Johan Herm Henrich Ferdinand Ratermann (1815 - 1886)

Born 25 Dec 1815 in Ankum, Fürstenau, Osnabrück, Hannover, Deutscher Bund

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1886 at age 70 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Ferdinand Ratermann has roots in the region now known as Niedersachsen, Germany.

Ferdinand Ratermann migrated from Kingdom Hannover to USA.

Johan Herm Henrich Ferdinand Ratermann was born on 25 December 1815 in Ankum, Amt Fürstenau, Landesteil Osnabrück, Köngreich Hannover, Deutscher Bund, son of Joh. Bernd Ratermann and Maria Elisabeth Hennings. ^[1] He was baptised on 27 December 1815 in the catholic church St. Nikolaus in Ankum.^[1] His godfather was Stephen Ferdinand Uphof sive Hülenfeld, and his baptismal witnesses were Johan Henrich Henning and Katharina Margaretha Hömker.^[1]

St. Nikolaus in Ankum

Ferdinand was born at the end of a turbulent time in Hanoverian history. During the French Revolution, Hanover was occupied by the French in 1803 and 1806-1813. Under French control, Hanover was first considered part of the Kingdom of Westphalia, although George III of England did not recognize the French annexation, and Hanoverian ministers continued to operate in exile from London, maintaining diplomatic relations with several nations, including Austria and Prussia, despite the fact that those nations were technically at war with the United Kingdom at the time. Ankum had been a part of the First French Empire between 1811 - 1814, and when Ferdinand was born, the hardships of the wars could still be felt and were talked about by his parents and family as he grew up.

Ferdinand Ratermann, residing in Aslage, married Maria Catharina Zumdohme (born on 18 January 1826 in Krevinghausen, Besten, Bersenbrück, Osnabrück; daughter of Johan Herm (Zumdohme) Zumdome and Maria Catharina (Brunnecke) Zumdome), residing in Besten, on 4 November 1852 in the catholic church St. Nikolaus Ankum.^[2] Their witnesses were Johann Bernhard Ratermann, residing in Aslage, and the bride's sister Maria Elisabeth Zumdohme, residing in Besten.^[2]

By profession, Ferdinand was a Heuermann and working and living in Aslage, a hamlet in modern-day Ankum. They had the following children, all three born in Aslage:

1. Maria Elisabeth Ratermann (born 1 September 1853 in Aslage)
2. Margeretha Catharina (Ratermann) Herschede (born 17 December 1855 in Aslage)
3. Hermann Bernhard Ratermann (born 4 October 1858 in Aslage)

Some time after Oct 1858 the family emigrated to the United States. Currently it is not known which ship or route they might have taken. The family was enumerated on the US census on 2 June 1860, hence, the family must have immigrated at some point between those two dates.

In the 1860 census Frank Roterman (age 36), Laborer, was in Cincinnati Ward 6, Hamilton, Ohio.^[3]

In Ohio, Ferdinand and Maria Catharina had at least four additional children:

1. Mary K. Ratermann (born 21 July 1861)
2. Theodore A. Ratermann (born 4 December 1862)
3. Maria Catharina Ratermann (born 28 May 1868)
4. Henrich Bernard Herman Ratermann (born 7 October 1870)

In the 1870 census Frank Rotterman (age 52) was the head of household in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.^[4]

In the 1880 census Frank Patterman (age 64), Laborer, was with his wife and 3 unmarried sons in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.^[5]

Ferdinand died of oesophagitis on 9 January 1886 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, aged 70. He was buried in the old St. Joseph's Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Research Notes

Name

What do we know about the name of 'Johan Herm Henrich Ferdinand Ratermann?

• 25 December 1815: Joh. Herm Henr. Ferdinand Ratermann^[1]
• 4 November 1852: Ferdinand Ratermann^[2]

Notes on Surname Ferdinand's surname sometimes shows as Ratermann, and other times, as Rattermann. Sometimes, it ends with only one N instead of the proper double N. Additional misspellings include Pattermann, Rattersen, Roterman, and Rattermewe. Ratermann is the correct spelling for his last name at birth.

The surname Ratermann is mostly found in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) and Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) ( http://www.namespedia.com/details/Ratermann ). The origin of the surname is Rater + mann. Mann means, "Man," in German, and rater means, "advice, counsel, or counselor."

