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In 1942, a disastrous parsonage fire destroyed almost all the Friedenberg church records. The Friedenberg Lutheran Historical Society Book Committee undertook the difficult task of reconstructing the church history from family and public records. It was only through diligent genealogical research and the cooperation of many descendants of these pioneers that the membership has become known.
Friedenberg Remembrances
After many hours of research, typing, and proofreading, the Friedenberg Remembrances: A Story of Peace, Faith and Life was published in 1998. It includes histories of the Friedenberg church and early members as well as newspaper articles from the Friedenberg area and biographies of the identified membership and cemetery lists.
Friedenberg Biographies
The following are selected biographies for KRAUSS, RAUH, SCHUETZ and related families:
KRAUSS, Adam. Born 11 January 1865 in Zedersitz, Bavaria. Emigrated from Bremerhaven 12 May 1886 on the Leipzig, arrived in New York 28 May 1886. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2889. Married Elizabeth POPP 20 June 1893 by Rev. H. Guemmer. Was a voting member in 1937. Released to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Perryville, Missouri in January 1938. Died 1946. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
KRAUSS, Elizabeth. (née KLEMP) Born 1856. Daughter of Johann and Caroline Soeliner KLEMP. Married first husband, Johann George POPP, who died 26 August 1884. Married second husband, KRAUSS, 20 June 1893. Died 1938. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
KRAUSS, Eugene. Born 23 February 1897. Son of Adam and Elizabeth Popp KRAUSS. Confirmed 1910. Married Sophia Magdalena BERGMAN, daughter of Frederick H. and Elise Ochs ERGMAN, 18 May 1919. Was a voting member in 1937. Accused of drowning his wife on 20 September 1941. Died 11 April 1968. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
KRAUSS, Frances. (née DAMBACH) Married Harvey William Otto KRAUSS. Received by transfer on 3 January 1948.
KRAUSS, George. Married Wilhelmina WIRTH, daughter of Henry WIRTH. Was in the record book of 1831. Was a founding member and signed the constitution when Zion Lutheran Church, Longtown, Missouri was organized 19 July 1897. Had two daughters, Johanna born ca 1864 and Catherine born ca l867. (Correction – See Discussion Below)
KRAUSS, Harvey William Otto. Born 1 December 1922. Son of Eugene and Sophia Magdalena Bergman KRAUSS. Confirmed in 1936. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2888. Married Frances DAMBACH. Was a member of the school board in 1955, from 1958 to 1965 and in 1968. Was a trustee in 1970 and 1973. Released to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Perryville, Missouri on 15 January 1978.
KRAUSS, Howard Melvin. Born 16 September 1943. Son of Howard and Loretta Morrison KRAUSS. Baptized 26 September 1943. Married Charlotte VERSEMAN. Transferred to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Perryville, Missouri.
KRAUSS, Howard Willard. Born 21 February 1921. Son of Eugene and Sophia Magdalena Bergman KRAUSS. Confirmed in 1934. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2653. Was a voting member in 1941. Married Loretta MORRISON. Released to Zion Lutheran Church, Longtown, Missouri 3 October 1948.
KRAUSS, Jerry Lee. Born 7 June 1945. Son of Howard M. and Loretta Morrison KRAUSS. Baptized 17 June 1945. Married Laverne GUTH. Member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Perryville, Missouri.
KRAUSS, Kenneth. Born 19 November 1946. Son of Howard and Loretta Morrison KRAUSS. Married Ann BUCHHEIT. Transferred to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Perryville, Missouri.
KRAUSS, Loretta. (née MORRISON) Married Howard Willard KRAUSS. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2681. Member of Zion Lutheran Church, Longtown, Missouri.
KRAUSS, Sophia Magdalena (Lena Sophia). (née BERGMAN) Born 20 August 1897. Daughter of Frederick and Elise (Lizzie) Ochs BERGMAN. Baptized 5 September 1897 at Perryville. Married Eugene KRAUSS 18 May 1919. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2717. Died 20 September 1941 drowning . Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
KRAUSS, Wilhelmina. (née WIRTH) Daughter of Henry WIRTH. Married George KRAUSS. Died ca 21 April 1910 at the age of 75 years. Buried at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Longtown, Missouri. (Correction – See Discussion Below)
RAUH, Adam. Born 26 October 1845. Son of John, Sr. and Elizabeth Baer RAUH. Baptized 16 November 1845 at Paitzdorf by Rev. C. F. Gruber. Married Margarita LANG, daughter of Johann and Anna Marie (Mary) Fassold LANG, and widow of John F. RAUH (his brother), 3 March 1878 by P. F. Halbrook, Justice of the Peace. Was in the record book of 1881. According to recollections of Rev. Weber, he was one of the leaders to build a new church building in 1885. Died 7 August 1915. Buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Perryville, Missouri.
