Posts Tagged ‘Raass’
On This Day … 27 August
1876 – Frederick Mogk was born 136 years ago in Detroit, Michigan. (husband of Charlotte Hoeninghausen, 2nd cousin 3x removed)
1881 - Lillian & Rose Rischert were born in Detroit, Michigan 131 years ago to Charles Rischert & Magdelina Raass. (1st cousin 4x removed)
1883 – John Hallman was born in Metz, Michigan 129 years ago to Anton Hallman & Catherine Kwart. (great-granduncle)
1900 – August Orzel was born in Michigan 112 years ago. (husband of Mary Hallman, greataunt)
1922 – Harry Hallman was born in Michigan 90 years ago to Joseph Hallman & Dorothy Durecki. (1st cousin 2x removed)
1932 – Eliza Clark Garlick died 80 years ago in Lockport, Illinois. She was 81 years old. (wife of Thomas Garlick, 3rd great-granduncle)
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On This Day … 14 August
1823 – Theodor Forth was born in Westphalia, Germany 189 years ago to Franz Forth & Elizabeth Goebel. (4th great-granduncle)
1828 - Eva Piper Hallman died184 years ago in Westpreußen, Germany. She was 71 years old. (4th great-grandmother)
1868 – Mathilda Bittles was born in Illinois 144 years ago to James Bittles & Margaret Reid. (1st cousin 4x removed)
1889 – Frances Buchkowski was born in Parisville, Michigan 123 years ago to Ignatz Buchkowski & Juliana Kwart. (1st cousin 3x removed)
1916 – Irene Raass was born in Detroit, Michigan 96 years ago to Albert Raass & Augusta Ziegelman. (2nd cousin 3x removed)
1947 – Joseph Brown died 65 years ago in Chicago, Illinois. He was 76 years old. (husband of great-grandaunt, Margaret Sinyard)
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On This Day … 30 July
1873 – Robert Waid died 139 years ago.
1913 – Marion Hughes (31) married Eleanor Heartt (26) in White County, Indiana 99 years ago. (1st cousin 3x removed)
1915 – Henry Birkelbach died 97 years ago in Detroit, Michigan. He was 69 years old. (husband of 3rd great-grandmother, Wilhelmina Raass-Schulte)
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On This Day … 2 July
1880 – Anna Conrad Raass died 132 years ago in Detroit, Michigan. She was 56 years old. (4th great-grandmother)
1887 – Martha Hallman died 125 years ago in Metz, Michigan. She was 5 years old. (great-grandaunt)
1887 – Mabel Heartt was born in Colorado 125 years ago to Frank Heartt & Eva Sinyard. (1st cousin 3x removed)
1890 – Peter Hanson died 122 years ago in Garden, Michigan. He was 70 years old. (husband of Theresa Assmann, 3rd great-grandaunt)
1907 – Bernard Darga died 105 years ago in Detroit, Michigan. He was 22 years old. (1st cousin 3x removed)
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On This Day … 5 June
1874 – Albert Schulte was born in Detroit, Michigan 138 years ago to August Schulte & Wilhelmina Raass. (2nd great grand-uncle)
1882 - Anthony Soik (33) married Anna Dettloff (20) in Posen, Michigan 130 years ago. (2nd great-grandaunt)
1910 - Josephine Szcerowski was born 102 years ago. (wife of Leo Hincka, 1st cousin 2x removed)
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Spotlight Sunday – Wilhelmina Raass Schulte-Birklebach

Name: Wilhelmina Raass
Birthday: December 1844
Parents: Joseph Raass & Anna Conrad
Siblings: Magdalena (Rischert), Henry & Albert
Relationship: married 1) August Schulte 2) Henry Birklebach
Children: August, Edward, Charles & Albert
Hometown: Austria
Immigration: by 1852
Last Known Residence: Detroit, Michigan
Education: able to read, write & speak English
Church: Old St. Mary’s & St. Anthony, Detroit, Michigan
Death: January 17, 1921
Cemetery: Mt. Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
Relationship to Me: 3rd great-grandmother
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Spotlight Sunday – August F. Schulte

Name: August Schulte
Birthday: February 14, 1840
Parents: Franz Schulte & Elisabeth Förth
Siblings: Elisabeth, Francis, Therese & Theodore
Relationship: married to Wilhelmina Raass, father of 6 children
Hometown: Deutmecke, Westphalia, Germany
Immigration: September 9, 1847 aboard “Harvest”
Last Known Residence: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Education: able to read & write
Occupation: upholsterer at Marcus Stevens, 4th Ward Alderman
Church: Old St. Mary’s Church, Detroit, Michigan
Death: September 3, 1881, drowning
Cemetery: Mt. Elliott Cemetery – Detroit, Michigan
Relationship to Me: 3rd great-grandfather