German: 1. occupational name meaning ‘counselor’, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rāt, modern German Rat ‘counsel’. 2. from a Germanic personal name based on rād, rāt ‘advice’, ‘counsel’. 3. habitational name for someone from places called Rath or Rathen. ( http://names.mooseroots.com/l/98336/Rater )

German: occupational name for a counselor or arbitrator, or a nickname for a man respected for his opinions and advice, from Middle High German rāt ‘counsel’ + man ‘man’, in Hesse also ‘executioner’. ( http://names.mooseroots.com/l/61325/Rathmann )

Hamilton County Genealogy Society records for the Ratermann surname:

Surname: Ratermann

Twp./City: Cincinnati

County: Hamilton

State/Prov./Rgn.: Ohio

Country: USA

Begin Year: 1839

End Year: 2017

Alternate Spellings: Raterman, Ratterman, Rattermann

Birth/Baptism

What do we know about the birth/baptism of 'Johan Herm Henrich Ferdinand Ratermann?

• Transcription of baptism record: Gebohren und getauft im Jahre 1815, Geburt 25. Dez., Taufe 27. Dez., Joh. Herm Henr. Ferdinand Ratermann, Eltern: Joh. Bernd Ratermann, Maria Elisabeth Hennings, Gevatter: Stephen Ferdinand Uphof sive Hülenfeld, Zeugen: Joh. Henr. Henning, Kath. Marg. Hömker.^[1]
• Translation: Born and baptised in 1815, birth 25 Dec., baptism 27 Dec., Joh. Herm Henr. Ferdinand Ratermann, parents: Joh. Bernd Ratermann, Maria Elisabeth Hennings, godfather: Stephen Ferdinand Uphof sive Hülenfeld, witnesses: Joh. Henr. Henning, Kath. Marg. Hömker.

Marriage

What do we know about the marriage of 'Johan Herm Henrich Ferdinand Ratermann?

• Transcription of marriage record: Copulierte im Jahre 1852. Copulirt Tag Monat: 4 Novemb(er). Namen der Copulirten und Zeugen: Ferdinand Ratermann aus Aslage mit Maria Catharina Zumdohme aus Besten, Test(es) Johann Bernhard Ratermann aus Aslage und Maria Elisabeth Zumdohme aus Besten.^[2]
• Translation: Marriages in the year 1852. Married on Day Months: 4 November. Names of groom and bride and witnesses: Ferdinand Ratermann, from Aslage with Maria Catharina Zumdome from besten, witnesses Johann Bernhard Ratermann from Aslage and Maria Elisabeth Zumdohme from Besten. (Note: usually "aus" meant "residing at".)

Children

What do we know about the children of 'Johan Herm Henrich Ferdinand Ratermann?

Elizabeth was born September 1, 1853 in Aslage, Ankum, in present-day Niedersachsen, Germany (died 10 Oct 1911 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio)

Lisette (Lisetta) “Sadie” was born December 17, 1855 in Aslage, Ankum, (died May 21, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio)

Bernard J. “Ben,” was born October 4, 1858 in Aslage, Ankum, (died 4 Nov 1936 in Cincinnati, Ohio)

Mary K. was born July 21, 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio (died 25 Nov 1936 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio)

Theodore A. was born December 4, 1862 in Cincinnati, Ohio (died 3 Feb 1948 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio)

Maria Catharina (or Katherine “Katie”) was born 28 May 1868 in Ohio (died 29 Dec 1876 in Cincinnati Ohio)

Henry A. "Harry" was born 7 Oct 1870 in Cincinnati, Ohio (died 15 Jan 1964 Cincinnati, Ohio).

This list may not be complete.

Emigration / Immigration

The family immigrated to the United States around 1859 or 1860, and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. There were other Ratermanns already living in Cincinnati, possibly extended family.

Since their son Bernard, born in Oct 1858, was the last child born in Germany, and the family was enumerated on the US census on 2 June 1860, the family must have immigrated at some point between those two dates.

Beginning in 1900, the US census included a question about immigration year. While Ferdinand died before 1900, his wife and three of his children born in Germany were asked this question a total of 11 times on available census records.

