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Catherine (Gärner) Rauenhorst (1836 - 1921)

Catherine Rauenhorst formerly Gärner
Born in Bork, Lüdinghausen, Westphalia, Prussia, Germanymap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1 Apr 1856 in Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 85 in Deerfield, Chickasaw, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Biography

Catherine Gärner, daughter of Stephen Gärner and Elizabeth Geismann, was born on 24 Mar 1836 and baptized Maria Catharina Gärner on 26 Mar 1836 at St. Stephen parish in Bork, Lüdinghausen, Westphalia, Prussia. [1]

She immigrated to the USA with her family and married Henrich Rauenhorst, son of Wilhelm Rauenhorst and Adelheid Buskamp, on 01 Apr 1856 at Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin. [2]

They settled initially near Burlington, where they had 4 sons and 1 daughter born 1859-1869, and then before the 1870 US Census moved to Deerfield, Chickasaw, Iowa where they had twin daughters born in 1873 and Henrich died on 08 Feb 1915, [3] and Catherine died 06 May 1921 [4].

Sources

  1. Kirchenbuch, Katholische Kirche Bork, Lüdinghausen, Westfalen, Baptisms 1822-1844, page 52, #12
  2. St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Parish, Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, record #2 on right page
  3. Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999.
  4. Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1967.




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