Hutschdorf Church Records
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Norma (Kirmse) Rauh also had in her files copies of research correspondence on the Bär(Baer) and Rauh families. .
Letter
Betty Rauh Hosea received the following letter from the Evan.-Luth. Pfarramf Hutschdorf dated September 21, 1990.
Attachments:
Translation
The following translation was included in the file:
We received your inquiry about genealogical research and understood all that you are seeking. But unfortunately we cannot reply in English. We hope that you can have it translated. We inform you of the following:
1. Elisabetha Bär was born Wednesday, 1 September, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon in Hutschdorf. Her parents are Johann Bär, day laborer in Hutschdorf, her mother is Margaretha nee Bär of Lanzenreuth, godmother was Elisabetha, wife of Wolfgang Eschenbacher of Katzenlohe (also in the Hutschdorf Parish). Please see copy no. 1. Incidentally, all copies are from the volume “Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths 1782-1851,” in this case “Births and Baptisms,” year 1819, p. 284.
.2. The marriage of the parents of Elisabetha Bär was on 25 May 1811. Please see copy no. 2 (year 1811, p. 74)
3. Johann Bär was born on 28 June 1784 in Hutschdorf. His father is Master Martin Bär, tailor and day laborer in Hutschdorf; his mother Barbara nee Listin of Kemeritz (also in Hutschd. Parish). (copy no. 3) (year 1784, p. 18)
4. Margaretha Bär was born on 30 April 1791 in Lanzenreuth. Her father is Johann Michael Bär, farmer in Lazenreuth; her mother Kordula nee Mullerin of Lingenstadt. Please see no. 4, year 1791, p. 66.
5. We regret that we could not find the marriage of Elisabetha Bär and Johann Rauh.
Discussion
This letter is interesting as it shows that early immigrants from Bavaria to Perry County and who became members of the Friedenberg Church were from Hutschdorf, Bavaria, the ancestral home of Barbara Kraus and her sisters.
This letter is discussed in two books about the Bavarian immigrants to Perry County, Missouri:
- Friedenberg Lutheran Historical Society Book Committee. Friedenberg Remembrances: A Story of Peace, Faith and Life. Printed by Lineage, USA. 1998.
- Charles Rauh. Rauh: Our Great Heritage, 2007. Produced by Susan Swartwout and Mandy Henley.
As is noted in these books, Elizabeth Bär(Baer) immigrated to Perry County, Missouri in 1840 with her family aboard the Brig Neptune along with her future husband John Rauh.
See Chapter Rauh Family for a discussion of the relationship of the Rauh family to the Kirmse family.