Son of Jacob Henry Heinrich Hinrich Radloff and Amalie Eleonore Friederika Sophie (Hagen) Radloff. Born in Consrade, Plate, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin according to Radloff family researchers in Germany. Arrived in U.S.A. in 1881 and by mid 1880s William was in Seattle working as a teamster for the Queen City Bakery and Confectionary in Seattle, Washington, owned by Adolph Krug. By 1889 William had become partners in the business with Krug and divested, taking the proceeds and investing in building lots at 6th and Olive, then on the edge of downtown Seattle. He owned enough of the block that it was called the Radloff Block. His properties were spared the Great Seattle Fire in June of 1889.
William married Virginia Creviston in December of 1889. They had one child, Flora, born in 1890.
By 1891 William sold his properties in Seattle proper and purchased a small amount of rural acreage several miles north of the city near Richmond Beach and built a home where he raised ornamental chickens.
William married Virginia Creviston in December of 1889. They had one child, Flora, born in 1890.
By 1891 William sold his properties in Seattle proper and purchased a small amount of rural acreage several miles north of the city near Richmond Beach and built a home where he raised ornamental chickens.
Son of Jacob Henry Heinrich Hinrich Radloff and Amalie Eleonore Friederika Sophie (Hagen) Radloff. Born in Consrade, Plate, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin according to Radloff family researchers in Germany. Arrived in U.S.A. in 1881 and by mid 1880s William was in Seattle working as a teamster for the Queen City Bakery and Confectionary in Seattle, Washington, owned by Adolph Krug. By 1889 William had become partners in the business with Krug and divested, taking the proceeds and investing in building lots at 6th and Olive, then on the edge of downtown Seattle. He owned enough of the block that it was called the Radloff Block. His properties were spared the Great Seattle Fire in June of 1889.
William married Virginia Creviston in December of 1889. They had one child, Flora, born in 1890.
By 1891 William sold his properties in Seattle proper and purchased a small amount of rural acreage several miles north of the city near Richmond Beach and built a home where he raised ornamental chickens.
William married Virginia Creviston in December of 1889. They had one child, Flora, born in 1890.
By 1891 William sold his properties in Seattle proper and purchased a small amount of rural acreage several miles north of the city near Richmond Beach and built a home where he raised ornamental chickens.
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