julius,   b. 1 Aug 1867, Kattenvenne, Westfalen, Preussen + 4. RAHE, Ernst Rudolph Wilhelm "William",   b. 7 Mar 1870, Kattenvenne, Westfalen, Preussen ,   d. 25 Sep 1935, Seattle, King, Washington  (Age 65 years)   5. RAHE, Wilhelmine Sophie Elisabeth "Minnie",   b. Between 6 Jan 1872 and 24 Jan 1873, Kattenvenne, Westfalen, Preussen   6. RAHE, Ernst Friedrich "Fred E.",   b. 4 Mar 1875, Kattenvenne, Westfalen, Preussen + 7. RAHE, Sophia,   b. 29 Sep 1876, Kattenvenne, Westfalen, Preussen ,   d. 4 Mar 1952, Seattle, King, Washington  (Age 75 years)   8. RAHE, Frida or Freida C. (Elise Catherine),   b. Between Jul 1879 and 1880, Kattenvenne, Westfalen, Preussen ,   bur. 7 Nov 1946, Evergreen Washelli Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington  (Age ~ 67 years)   9. RAHE, August,   b. 27 Mar 1884, Kattenvenne, Germany   10. RAHE, Elisa,   b. 25 Sep 1886, Kattenvenne, Westfalen, Preussen
  Family ID	F0051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Between 16 Jul and 16 Sep 1842 - Lengerich, Osnabruck, Westphalia, Germany Married - Abt 1866 - Kattenvenne, Westfalen, Preussen  = Link to Google Earth
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