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Emilie Henrietta Louisa Wachter Raasch

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Birth	:	3 Nov 1861 Ixonia, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA
Death	:	1 Mar 1952 Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Saint Paul Cemetery, Norfolk, Madison County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0438995, -97.4244003
Description	:	Information on first and middle names from findagrave contributor 47985100 ---------------------- Mrs. Henry Raasch, funeral will be held Tuesday. She died Saturday. Louise Wachter was born Nov. 3, 1861 in Wisconsin to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wachter. She married Henry Raasch on May 6, 1883. They had 10 sons and daughters. She was survived by her husband, 4 sons: Frank, Adolph, Emil, Ferdinand; 1 daughter Mrs. Arthur Uecker all of Norfolk, 13 granchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, 2 sons-in-law: Robert Leu of Norfolk and E. E. Graves of McCook. She was preceded in death by 5 children. Source: extracted from "The Norfolk... Read More	Information on first and middle names from findagrave contributor 47985100 ---------------------- Mrs. Henry Raasch, funeral will be held Tuesday. She died Saturday. Louise Wachter was born Nov. 3, 1861 in Wisconsin to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wachter. She married Henry Raasch on May 6, 1883. They had 10 sons and daughters. She was survived by her husband, 4 sons: Frank, Adolph, Emil, Ferdinand; 1 daughter Mrs. Arthur Uecker all of Norfolk, 13 granchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, 2 sons-in-law: Robert Leu of Norfolk and E. E. Graves of McCook. She was preceded in death by 5 children. Source: extracted from "The Norfolk Daily News", Monday, March 3, 1952 on page 1. -------------------------------------------- The following is a contribution from findagrave member 46948715 I found this article along with an obituary for Louise in some old family papers. Came Here with First Colony Mr. and Mrs. Henry Raasch, who have just celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary,were, as children, members of the first group of Wisconsin settlers who came to this community in 1866. Marriage Ties Hold Together For 57 Years Mr. and Mrs. Henry Raasch Were Children in First Wisconsin Colony ------------- Have Same Birthday ------------ Norfolk Pioneer Recalls Journey Made by 28 Families in 63 Covered Wagons, Most of Which Were Drawn by Oxen. ----------- Seventy-four years ago this month twenty-eight Wisconsin families left their homes to cross the prairies and establish a colony where Norfolk today stands. Among the children in the covered wagon caravan were Henry Raasch, then 6 years old and Louise Wachter, 4 years old. Seventeen years later on May 6, 1883, Henry Raasch and Louise Wachter were married at Norfolk, This same couple Tuesday celebrated their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary at their home at 800 Georgia Avenue, to which they retired eight years ago after spending forty-nine years on their farm near the old canning factory. Mr. and Mrs. Raasch, both of whom are in good health, are the parents of ten sons and daughters, six of whom are living. They are: Frank, Adolph, Emil, Ferdinand, Mrs. Arthur Uecker and Miss Louise Raasch. In observance of the wedding anniversary, the sons and daughters honored their parents Sunday at a family dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Raasch hold the distinction of having the same birthday, Nov. 3. Both were born in Wisconsin, and Mr. Raasch is now 80 years old, and Mrs. Raasch 78. One of his hobbies is gardening, and he has a fine garden started this spring. Although he was only 6 years old when the Wisconsin colony arrived in Norfolk, he vividly recalls the forty-day journey across the prairies. There were twenty-eight families in the colony, which traveled in sixty-three covered wagons, he said. All those wagons, except four, were pulled by oxen. We left Wisconsin on May 30, and arrived in Norfolk, then a wi lderness, on July 4, and we didn't travel on Sundays. There was more Christianity then than now. He recalls grass at Norfolk was two to seven feet in height. We were delayed at Humbug creek near Pilger because we had to spend two or three days building a bridge to cross it. And we used wooden nails. It took us a whole day to cross the Missouri river at Omaha on a ferry boat, and the river was running full. Recalls Mosquitoes When the Wisconsin settlers arrived at Norfolk, Mr. Raasch says "the mosquitoes were worse than the Indians. Those insects were after our blood, and the Indians did us no harm," he commented. Mr. Raasch's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Martin Raasch, and Mrs. Raasch's were Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wachter. The two families settled on farms near each other. Mr. Raasch recalls Norfolk's first post office was in his father's home. "It was three or four feet long, and had paper, ink and 11 cents in stamps," he recalled. Of those who came to Norfolk to make history in the summer of 1866, Mr. Raasch says only twenty-five or twenty-six are still living. Looking back on the pioneer days, Mr. Raasch said: "We had better meals than now because of home-made bread, home-smoked bacon and all those good things," he said. Published in: The Norfolk Daily News, Tuesday May 7, 1940, page 7. SERVICES ARE HELD FOR NORFOLK SETTLER Norfolk, Neb--Funeral Services were held Tuesday afternoon at St. Paul's Lutheran Church for Mrs. Henry Raasch, 90, member of the Wisconsin colony that settled Norfolk in the summer of 1866. Mrs. Raasch the former Louise Wachter, was 4 when her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wachter, moved here. Mr. Raasch was 6 and also a member of the colony. Mr. Raasch and Mrs. Mary Wichert, also of Norfolk are the only living members of the original colony. Other survivors of Mrs. Raasch; four sons, Frank, Adolph, Emil, Ferdinand, and a daughter Mrs. Author Uecker, all of Norfolk. Published by the World Herald News Service 1952

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Emilie Henrietta Louisa Wachter Raasch death on 1 Mar 1952 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 42.0438995
Longitude: -97.4244003

Family Members:

Parent

Herman Wachter

(1838 - 1921)

Henriette Kraetke Wachter

(1840 - 1907)

Spouse

Heinrich Ferdinand “Henry” Raasch

(1859 - 1953)

Siblings

Minnie Wachter Henkel

(1864 - 1891)

Martha Mathilda Wachter Brummund

(1868 - 1950)

Emil Wachter

(1877 - 1918)

Ferdinand H. Wachter

(1881 - 1940)

Children

Minna “Minnie” Raasch Leu

(1886 - 1930)

Frank Henry Raasch

(1890 - 1964)

Adolph Herman Raasch

(1892 - 1972)

Emil Frederick Raasch

(1893 - 1988)

Martha A. Raasch Uecker

(1897 - 1983)

Ferdinand Raasch

(1901 - 1995)

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Coordinate: 42.0060997, -97.5916977

18. Bega Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0736008, -97.2343979

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