RAUH, Alvin. Born 15 December 1881. Son of John, Jr. and Mary A. Lang RAUH. Married first wife, Marie WENNINGER, of Oklahoma, 17 February 1907. Married second wife, Lena Felier SHIMP, of Oklahoma. Died 17 May 1949. Buried in Alva, Oklahoma. RAUH, Anna Dorothea. See HOEHN, Anna Dorothea.
RAUH, Anna M. See LAUER, Anna M. RAUH, Arno Karl. Born 24 October 1904. Son of Frederick G. and Mary A. Bergman RAUH. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2776. Was a voting member in 1937. On 28 July 1968, by reason of negligence in attending church and refusing to meet with church council, was by resolution of the voters assembly considered to have excommunicated himself from Peace Lutheran Church, Friedenberg, Missouri. Member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Perryville, Missouri. Died 28 April 1986. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Carl. Born 27 September 1897. Son of Carl and Louise Elizabeth Bergman RAUH. Baptized at Friedenberg. Died 28 September 1897. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Caroline. (née KEINATH) Born 26 November 1883 in Frankenmueth, Michigan. Married John E. RAUH, son of John, Jr. and Mary A. Lang RAUH, in Oklahoma. Died 25 November 1972. Buried in Alva, Oklahoma. RAUH, Charles F. (Carl). Born 3 March 1873. Son of John, Jr. and Mary A. Lang RAUH. Was in the record book of 1881. Married Louisa Elizabeth BERGMANN, daughter of Johann and Salome Hoehn BERGMANN, 27 November 1894 by Rev. H. Guemmer. Died 9 November 1968. Buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Pocahontas, Missouri.
RAUH, Christian Ernest. Born 16 February 1884. Son of Adam and Margaret Lang RAUH. Married Emma WIRTH, daughter of Felicitas Thieret WIRTH (second wife of Johann HACKER), 10 September 1905 by Rev. H. Guemmer. Killed by a falling tree 23 February 1909. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Conrad. Born 3 March 1857. Son of Johann and Elizabeth Baer RAUH. Died 21 January 1886 at the age of 28 years, 10 months and 18 days. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Edwin Leonhardt. Born 15 April 1910. Son of Frederick G. and Mary A. Bergman RAUH. Confirmed in 1923. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2834. Was a voting member in 1937. Married Hilda MUELLER 24 September 1939 by Rev. 0. Hemmann. Transferred to Peace Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Missouri 7 January 1940. Died 15 April 1994. Buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
RAUH, Elizabeth. (née BAER) Born 1 September 1819 in Hutchsdorf, Bavaria. Daughter of John and Margaret Baer BAER. Married John RAUH, Sr. Came to the United States with her husband aboard the Neptune and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland 23 November 1840. Lived in Baltimore, Maryland and St. Louis, Missouri before settling in Perry County, Missouri. Mother of 10 children. Died 13 January 1905 at the age of 85 years, 4 months and 12 days. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Elizabeth M. Born 15 September 1867. Daughter of John and Mary Lang RAUH, sibling of Heinrich and Pauline RAUH. Died 5 January 1873. All three children died of diphtheria within several days of each other and are buried in adjoining graves. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Emma. See ZOELLNER, Emma. RAUH, Emma. See BERGMANN, Emma. RAUH, Emma. (née HACKER) Born 18 July 1880. Daughter of Johann and Margaret Hornberger HACKER. Married Martin RAUH, son of John, Jr. and Mary A. Lang RAUH, 14 October 1901 at Friedenberg, Missouri. Died 9 April 1979. Buried in Alva, Oklahoma.
RAUH, Emmanuel M. Born 28 February 1875. Son of John, Jr. and Mary A. Lang RAUH. Was in the record book of 1881. Married Pauline (Lena) HEROLD 8 November 1896 by Rev. H. Guemmer. Died 7 June 1949. Buried in Alva, Oklahoma. RAUH, Evelyn E. (née OCHS) Born 8 January 1910. Daughter of August and Clara Meyer OCHS. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2783. Married Rudolph H. RAUH 8 April 1928 by Rev. 0. Hemmann. Died in 1939. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Frederick Gotthilf. Born 24 July 1875. Son of John F. and Margaret Lang RAUH. Was in the record book of 1881. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2680. Married first wife, Mary A. BERGMAN, 23 October 1898 by Rev. J. G. Griebel. Married second wife, Lina SCHUBERT, 10 October 1915 in Friedheim, Missouri. Was on the committee in 1923 to plan a new parsonage. Was a voting member in 1937. Died 18 July 1961. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Friedrich Ernst (Fred). Born 6 July 1901. Son of Frederick G. and Mary A. Bergman RAUH. Confirmed in 1915. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2793. Married Leona SCHMIDT 12 February 1927. Transferred to Emmaus Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Missouri in 1924. Died 23 October 1993. Buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
RAUH, Heinrich. Born 31 January 1869. Son of John and Mary Lang RAUH, sibling of Elizabeth and Pauline RAUH. All three children died of diphtheria within several days of each other and are buried in adjoining graves. Died 25 December 1872. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Henry. Born 25 November 1878. Son of Adam and Margaret Lang RAUH Married Mary MEYER, daughter of Andrew and Mary Jane Bloom MEYER, 25 April 1901 by Rev. H. Guemmer. Died 23 October 1956. Buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Perryville, Missouri.
