"THEY CAME TO THIS PLACE"
In the fall of 1848, three neighbors of Oldenburg, Indianna traveled to the Turkey River area in norheast Iowa. On the glowing accounts of the area and land by a French Catholic missionary, Father Remigius Petiot, John Gaertner, George Bachel and Anthony Stadle traveled by boat down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River to Dubuque where they then traveled by foot to Fort Atkinson, Iowa (former military post abandoned summer of 1848).
The three men returned home to Oldenburg were they convinced families, friends and neighbors to move to the Fort Atkinson, Iowa area. By the mid-winter of 1848, six families were making plans and preparations for the move to the Fort Atkinson area: Anthony Stadle, George Bachel, Frank J. Huber, Andrew Meyer, Jacob Rausch and Joseph Spielman. (History of St. Anthony Padua Chapel)
On February 13, 1849, Jacob Rausch's wife, Margaretha, presented him with John Joseph, their first born child. The infant was baptized that very day by the pastor of the Holy Family Church. (Baptismal Record of Holy Family Church, Oldenburg, Indianna) Two weeks later the "Iowa-bound caravan of Oldenburgers plodded up over the western rim of the valley on the Enochsburg State road and disappeared.
Around April 1849, the six families followed the military road into Fort Atkinson and arrived at the abandoned military post and moved into the deserted barracks. Jacob Rausch claimed land west of the army post, near the Gottlieb Krumm cabin whom took over an abandoned Indian lodge half mile south of the fort in the summer of 1848. Jacob Rausch, Joseph Spielman and George Bachel where located and living in Jackson Township of Winneshiek County since arriving from the wagon train from Indianna.
"THEY CAME TO THIS PLACE," A History of Spillville, Iowa and Its Czech Settlers, by Cyril M. Klimesh,
Methodius Press, Sebastopol, CA 1983, Second Edition - 1992, Chapter 2, pages: 19-27, Library of Congress Catalogue No.: 83-61924.
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In the spring of 1849, when their first-born was only a few weeks old, Jacob and Margaret moved to northeast Iowa, with several other families from the Oldenburg area [Indiana], settled in Fort Atkinson where he practiced his trade as a shoemaker. In 1853, he bought land from the government and he farmed until he died 22 Sep 1880. His wife and three children died in one week in 1863 of diphtheria.
He remarried, a Dortea Voll, [4-14-1865], and they had one daughter, Anna, born in 1866. She married a man by the name of Barbarek.
Margaret, daughter of Joseph Spielman, was born about 1827 in Dietersdorf, Bavaria. Came to America with her family on 27 Sep 1836, the date the Austrian brig Matilda arrived at New York from Hamburg.
"Known Descendants of Jakob Rausch & Gertrud Hugo Rausch of Hosbach, Bavaria," January 23, 1979 updated 1990,
Brief Summary of Rausch Family History, Lorraine Kuennen of Decorah, Iowa (grandfather John Joseph Rausch).
In the fall of 1848, three neighbors of Oldenburg, Indianna traveled to the Turkey River area in norheast Iowa. On the glowing accounts of the area and land by a French Catholic missionary, Father Remigius Petiot, John Gaertner, George Bachel and Anthony Stadle traveled by boat down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River to Dubuque where they then traveled by foot to Fort Atkinson, Iowa (former military post abandoned summer of 1848).
The three men returned home to Oldenburg were they convinced families, friends and neighbors to move to the Fort Atkinson, Iowa area. By the mid-winter of 1848, six families were making plans and preparations for the move to the Fort Atkinson area: Anthony Stadle, George Bachel, Frank J. Huber, Andrew Meyer, Jacob Rausch and Joseph Spielman. (History of St. Anthony Padua Chapel)
On February 13, 1849, Jacob Rausch's wife, Margaretha, presented him with John Joseph, their first born child. The infant was baptized that very day by the pastor of the Holy Family Church. (Baptismal Record of Holy Family Church, Oldenburg, Indianna) Two weeks later the "Iowa-bound caravan of Oldenburgers plodded up over the western rim of the valley on the Enochsburg State road and disappeared.
