Brief Life History of Johann Heinrich
When Johann Heinrich Rausch was born on 12 August 1799, in Germany, his father, Joannes Florino Rausch, was 28 and his mother, Anna Gertrudis Lohner, was 24. He married Maria Anna Fronert in 1827, in Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 7 March 1872, in Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States.
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- John Rausch, "Minnesota Territorial Census, 1857"
- Legacy NFS Source: Johann Heinrich Rausch - Published information: birth-name: Johann Heinrich Rausch
- John Rausch, "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig
On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
German: nickname for a noisy person, from a noun derivative of Middle High German rūschen ‘to make a rustling noise’.
German: topographic name for someone who lived by a swamp, from Middle High German rusch(e) ‘reed’. Compare Rousch .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Rausch ‘intoxication, ecstasy’, one of surnames assigned at random by Austrian clerks.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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