| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Second Generation6. Bernardt W. "Bernhard" RASCH was born on 17 June 1846 in Preussen (Prussia).1,2,3,4 He was born in Schnelberr and came to America to escape the war of 1876. He settled in Iroquois County, IL He died on 29 March 1904 at the age of 57 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.2,4 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.4,5 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Bernardt W. "Bernhard" RASCH and Amelia BARRON were married on 6 December 1879 in Monroe County, WI.2,3,6,7,8 (Her name is listed as "Aurelia Varon" in the marriage registration records.) After the death of Christine, Bernard married Amelia Barron, and she raised his children Minnie and John, as well as their three children. Notes of Ethelyn Gabower Marks and Betty Rasch: "Bernard had the house built in 1896 for $200. The barn was built the year before in 1893 and 1894 on the Rasch Homestead on County Hiway CA, east of Tomah.. We received the 100 year plaque at the State Fair 1997. His son Frank built the back kitchen or wash room for his mother, Della, and sister Amelia (Millie), whom he took care of. The front kitchen was used by him and his wife Della." . Amelia BARRON, daughter of Franz BARRON and Anna Marie UNKNOWN (BARRON), was born on 2 October 1856 in Austria.1,2,9 She emigrated in 1895 from Preussen (Prussia).2 She died on 22 November 1917 at the age of 61 in Wisconsin.2,9 Amelia was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.4,5 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Bernardt W. "Bernhard" RASCH and Amelia BARRON had the following children:
Bernardt W. "Bernhard" RASCH and Albertine Louise "Christine" TESKE were married about 1875.7,8 Albertine Louise "Christine" TESKE, daughter of Karl TESKE and Johanna REHBEIN, was born on 27 April 1855 in Preussen (Prussia).1,7 She emigrated in 1862 from Preussen (Prussia).10 (She was not living with her parents during the 1870 Census, so it is not known where she was living.) She was confirmed in 1869 in Eagle Lake Township, Beecher, Will County, IL.1 at St. John Lutheran Church. Christine died about February 1879 at the age of 23.2,5,8 She died soon after the birth of her son, John. Her burial location is not known. Bernardt W. "Bernhard" RASCH and Albertine Louise "Christine" TESKE had the following children:
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