Around April 1849, the six families followed the military road into Fort Atkinson and arrived at the abandoned military post and moved into the deserted barracks. Jacob Rausch claimed land west of the army post, near the Gottlieb Krumm cabin whom took over an abandoned Indian lodge half mile south of the fort in the summer of 1848. Jacob Rausch, Joseph Spielman and George Bachel where located and living in Jackson Township of Winneshiek County since arriving from the wagon train from Indianna.
"THEY CAME TO THIS PLACE," A History of Spillville, Iowa and Its Czech Settlers, by Cyril M. Klimesh,
Methodius Press, Sebastopol, CA 1983, Second Edition - 1992, Chapter 2, pages: 19-27, Library of Congress Catalogue No.: 83-61924.
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In the spring of 1849, when their first-born was only a few weeks old, Jacob and Margaret moved to northeast Iowa, with several other families from the Oldenburg area [Indiana], settled in Fort Atkinson where he practiced his trade as a shoemaker. In 1853, he bought land from the government and he farmed until he died 22 Sep 1880. His wife and three children died in one week in 1863 of diphtheria.
He remarried, a Dortea Voll, [4-14-1865], and they had one daughter, Anna, born in 1866. She married a man by the name of Barbarek.
Margaret, daughter of Joseph Spielman, was born about 1827 in Dietersdorf, Bavaria. Came to America with her family on 27 Sep 1836, the date the Austrian brig Matilda arrived at New York from Hamburg.
"Known Descendants of Jakob Rausch & Gertrud Hugo Rausch of Hosbach, Bavaria," January 23, 1979 updated 1990,
Brief Summary of Rausch Family History, Lorraine Kuennen of Decorah, Iowa (grandfather John Joseph Rausch).
"THEY CAME TO THIS PLACE"
In the fall of 1848, three neighbors of Oldenburg, Indianna traveled to the Turkey River area in norheast Iowa. On the glowing accounts of the area and land by a French Catholic missionary, Father Remigius Petiot, John Gaertner, George Bachel and Anthony Stadle traveled by boat down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River to Dubuque where they then traveled by foot to Fort Atkinson, Iowa (former military post abandoned summer of 1848).
The three men returned home to Oldenburg were they convinced families, friends and neighbors to move to the Fort Atkinson, Iowa area. By the mid-winter of 1848, six families were making plans and preparations for the move to the Fort Atkinson area: Anthony Stadle, George Bachel, Frank J. Huber, Andrew Meyer, Jacob Rausch and Joseph Spielman. (History of St. Anthony Padua Chapel)
On February 13, 1849, Jacob Rausch's wife, Margaretha, presented him with John Joseph, their first born child. The infant was baptized that very day by the pastor of the Holy Family Church. (Baptismal Record of Holy Family Church, Oldenburg, Indianna) Two weeks later the "Iowa-bound caravan of Oldenburgers plodded up over the western rim of the valley on the Enochsburg State road and disappeared.
Around April 1849, the six families followed the military road into Fort Atkinson and arrived at the abandoned military post and moved into the deserted barracks. Jacob Rausch claimed land west of the army post, near the Gottlieb Krumm cabin whom took over an abandoned Indian lodge half mile south of the fort in the summer of 1848. Jacob Rausch, Joseph Spielman and George Bachel where located and living in Jackson Township of Winneshiek County since arriving from the wagon train from Indianna.
"THEY CAME TO THIS PLACE," A History of Spillville, Iowa and Its Czech Settlers, by Cyril M. Klimesh,
Methodius Press, Sebastopol, CA 1983, Second Edition - 1992, Chapter 2, pages: 19-27, Library of Congress Catalogue No.: 83-61924.
