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Rateliff & The Night Sweats – 2017 Barclaycard British Summer Time Hyde Park – Day 7 – Hyde Park – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Birth Name: Nathaniel David Rateliff
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 7, 1978
Ethnicity: Polish, German, English, distant Welsh
Nathaniel Rateliff is an American singer and songwriter.
Nathaniel’s paternal grandfather was Alfred Arthur Rateliff (the son of James Alford Rateliff and Loualta V. Townsend). Alfred was born in Arkansas. James was born in Arkansas, the son of John Gentry Rateliff and Mary Elizabeth Lewis. Loualta was born in Arkansas, the daughter of James Samuel Townsend and Emily Etta Aylor.
Nathaniel’s paternal grandmother was Shirley Marie Rybacki (the daughter of Edmund/Edmond Frank Rybacki and Irene F. Narzynski). Shirley was born in Missouri. Edmund was born in Wisconsin, the son of Mathew C. Rybacki, an ethnic Polish emigrant, who was born in either Germany or Poland; and of Weronika/Veronika Alicz, whose parents were also Polish. Nathaniel’s great-grandmother Irene was born in Missouri, to parents from Germany, with Polish heritage, Frank P. Narzynski/Larzinski and Frances A. Klos.
Nathaniel’s maternal grandfather was William Wolfgang Tucker (the son of William John Tucker and Ida Ganske). Nathaniel’s grandfather William was born in Koblenz, Germany. Nathaniel’s great-grandfather William was born in Missouri. Ida was born in Germany, the daughter of Paul Ganske and Bertha Kops.
Nathaniel’s maternal grandmother was Rosemary Louise Lewis (the daughter of Ross Henry Lewis and Myrtle R. Vossmeyer). Rosemary was born in Missouri. Ross was born in Missouri, the son of John Wesley Lewis and Fredericke Annie Langenberg, whose parents were German. Myrtle was born in Missouri, the daughter of August Vossmeyer and Alpha Schneider, who were also the children of German parents.
Sources: Obituary of Nathaniel’s father – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogies of Nathaniel’s paternal grandparents, Alfred Arthur Rateliff and Shirley Marie Rybacki – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Nathaniel’s maternal grandparents, William Wolfgang Tucker and Rosemary Louise Lewis – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Nathaniel’s maternal grandfather, William Wolfgang Tucker – https://www.newspapers.com