On the 1900 US census, all three of their children born in Germany said they immigrated in 1860, while Katharina said that she immigrated in 1855, which can't be right, because their son Bernard was born in Germany in 1858.

In 1910, Elizabeth (who was dying in a hospital) said she immigrated in 1870, while Lissette "Sadie" said she immigrated in 1860 and Bernard said he immigrated in 1861.

In 1920, Sadie said she had immigrated in 1860 and Bernard said he had immigrated in 1861.

In 1930, Sadie and Bernard both said they had immigrated in 1859.

When immigrating to the United States, sometimes, the husband left first, then sent for his family. Other times, the husband traveled back and forth, either sending home money and occasionally returning for visits, or returning only once, to escort the rest of the family to their new home after already getting established. If Ferdinand followed this pattern, there would be evidence of at least one return trip to Germany, and at least two trips from Germany to the United States. No such evidenced as surfaced to date.

"Off to New Shores: German Immigration to Cincinnati from the Osnabrücker Nordland in the Early 19th Century," an article in The Tracer, has conflated two different men called Ferdinand Ratermann who may have been cousins (or possibly brothers), however the immigration in The Tracer is for Hermann Ferdinand Ratermann, who was born in 1818 and was married to Theresia Bohmann, not Ferdinand L. Ratermann, who was born in 1813 and was married to Katharina zum Dome (as she is named in The Tracer).

Unless he travelled back and forth between the United States and Hanover at least twice, Ferdinand could not have immigrated aboard the Goethe on 1 May 1849, because he had three children born in Hanover in 1853, 1855, and 1858. Since the record fits Hermann Ferdinand Ratermann better (in terms of both birth year and name), it clearly is not the correct immigration for Ferdinand L. Ratermann.

He, therefore, must have immigrated after the birth of Bernard (4 October 1858) and before the Ratermann family's appearance on the 1860 US census (20 June 1860). Records at https://immigrantships.net/bremenproj/year/1860.html and https://immigrantships.net/bremenproj/year/1850.html have been checked and none of the members of the Ratermann family were on any ship from Bremen during that time frame, unless they were on the voyage of the Meta on 28 June 1859, which has not yet been transcribed.

The following ships (sailing from Bremen) were ruled out:

1858:

Meridian 11 October

Anna Delius 16 October

Meta 3 November

Washington 3 November

Predecessor 4 November

Ernestine 20 November

New Orleans 20 November

Globus 5 December

1859:

Bremen 2 May

Alfred 5 May

Helvetia 9 May

Ernst Moritz Arndt 20 May

Washington 24 May

Adler 27 May

Olbers 11 June

Elise and Mathilde 18 June

Elisabeth 21 June

Howard 15 July

Ottilie 16 July

Gessner 24 August

Orpheus 16 September

Atlantic 19 September

Borussia 19 September

Coriolan 20 September

Centurian 21 September

New York 22 September

Elena 26 September

Dr. Barth 29 September

Neptune 31 October

Magdalene 5 November

Magdalene 5 November

Republik 7 November

Washington 14 November

Peter Godeffroy 19 November

Eduard 31 December

1860:

Orpheus 9 January

Elisabeth 16 January

Fella 14 April

Stella 14 April

Magdalene 17 April

Tuisko 17 April

Hammonia 23 April

Republik 23 April

Donau 5 May

Atalanta 8 May

Teutonia 8 May

Union 9 May

Wieland 10 May

Hohenstaufen 11 May

Johanna 11 May

Sir Robert Peel 12 May

Washington 14 May

Columbia 15 May

Helvetia 19 May

Gerhard 31 May

Leontine 2 June

Georg 7 June

Goschen 7 June

Ottilie 11 June

Admiral 14 June

Schiller 14 June

Union 14 June

With this in mind, they most likely sailed from another port other than Bremen.

More research is needed.

