Rahe in Germany

Cousins did research to find this wonderful detail about the Rahe family before the trip across the big pond.

Last modified 07/21/2005

Rahe Name in Germany

I cannot claim any credit for the research of these lines in Germany. This research was done by cousins who traveled to Germany and did research in the churches in the original German! I will add more detail to this page when I find the file with all the photocopies, but for now here are the basic names, dates and places as relayed to me.

Johann Hermann Rahe, b. ~1730. m. Marie Altoff.
Marie Altoff

Children:
Johann Friedrich Rahe, b 17 Feb 1769 [see below]

Johann Friedrich Rahe, b 17 Feb 1769, m. 9 Dec 1801 to Margarete Eliese Druhman, d. 9 Nov 1821.
Margarete Eliese Druhman, b. ~1773, was from the city of Buer, d. 25 May 1821.

Children:
Caspar Heinrich Rahe, b. 3 Apr 1806 [see below]

Caspar Heinrich Rahe, b. 3 Apr 1806 in Germany, m. 1829 to Margarete Ilsabein Wischmeier, d. 8 Mar 1854.
Margarete Ilsabein Wischmeier, b. 4 Jan 1809, d. 8 Dec 1872.

Children:
Henry H. Rahe, b. 14 Feb 1842 in Germany, emigrated to U.S. in 1858. [See Rahe.]