Johann Nicolaus Rusche (1822 - 1892)

Born 9 Jun 1822 in Olvenstedt, Sachsen (Saxony), Prussia

Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1892 at age 70 in Gillespie, Texas, United States

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Biography

Johann Nicolaus Rusche was born on 9 June 1822 in Olvenstedt, Sachsen (Saxony), Prussia to Nicolaus Rusche and Marie Catharine Rusche. ^[1] He was christened on 21 July 1822 at Olvenstedt.

He married Sophie Neumann circa 1853. They both immigrated from Prussia to America ^[2], settling in the German community of Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co., Texas. Together they became the parents of Julius Rusche, Richard Rusche, Theodor Rusche, Otto Nicolaus Rusche, and Gustav Rusche.

Nicolaus lived with his wife Sophie and their children on the family farm outside Crabapple, Gillespie Co., Texas. where he worked as a farmer.^{[3] [4]}

Nicolaus died on 22 August 1892 in Gillespie Co., Texas ^[5] and was buried at Rusche Cemetery in Gillespie County, Texas.^[6]

Research Notes

• Alternate first name spellings in census: Nic, Nicholas, Nicolaus, Nikolaus
• Birth location is sometimes shown as Prussia, sometimes Germany in census. Prussia is the more specific and earliest location given, so likely to be correct. Germany seems to have been used after Prussia was dissolved and unified with Germany.

Sources

1. ↑ "Saxony, Anhalt, Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1890"| for Johann Nicolaus Rusche, Event Type: Taufe (Baptism), Birth Date: 9. Jun 1822 (9 Jun 1822), Baptism Date: 21. Jul 1822 (21 Jul 1822), Baptism Place: Olvenstedt, Sachsen (Saxony), Deutschland (Germany); Father: Nicolaus Rusche, Mother: Marie Catharine Rusche (Ancestry.com [on-line database w/ image]) Ancestry Record 61132 #2234163
2. ↑ "1860 United States Federal Census"| for Precinct 5, Gillespie, Texas. Self Nicolaus Rusche 38, wife Sophie Rusche 28, son Julius Rusche 6, son Richard Rusche 4, & son Theodor Rusche 1 (Ancestry.com [on-line database w/ image]) Ancestry Record 61132 #2234163
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL5-RTQ : 12 April 2016), Nic Rusche, Texas, United States; citing p. 87, family 560, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,086.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFND-9LV : 15 July 2017), Nicolaus Rusche, Precinct 4, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 155, sheet 303C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1305; FHL microfilm 1,255,305.
5. ↑ "Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6TD-Q3P : 12 December 2014), Nicolous Rusche in entry for Theodor Rusche, 05 Mar 1941; citing Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, reference Vol 11 Pg 37; FHL microfilm 1,764,851.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35428390 : accessed 04 October 2019), memorial page for Nicolaus Rusche (9 Jun 1822–22 Aug 1892), Find A Grave: Memorial #35428390, citing Rusche Cemetery, Gillespie County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Julia Baker (contributor 46494619) . Note: Gravestone is written in German.

See also:

• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-RKRZ : 19 July 2017), Nic Rusche, 1860.
• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-R2YQ : 19 July 2017), Nic Rusche, 1862.
• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-TM7M : 19 July 2017), Nicolaus Rusche, 1874.
• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-TSNV : 19 July 2017), Nicolaus Rusche, 1875.
• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-T3TH : 19 July 2017), Nicolaus Rusche, 1876.
• "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ85-TCMX : 19 July 2017), Nic Rusche, 1880.