Additional sources to consider

• Here is a source for the immigration of 8 Ratermanns from from Ankum, who immigrated on the Cordova in 1845, and may be relatives: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5V6-96CR?i=631&cc=1916009

Census Records

United States Census, 1860

Name: Frank Roterman

Age in 1860: 36

Birth Year: abt 1824

Birthplace: Hannover

Home in 1860: Cincinnati Ward 6, Hamilton, Ohio

Gender: Male

Post Office: Cincinnati

(20 Jun 1860 • 6th Ward Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio)

Household:

Frank Roterman 36 [Ferdinand 46] Hannover

Kate Roterman 35 [Katharina 35] Hannover

Eliza Roterman 6 [Elizabeth 6] Hannover

Letta Roterman 4 [Lisette "Sadie" 4] Hannover

Ben Roterman 1 [Bernard 1] Hannover

United States Census, 1870

Name: Frank Rotterman

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1870

Event Place: Ohio, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 52

Race: White

Race (Original): W

Birth Year (Estimated): 1817-1818

Birthplace: Prussia

Page Number: 88

Household:

Frank Rotterman [Ferdinand 56] Male 52 Prussia

Kate Rotterman [Katharina 45] Female 42 Prussia

Lizzie Rotterman [Elizabeth 16] Female 17 Prussia

Katie Rotterman [Lisette "Sadie" 14] Female 14 Prussia

Benjamin Rotterman [Bernard, 10] Male 12 Prussia

Mary Rotterman [Mary, 9] Female 9 Ohio

Theodore Rotterman [Theodore, 8] Male 7 Ohio

Katie Rotterman [Katherine, 2] Female 2 Ohio

United States Census, 1880

Name: Frank Patterman

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1880

Event Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 64

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Race (Original): W

Occupation: Laborer

Relationship to Head of Household: Self

Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self

Birth Year (Estimated): 1816

Birthplace: Germany

Father's Birthplace: Germany

Mother's Birthplace: Germany

Sheet Letter: C

Sheet Number: 83

Person Number: 0

Volume: 1

Household:

Frank Patterman 64 [Ferdinand 66] Germany

Mrs Patterman 54 [Katharina 55] Germany

Bernard Patterman 20 [Bernard 22] Germany

Theo Patterman 17 [Theodore 17] Ohio

Henry Patterman 10 [Henry 9] Ohio

Occupation

• He was a Heuermann in Aslage before emigration.
• The 1860, 1870, and 1880 census records show that Ferdinand was a laborer.
• There is a record of Ferdinand working as a carriage painter and residing at 13 Woodward Street in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1875. (This may or may not be the correct Ferdinand Ratermann.)

Cincinnati city directories should be consulted for more information.

Death and Burial

What do we know about the death/burial of 'Johan Herm Henrich Ferdinand Ratermann?

Ferdinand died of oesophagitis on Jan. 9, 1886, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was buried in the old St. Joseph's Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He and his wife share a marriage headstone, along with their daughter, Catherine, who died of smallpox at age 8 .

The inscription on his section of the headstone reads:

Ferdinand Ratermann
Geb. 25 Dec 1813
Gest. 9 Januar 1886
(Note that Geb. and Gest. are German abbreviations for "born" and "died.")

Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 15 February 2021), memorial page for Ferdinand Ratermann (12 Dec 1818–9 Jan 1886), Find A Grave: Memorial #128676830, citing Saint Joseph Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Todd Whitesides (contributor 47553735) .

Conflicting or Conflated Research

The issue of The Tracer referenced below conflates the immigration and family members of two different men named Ferdinand Ratermann. Her husband is not the Heinrich Ferdinand Ratermann who immigrated in 1849 with his mother and brother on the ship Goethe; the birth year matches the other Ferdinand Ratermann buried in the same cemetery, the one born in 1818 who married Theresia Bohmann.

From the passenger list of the Goethe, bound from Bremen to New Orleans, Louisiana, 1 May 1849:

38 Catherine Ratermann 50 Alfhausen Hannover

39 Johann Heinrcih Ratermann 32 Alfhausen farmer Hannover

40 Hermann Ferdinand Ratermann 30 Alfhausen farmer Hannover ^[6][7]

There is also an unsourced family tree on Familysearch, which is transcribed in a section below. It gives his parents as Gerhard Henrich Raterman (1778-1837) and Anna Maria Gertrude Erdhaus (b.1791).

Disputed Information

Most of the disputed information comes from conflation of Hermann Ferdinand Ratermann with Ferdinand L. Ratermann. In addition to disputed information found elsewhere in this profile....

Some family trees have 1816 or 1818 as his birth year, rather than 1813. ([Hermann] Ferdinand Ratermann was born in 1818, and Ferdinand L. Ratermann's birth year was wrong on at least two US censuses.)

