Johann Anton Raubach
Maria Gertrud Weyer Raubach
Theodor Raubach
(1836-1914)

 

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Barbara Soukup Raubach

Theodor Raubach

  • Born: 1 Dec 1836
  • Marriage: Barbara Soukup Raubach in 1876
  • Died: 12 Sep 1914, Pierce, Nebr. at age 77
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Theodore Raubach born in town of Stozdorf - Rhine County, Prussia.
Burial Catholic Cemetery Pierce, Nebr. He was son of Johann Anton Raubauch and Maria Gertrude Meyer.

Theodore Raubach was born Nov. 26, 1840. He was a native of the province of Rhine, Prussia, in the village of Stoszdorf. He served in the German army his alloted time, and was called into active service as a soldier during that countrie's short war with Denmark in 1864 and Austria in 1866.
On August 4, 1866, he took passage on the "Theresa" a Russian sailing vessel and after a voyage of seventeen days, landed in New York, coming directly west and locating in Wisconsin. He obtained employment at Hurrican, working in the hotel and livery barn through one winter and later with John Austin, a mill builder, in the Lumber woods.
Mr. Raubach came to Nebraska in March 1868, stopping in Stanton County for a few days. He finally selected the NE 1/4 of Sec. 1- Twp. 25- Range 2 as a homestead; filing his application in Dakota City. Coming back to Nebraska he started to build up his farm, using drift logs for his shanty. He always extended his hospitality to all who werre settling in the locality and needed shelter until their shanties were built. He was kind to the Indians who traveled tyhe plains, feeding them whenever they asked for food and they soon made this their stopping place..
Mr. Raubach has passed through every form of pioneer existence, going through grasshopper raids, etc. His first crop of wheat he hauled to Omaha receiving one dollar and sevety-five cents per bushel for it. He prospered wonderfully and now has over three hundred acres under cultivation, his farm is supplied with good buildings of all kinds and he is classed among the wealthy men of his vicinity. Theodore Raubach married in 1876 to Barbary Sukup and to them have been born eight children. The family is popular in their communtiy and all are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Raubach is a Democrat.


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Theodor married Barbara Soukup Raubach, daughter of Georg Soukup and Maria Lehanka Soukup, in 1876. (Barbara Soukup Raubach was born on 30 May 1858 in Germany and died on 5 Mar 1914 in Pierce, NE.)




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