Elisabeth (Knott) Rauch (1899 - 1994)

Born 5 Apr 1899 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1994 at age 94 in Hollywood, Broward, Florida, United States

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Biography

Elisabeth Knott was born 5 Apr 1899 in Munich, Bavaria.^[1][2]

She was listed as an elementary school teacher (Volksschullehr.) in Munich in 1925.^[3]

Her father was a master baker (Bäckermeister) and ran Josef Knott Bäckerei and Konditorei on Lindwurmstraße 8 near Goetheplatz in central Munich. He and his family lived at the same address on the floor above. Josef died in about 1925 -- his wife is listed in the 1926 directory of Munich as Bäckermeisterswe., the master baker's widow. Josef's daughter Franziska had married Sebastian Högl, and he took over the bakery.^[4] The Högl bakery remained in the family and at the same location at Lindwurmstraße 8 until its closure on 26 Jun 2016.^[5][6]

At 27 years old, Elisabeth Knott emigrated to the USA aboard the steamship "Albert Ballin", sailing from Hamburg to New York on 16 Jul 1926.^[7] In the ship's manifest, her occupation is "teacher", and she lists a relative in her home country: "mother: Anna Knott, Muenchen, Lindwurmstr. 8".^[7]

She married Konrad Joseph Rauch shortly after.

She passed away on 1 Feb 1994 in Hollywood, Florida.^[8][9][10] She was 94 years old.^[8]

A Mass was held for her at Nativity Catholic Church in Hollywood, Florida on 3 Feb 1994.^[8] A Mass of Christian Burial was held for her at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Dayton, Ohio on 5 Feb 1994.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRF-L2S4 : 17 March 2018), Elisabeth Rauch, 1927.
2. ↑ "Ohio, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1852-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR6-ZVMF : 16 March 2018), Elizabeth Knott, 1932; citing Ohio, United States, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Cincinnati; FHL microfilm 1,819,777.
3. ↑ Entry for "Knott, Elis." in Munich City Directory: Adressbuch der Stadt München und Umgebung 1925. Page 444, Image 466.
4. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/germany/abendzeitung-münchen/20131019/281973195387204
5. ↑ http://www.sueddeutsche.de/karriere/baecker-amp-konditor-kuchen-backen-1.561029
6. ↑ https://www.yelp.de/biz/högl-münchen
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Ancestry.com, "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957", Roll T715, 1897-1957, 3001-4000, Roll 3891,Image 686, Line 26.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Death notice of Elsa Rauch in The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida), 3 Feb 1994. Available online at GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/0FBA792629863BD5-0FBA792629863BD5 : accessed 11 May 2018)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Death notice for Elsa K. Rauch in Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio), 4 Feb 1994. Available online at GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/10A532CA10BF24B4-10A532CA10BF24B4 : accessed 11 May 2018)
10. ↑ FindAGrave #134199078

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4HJ-HHD : accessed 5 May 2018), Elizabeth Rauch in household of Konrad Rauch, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 132, sheet 6B, line 71, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1855; FHL microfilm 2,341,589.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW8P-M72 : accessed 5 May 2018), Elizabeth Rauch in household of Konrad Rauch, Ward 10, Dayton City, Dayton City, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94-165, sheet 2B, line 45, family 39, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3256.