Ankum, Osnabrück is listed as his birthplace on cemetery records, however, they also state his name was Franz Raterman in one place and Ferdinand Ratermann in another. General unreliability due to known errors in these records calls any unsubstantiated information gleaned from them into question. (The cemetery records do clearly point to the same individual, however, because they are in the same grave and died the same day.)

Alfthausen, Osnabrück, Hanover, in modern-day Niedersachsen (lower Saxony), Germany, as Ferdinand's birth location it is based on Hermann Ferdinand Ratermann's 1849 immigration; H. Ferdinand Ratermann was probably Ferdinand L. Ratermann's younger brother or cousin, so this does not preclude this as a birthplace, especially if the two were cousins or brothers. Church and state records for Alfhausen include many Ratermanns, but not Ferdinand.)

Another alternate tree shows a birth date and birthplace of 09 Dec 1818 in Heeke, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany. This is possibly a conflation of Hermann Ferdinand Ratermann, born 12 Dec 1818, with information about Ferdinand L. Ratermann or information about yet another Ferdinand Ratermann.

Some family trees claimed his first name was actually Hermann, but no documentation has been found yet to confirm that, and it clearly originates from conflation between Ferdinand L. Ratermann and Hermann Ferdinand Ratermann.

Some family trees have an alternate date for his death of 07 May 1890, at 807 West Sixth Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, but this is the death date Hermann Ferdinand Ratermann, buried in the same cemetery, who may have been a cousin or brother.

Controversy regarding his immigration is discussed above in "Immigration."

This profile uses the birth and death dates inscribed on his headstone.

Ancestry

Ratermann is a German surname. However, one of Ferdinand Ratermann's descendants, his great-great-great-granddaughter, Angeline Anna Ratermann Goeke, believed that the family originally came from Holland. According to US cccensus data, Ferdinand's parents were both born in Germany, however, it is possible that either he or his wife did have some Dutch heritage further back in time.

Other Ferdinand Ratermanns

There were at least three Ferdinand Ratermanns in Greater Cincinnati (two in Ohio, and another in Northern Kentucky), around the same time, as well as another in Illinois. Much of the disputed information is the result of mistakes made during genealogical searches when two or more Ferdinand Ratermanns have been conflated.

Hermann Ferdinand "Frank" Ratermann

Name on headstone: Ferdinand Ratermann

Birth: Dec. 12, 1818, Germany

Death: March or May 9, 1890 (headstone looks like it reads Marz, German for March, and the headstone is in German, but cemetery records show May)

Spouse: Theresia Bohmann Ratermann (sometimes shown as Mary Bowman, Theresa Bowman, and variations)

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Burial: Saint Joseph's Old Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County Ohio

Plot: Sect. 14, Lot 116

Ferdinand A. Ratermann

Birth: Feb. 4, 1854, Hanover, Hannoversche Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

Death: Jan. 20, 1926, Covington Kenton County, Kentucky.

Burial: Saint John Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky

Find A Grave: Memorial #40399071

Ferdinand Ratermann

Birth: May 28, 1895

Death: Jun. 5, 1937

Spouse: Veronica Feltrop Ratermann 1901 - 1968

Burial: Saint Dominic & Saint Augustine Catholic Cemetery, Breese, Clinton County, Illinois

Plot: K-2-29

Find A Grave: Memorial #118235274

Ferdinand R. Ratermann

Death: May 4, 1891

Age: 18 year 7 months 11 days

Burial: Saint Michael Cemetery, Fort Loramie, Shelby County, Ohio

Plot: 11-11 A.

Find A Grave: Memorial #55450518

Ferdinand Ratermann

(per a death certificate) shows him born Dec 17, 1855 died 21 May 1950.

Notes on the first "Other Ferdinand Ratermann." As 4/2/2017, the Find-a-grave information as to the location of Ferdinand L. Ratermann is incorrect, and points to the grave of another Ferdinand Ratermann ([Hermann] Ferdinand Ratermann). As odd a coincidence as it may be, these two Ferdinand Ratermanns were both born in Germany in December, 1818/1813, they both immigrated to the United States and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, they were both buried in the same Catholic cemetery in Cincinnati, a few yards apart, and they died about four years apart. One married Katherina Zumdohme, and the other married Theresia Bohmann. They were likely related, cousins or possibly even brothers.

