The Raass family has always seemed so tragic to me as they had quite a few deaths in a very short time.  They family immigrated from Austria, Joseph arriving first in 1849.  Anna arrived later with their 4 children.  Their daughter Wilhelmina (Mina) married August Schulte who was a German immigrant and arrived in the United States as a young child.  (I intend to add more information here with documents, etc.)