Radewan/Van Sickle/Smith/Madison Family History
Assembled by Clark Radewan
This is my family. The earliest progenitors are Peter Van Sycklin
(d. 1754), Francis Madison (b. 1821), John Smith (b. abt 1820), John Hoyt (b. 1545) and Ernst Radewahn (b. abt 1820).
The Radewahns in this family came to America in the mid to late 1800's and settled
in the Saginaw, Michigan area. My grandfather, Conrad, seems to be the only one
that dropped the "h" from his name.
Most of the Van Sickles born before 1880 were originally documented in a book called
"A History of the Van Sickle Family in the United States of America."
It was researched, compiled, and printed by John W. Van Sickle of Springfield,
Ohio in the year1880. His book does not show a connection between my family and the earliest Van Sickles.
However, later information indicates that Peter Van Sycklin may have been the son of Reinier
Van Sicklen and Heneh Van Leuven. They can be found in the "Early Van Sickle Family."
The earliest Van Sickle documented in John W. Van Sickle's book was
"Ferdenandus Van Sycklin, progenitor of the Van Sicklen or Van Sickle family in America, was
born in the Netherlands in Europe, probably in the province of Holland about the year 1635.
He emigrated to America in 1652."
These are the Radewans who descended from five brothers who
came to America in the 1890's and settled in Racine, Wisconsin. Their father,
Karl Radewahn, lived in Maliers (or Malen), Selesia, Germany near
Breslau which is now Wroclow, Poland. One brother returned to
Germany and is an ancestor to many of the Radewahns who live there now.
This is another branch of the Radewahn family that has not been linked to the others.
Most of them lived in Ludwigsdorf, Selesia, Germany near the same area that the other Radewahn
branches originated. Sadly, one family (ten persons altogether) all died on January 27th, 1945
when they were all murdered either by Russian soldiers or Polish partizans while Silesia was
occupied by the Russian army.
There are very few Radewans (or Radewahns) in the world. So far, I have been unable to
establish a link between my family and the Radewans in Wisconsin or either of them to the Radewahns
in Germany. I have assembled the information that I have on these branches in the hope that,
one day, the three families may be tied together.
Acknowledgement
I thank all of you that have seen these pages and taken the time to contact me with
additions and corrections to the information presented on this site. Because of your efforts, I
have been able to add many people to all four family histories. I also wish to thank those that
have posted their family tree information on the internet either through their own web pages or
genealogical organizations. They have provided a valuable resource.
Some of the information that has been sent to me will not appear on these pages. I only show the names
and any pictures of living persons. If there is no date of death available, a person is assumed to be living if
they were born in the last 100 years.
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genealogy program. Each card shows the family of the person, their spouse,
parents and children.
Clicking on a parent or child name leads to a "Web Card" for that person's family.
Clicking on the name of a person or their spouse goes to a "Person Sheet"
that may have additional information.
The Home Card link goes to the earliest person in the family.
You can use the Index link to go directly to a person's family "Web Card."
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