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Thank you, Jim, for mentioning the word "place-name"! I was so blind! Most likely Radenbach/baugh refers to a place called Radenbach. Its two parts are "rod" (clearing) and "bach" (stream), and that's all there is to it. Sorry for misleading your imagination.

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I haven't been able to find a place called Radenbach in Germany, but there is Rodenbach an Radenbeck ("beck" being a northern variant of "bach"). But I did find a stream called Radenbach in the Lüneburger Heide near Hannover.