Welcome to Austrian Radle FamilyGenealogy Site

This page details the Radle/Redl/Redle/Raidl family lineage as best we have been able to track it down. Schrems/Neide-Sschrems Austria - Bezirk Gmünd is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. It is located in northwestern Waldviertel. It is very similar to the hills and valleys of Pepin County, WI where many of these Austrian families migrated to.

J. Georg RAIDL/RADEL and Mat/Matthias Radl - Lineage from Austria

Matt Radle is the furthest validated ancestor of this Radl/Redl/Raidl/Radle lineage to date. Other Raidl/Radles from the same area, came to the US and settled in the Pennsylavania and Texas regions before 1880. The Radle's who came to the Arkansaw, Waterville Township, Pepin County, Wisconsin in 1882 originated in Lower Austria, about 60 or so kilometers north of from Vienna (Wien). It appears the Fedies, Schuch's as well as others came first, sending information back about this new land.

These were hardy Roman Catholic families inter-related with other such Lower Austrian names such as Bauer, Fedie, Schuch, Wiessinger, Brunner, Danzinger, Yougman, Forster and many more from near the same area. While the Radles were not the first to emigrate, they followed the lead of their relatives to this beautiful Pepin County area which resembled their homeland so much in Lower Austria. If you look at a map of Europe and study invasion routes, from Berlin to Prague and then Vienna (Wien), is a direct north-south route and was used for many years for such purposes. Too many wars, may have caused them to leave their homeland. Under the Hapsburg Empire, Austria was involved for hundreds of years in wars. Men were required to be in the army at age 18, for up to ten years, depending on the political situation, and longer if in wartimes.

The story will continue by generation as my wife Donna (Radle) Lampman has researched it and receiving family information from other Radle and surname relatives. To learn more about each one of Joseph Radles children is as easy as clicking on that link to your right. Thank you. Donna's direct lineage is from the Anton Radle line. Joseph Radle is the only known child of Mat/Mattias Radle and his wife to date.

Update: Possible parents of Matt Radle, father of Joseph Radle

Upon further searching, I found a new listing on the Mormon website; www.familysearch.org a listing for a Matthias Radle. His wifes birth place is in the same location as the Radle's lived, and Weissing/Weissinger is a common name from this area, as well as Pepin County, so it is a great possibility.

Husband's Name: J. Georg RAIDL OR RADEL (AFN:LWS0-9H) Pedigree Born: Abt. 1754 Place: , L-Austria, Austria The J. may be (John or Joseph). I'm guessing Josef. [See naming conventions below]
Married: Place: Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown

Wife's Name: Anna Maria WEISSIN (AFN:LWS0-BN) Pedigree Born: Abt. 1758 Place: -Ruprechts, L-Austria, Austria. Married: Place: Father: Mother: (A common name in the Pepin County area, Weissinger.

Children:
1. Male; Mathias RAIDL (AFN:LWS0-CT) Pedigree Born: 15 Feb 1780 Place: Sparbach, L-Astr, Astr
Christened: Place: -
2. Male; Paul RADL (AFN:LWS0-D1) Pedigree Born: 16 Jan 1781 Place: Sparbach, L-Astr, Astr
Christened: Place: -
3. Female; Maria Anna RADEL (AFN:LWS0-F6) Pedigree Born: Jul 1783 Place: Sparbach, L-Astr, Astr
Christened: Place: -

One of the typical Germanic (Includes Austrian) naming conventions was to name your first born son after your father, then second born son after your wifes father, and the same traditions follows for daughters after their mothers.

If Matthias Radle's father was J. Georg RAIDL/RADEL, and the (J) stands for Joseph, and the only known child of Matthias Radle was Joseph Radle who emigrated to the Pepin County area of Wisconsin, this may be a match. More work needs to be done to validate this. It is a good possibility as Sparbach is only about 5-6 kilometers from the Schrems area, and Duras where Joseph was born in about the same distance.

Donna's uncle, Ronald Radle I believe served in the military in Europe and spent a lot of time tracking down the Radle lineage. He told her years ago, the Radles were in the military class, blacksmiths who took care of the cavalry's horses. Many times, military men did not marry till late in life, and as I've learned from other Austrian emigrates, many left Austria because or the forced drafts and many wars of the Austro-Hungarian Empire under Emperior Franz Joseph.