Johann Gottlieb Rades: 1819 - 1898
On the 9th of May 1819 in the small village of Neu Lobitz, district of Dramburg, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia was born Johann Gottlieb to the Gottlieb Rades family. His father served in the Prussian army and was the "Stadthalter" or governor of Neu Lobitz. Johann Gottlieb's father originally came from Rehwinkel in the district of Saatzig but was raised in nearby Kempendorf, parish of Jacobshagen in the district of Saatzig, Pomerania in the Kingdom of Prussia to his parents Samuel "Gottlieb" Rades and Benigna Becker. The district of Saatzig was also where Johann Gottlieb was raised. He eventually became a fisherman, fishing the numerous local lakes in this area. Shortly before his father died in 1845, Johann Gottlieb married Justina Vogel, a local maiden from the village of Saatzig which was also in the parish of Jacobshagen. This was where the ancient castle of Saatzig once stood adjacent to the lake that bears its name.
Johann Gottlieb and Justina had six children born to them, namely: Wilhelm (1845-1919), Wilhelmina (1847-1915), Auguste (1853-1938), Franz (1857-1933), Marie (1858-1919). and Albertine (1862-1927).
The Johann Gottlieb Rades family was living in Marienfliess, district of Saatzig when their youngest daughter was born. And in 1867 when Justina's mother, Elisabeth Vogel née Becker died on the 22nd of February 1867 in Marienfliess, the family decided to emigrate seven months later.
Securing passage on the steamer "Cimbria" in July of 1867, the Rades family was listed on the ship's manifest that their last residence was from the village of Marienfliess, Prussia. It took seventeen days to cross the Atlantic from Hamburg, Germany to New York, New York. Traveling west to Wisconsin and Manitowoc County, they settled in the Town of Schleswig where family was already living. Justina's brother, David Vogel, also immigrated to the Town of Schleswig in 1867 with his family and reunited with his eldest son, Wilhelm Vogel who came here in the year 1865.
Johann Gottlieb purchased eighty acres of land on the 30th of September 1867 for the sum of $1,200, and began his farming and carpentry career.
Eight years later on the 2nd of October 1875 Johann Gottlieb sold 40-arces of his land to his son, Wilhelm for the price of $800. The other 40-acres of his went eventually to his son-in-law, Joseph Buchholz.
On 15th of June 1892, he and his son, Wilhelm both petitioned for legal admittance to full citizenship of the United States from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Johann Gottlieb lived to be 79 years old. He survived his wife, Justina by four years, but succumbed to a stroke on a Monday, the 3rd of October 1898 and was buried next to his wife in the Schleswig Cemetery, Rockville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Johann Gottlieb Rades Biography
Copyrighted © 2014 by Allen P. Grasser

SIELING - GREVE - RADES
Kiel – Anton Sieling had hardly passed away to the Grand Army in his 86th year when two other old-timers followed him. Andreas Greve, who lived a mile from Kiel on a farm, suffered a stroke and passed away this morning. The deceased had reached the seldom age of 90 years. Besides his old age he left a number of earthly friends. John Rades also had a stroke on the same day and died this morning. He reached the age of 82 years. If this should continue this way for a time there won't be many of our old settlers left.
"Plymouth Post" Newspaper - Plymouth, Wisconsin - October 6, 1898

Citizenship Petition
15 June 1892
Legal request for admittance to full citizenship of the United States from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

VOYAGE TO AMERICA
Emigrated: 20 July 1867 port of Hamburg, Germany
Immigrated: 5 August 1867 port of New York, New York
Steamship's Name: "S.S.Cimbria"