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In the spring of 1849, when their first-born was only a few weeks old, Jacob and Margaret moved to northeast Iowa, with several other families from the Oldenburg area [Indiana], settled in Fort Atkinson where he practiced his trade as a shoemaker. In 1853, he bought land from the government and he farmed until he died 22 Sep 1880. His wife and three children died in one week in 1863 of diphtheria.
He remarried, a Dortea Voll, [4-14-1865], and they had one daughter, Anna, born in 1866. She married a man by the name of Barbarek.
Margaret, daughter of Joseph Spielman, was born about 1827 in Dietersdorf, Bavaria. Came to America with her family on 27 Sep 1836, the date the Austrian brig Matilda arrived at New York from Hamburg.
"Known Descendants of Jakob Rausch & Gertrud Hugo Rausch of Hosbach, Bavaria," January 23, 1979 updated 1990,
Brief Summary of Rausch Family History, Lorraine Kuennen of Decorah, Iowa (grandfather John Joseph Rausch).
In the fall of 1848, three neighbors of Oldenburg, Indianna traveled to the Turkey River area in norheast Iowa. On the glowing accounts of the area and land by a French Catholic missionary, Father Remigius Petiot, John Gaertner, George Bachel and Anthony Stadle traveled by boat down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River to Dubuque where they then traveled by foot to Fort Atkinson, Iowa (former military post abandoned summer of 1848).
The three men returned home to Oldenburg were they convinced families, friends and neighbors to move to the Fort Atkinson, Iowa area. By the mid-winter of 1848, six families were making plans and preparations for the move to the Fort Atkinson area: Anthony Stadle, George Bachel, Frank J. Huber, Andrew Meyer, Jacob Rausch and Joseph Spielman. (History of St. Anthony Padua Chapel)
On February 13, 1849, Jacob Rausch's wife, Margaretha, presented him with John Joseph, their first born child. The infant was baptized that very day by the pastor of the Holy Family Church. (Baptismal Record of Holy Family Church, Oldenburg, Indianna) Two weeks later the "Iowa-bound caravan of Oldenburgers plodded up over the western rim of the valley on the Enochsburg State road and disappeared.
Around April 1849, the six families followed the military road into Fort Atkinson and arrived at the abandoned military post and moved into the deserted barracks. Jacob Rausch claimed land west of the army post, near the Gottlieb Krumm cabin whom took over an abandoned Indian lodge half mile south of the fort in the summer of 1848. Jacob Rausch, Joseph Spielman and George Bachel where located and living in Jackson Township of Winneshiek County since arriving from the wagon train from Indianna.
"THEY CAME TO THIS PLACE," A History of Spillville, Iowa and Its Czech Settlers, by Cyril M. Klimesh,
Methodius Press, Sebastopol, CA 1983, Second Edition - 1992, Chapter 2, pages: 19-27, Library of Congress Catalogue No.: 83-61924.
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In the spring of 1849, when their first-born was only a few weeks old, Jacob and Margaret moved to northeast Iowa, with several other families from the Oldenburg area [Indiana], settled in Fort Atkinson where he practiced his trade as a shoemaker. In 1853, he bought land from the government and he farmed until he died 22 Sep 1880. His wife and three children died in one week in 1863 of diphtheria.
He remarried, a Dortea Voll, [4-14-1865], and they had one daughter, Anna, born in 1866. She married a man by the name of Barbarek.
Margaret, daughter of Joseph Spielman, was born about 1827 in Dietersdorf, Bavaria. Came to America with her family on 27 Sep 1836, the date the Austrian brig Matilda arrived at New York from Hamburg.
"Known Descendants of Jakob Rausch & Gertrud Hugo Rausch of Hosbach, Bavaria," January 23, 1979 updated 1990,
Brief Summary of Rausch Family History, Lorraine Kuennen of Decorah, Iowa (grandfather John Joseph Rausch).
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