This one needs special mention, because someone else who might stumble upon this Ferdinand Ratermann and think that, being that they were born the same month and were buried in the same city, they must be the same person. In fact, the cemetery office even thinks that they only have one Ferdinand Ratermann, because a mistake was made when the records were digitized, probably because of the shared headstone, and the Hamilton County [Ohio] Genealogical Society made the same mistake in at least one issue of The Tracer.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Taufbuch St. Nikolaus Ankum: Matricula online > Deutschland > Osnabrück, rk. Bistum > Ankum St. Nikolaus > Taufen F108-5 (1. August 1813 – 30. September 1816, 0111) > picture 0042.Taufen 1815.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Heiratsbuch St. Nikolaus Ankum: Matricula online > Deutschland > Osnabrück, rk. Bistum > Ankum St. Nikolaus > Heiraten F202-3 (1. Oktober 1835 – 31. Januar 1852, 0059) > picture 0047.Heiraten 1852, left column, last record.
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Cincinnati Ward 6, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: M653_972; Page: 4; Family History Library Film: 803972
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 7667 #43093817 (subscription required, accessed 12 July 2023)
   Frank Roterman (36), Laborer, in Cincinnati Ward 6, Hamilton, Ohio. Born in Hanover.
4. ↑ 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
   citing Page: 88; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 9; FHL microfilm: 000552709; Record number: 16394;
   FamilySearch Record: M62Z-JCL (accessed 12 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6QGS-W69 Image number 00418
   Frank Rotterman (52) head of household in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Born in Prussia.
5. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
   citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: M8M1-L9F (accessed 12 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YB8-V2G Image number 00170
   Frank Patterman (64), married, Laborer, head of household in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. Born in Germany.
6. ↑ https://immigrantships.net/v10/1800v10/goethe18490501.html
7. ↑ Off to New Shores: German Immigration to Cincinnati from the Osnabrücker Nordland in the Early 19th Century, by Hermann Welp and Monicka Thölking, translated and edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann, as published in The Tracer (a quarterly publication of the Hamilton County (Ohio) Genealogical Society), Volume 35, Number 4 (December 2014), Page 112. ISSN 8756-8462. Online at: https://www.donheinrichtolzmann.net/2014_Dec_Tracer.pdf

See also:

• "Ferd Ratermann" in entry for Harry A. Ratermann and Teresa Strohman, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ1Z-5KM

• "Ferd Ratermann" in entry for Harry A. Ratermann and Teresa Strohman, Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDNY-H53

• Marriage record for Harry A. Ratermann, son of "Ferd Ratermann" and "Katherine Zundom" from 1904: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ1Z-5KM https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDNY-H53

• Death record of "Sadie Rattermann Herschede," daughter of Ferdinand Rattermann and "Catherine Jundome," in Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6LB-K51

• Ferdinand Ratermann in entry for Mary Ratermann, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZDV-SK6

• Death record for "Elazeth Ratermann" showing "Ferdenand Ratermann" and "Catheren Zumhom" as her parents in Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X84G-24Q

• Ferdinand Raterman in entry for Theodore Raterman, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6LN-5CC

• [Vital] Statistics - The Cincinnati Catholic Cemetery Society, on file at St. Joseph Original Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio (filled out by the funeral director and filed with the superintendent)

• Death record: https://drc.libraries.uc.edu/bitstream/handle/2374.UC/450397/18860109d_7.JPG?sequence=1

• Hamilton County Genealogy Society records for the Ratermann surname: https://hcgsohio.org/detail/surnameDetail.php?sn=1766

• "Off to New Shores: German Immigration to Cincinnati from the Osnabrücker Nordland in the Early 19th Century," by Hermann Welp and Monicka Thölking, translated and edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann, as published in The Tracer (a quarterly publication of the Hamilton County (Ohio) Genealogical Society), Volume 35, Number 4 (December 2014), Page 112. ISSN 8756-8462. Online at: https://www.donheinrichtolzmann.net/2014_Dec_Tracer.pdf

• Obituary of wife, Katharina, in the Cincinnati German-language newspaper, "Volksfreund," 26 & 27 April, 1909, Page 8