Ida Louise Elisabeth Radtke

Brief Life History of Ida Louise Elisabeth

When Ida Louise Elisabeth Radtke was born on 29 August 1880, in Hartland, Shawano, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Friedrich Ludwig Radtke, was 43 and her mother, Wilhelmina Moede, was 34. She had at least 1 daughter with Maurice A Drew. She died on 10 May 1970, in Canada, at the age of 89.

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Family Time Line

Maurice A Drew
1882–1966
Ida Louise Elisabeth Radtke
1880–1970
Clara Elizabeth Drew
1912–1982

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire

A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erwin, Klaus, Otto, Dieter, Hans, Arno, Gerhard, Heinz, Horst, Manfred.

North German: variant of Radeke .

Germanized form of Polish and Czech Radek , Polish and Sorbian Radka , Sorbian Radk, and probably also of some other similar Slavic cognate, based on the element rad ‘merry, glad’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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