Rabius, Heinrich August Wilhelm

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1868, USA

Notes:

Immigration:

     According to Nolte family tradition, Heinrich emigrated to the USA as part of an extended family group, which included his wife, Friederieke (Nolte) Rabius and his brother, Herman Rabius. Accompanying the Rabius family was Friederieke's father, Frederick Nolte; her brother, Carl Nolte; and the family of her other brother, Wilhelm Nolte (Wilhelm; wife, Maria; and their two oldest children, Heinrich Frederick and Friedericke).
     According to descendants, Heinrich and Friederieke (Nolte) Rabius emigrated from England about 1867 or 1868. Their only child, Gustav, was born at Louisville, Kentucky in May 1868 and by 1869 the family had arrived in Missouri, settling in Washington Township, Lafayette County, with addresses in Higginsville and Mayview, Missouri.


Buried:
Heinrich's grave is in the Zion Church Cemetery.

Heinrich married Nolte, Dorothea Friederike Henriette Abt 1866, Kingdom of Hannover. Dorothea (daughter of Nolte, Friedrich Franz and Diekmann, Anna Margarete) was born 22 Nov 1842, Barver, Diepholz, Kingdom of Hannover; died 22 Jun 1905, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Census (family):
According to the 1870 enumeration, the household, whose post office was in Concordia, Missouri, consisted of Henry "Rabusch," head of household, age 31, born in Hannover, a farmer; Friedericke "Rabusch," age 28, born in Hannover, keeping house; Gustav "Rabusch," age 2, born in Kentucky; and Hermann "Rabusch," age 28, born in Hannover, a farmer.

Census (family):
According to the 1880 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry Rabius, age 43, born in Hannover, married; Rieka Rabius, wife, age 38, born in Hannover; and Gustave Rabius, son, age 12, born in Kentucky.

Census (family):
According to the 1900 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry Rabius (age 62) and Fredericke Rabius (age 58), married for 33 years, and Oscar Rabius, a grandson, born in August 1891 in Missouri (age 8) and attending school. Also in the household was Fritz Knopp (age 30), a boarder who immigrated from Germany in 1890, and Gerhardt Kurtz (age 20), a hired hand born in Pennsylvania.

1. Rabius, Gustav H. was born 31 May 1868, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA; died 26 Aug 1947, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 28 Aug 1947, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

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Married:

     We currently have no information concerning the parents of Heinrich and Herman Rabius. In 2010, Wolfgang Rabius shared with us that the family originated from the small town of Barver, in what is now the District (Landkreis) of Diepholz, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland). This would seem to be a good place to start.