RAUH, Ida Rosa Charlotte. (née POPP) Born 18 September 1904. Daughter of Eberhardt and Louise Mehner POPP. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2845. Married Harry RAUH, of Alva, Oklahoma, 27 November 1924 at Zion Lutheran Church, Longtown, Missouri. Died 21 December 1968.
RAUH, Johann (John, Sr.) Born 25 January 1814 in Appenburg, Bavaria. Son of Anna RAUH. Probably married Elizabeth BAER in Baltimore, Maryland. Came to the United States in 1840. Trustee in 1850. Was on the Friedenberg Membership list 1862-1863 and in the record book of 1881. According to recollections of Rev. Weber, he was one of the leaders to build a new church building in 1885. Died 6 March 1889 at the age of 75 years, 1 month and 9 days. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, John, Jr. Born 5 October 1842. Son of Johann and Elizabeth Baer RAUH. Married Mary A. LANG, daughter of John and Mary Fassold LANG, 3 January 1865 by Rev. F. C. Besel. Died 9 July 1915. Buried in Alva, Oklahoma.
RAUH, John Erdman. Born 22 January 1886. Son of John, Jr. and Mary A. Lang RAUH. Married Caroline KEINATH 6 November 1908 in Oklahoma. Died 25 August 1951.
RAUH, John Frederick. Born 4 November 1840, probably at sea aboard the brig Neptune which arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, 25 November 1840. Son of John, Sr. and Elizabeth Baer RAUH. Early baptism recorded at Paitzdorf. Married Margaret LANG 29 October 1867 by Rev. F. Besel at Frankenburg, Missouri. Was a trustee. Died 6 March 1877 at the age of 36 years, 4 months and 2 days. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Kunigunda. See HOLTMAN, Kunigunda. RAUH, Lina Franceska. (née SCHUBERT) Born 19 December 1885 in Schweikesheim, Germany. Came to the United States on the ship August Victoria, arriving at New York 27 June 1893. Had Friedenberg Membership card 2833. Married Frederick G. RAUH 10 October 1915. Died 29 October 1957. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
RAUH, Louisa Elizabeth. (née BERGMANN) Born 10 May 1874. Daughter of Johann and Salome Hoehn BERGMANN. Married Charles RAUH 27 November 1894 by Rev. H. Guemmer. Died 17 March 1923. Buried in Pocahontas, Missouri.
RAUH, Louise K. See GROH, Louise K. RAUH, Lucas. Born 7 August 1907. Son of Ernest and Emma Wirth RAUH. Married Melba PRANTE 25 March 1950.
RAUH, Margaret. (née LANG) Born 11 November 1849. Daughter of John and Anna Marie (Mary) Fassold LANG. Married first husband, John F. RAUH, son of John, Sr. and Elizabeth Baer RAUH,
SCHUETZ, Anna Barbara. (nee MAISEL, WEISEL, WEIPEL) Married Conrad SCHUETZ, 26 December 1855 by Rev. Chs. F. Gruber. Died 10 January 1879. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
SCHUETZ, Barbara. (nee LNU) Born ca 1828 in Germany. Married first husband, Conrad TAUBER. Married second husband, Conrad SCHUETZ 23 October 1881 by Rev. Koestring at Altenburg, Missouri.
SCHUETZ, Conrad. Born 12 February 1829. married first wife, Anna Barbara MAISEL (WEISEL, WEIPEL) 26 December 1855 by Chas. F. Gruber. Was in the record book of 1881. Married Second wife, Barbara TAUBER 23 October 1881. Died 25 October 1881. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
SCHUETZ, Elizabeth. (nee MUENCH) Married John SCHUETZ 6 January 1865 by Rev. F. Besel, Frankenburg, Missouri.
SCHUETZ, Henry. Born 19 May 1861 in Missouri. Son of Conrad and Barbara Maisel SCHUETZ. Married Teresa UNSELD 22 May 1880 by Rev. Black. Died 26 September 1921. Buried in Home Cemetery, Perryville, Missouri.
SCHUETZ, John. Married Elizabeth MUENCH 6 January 1865 by Rev. F. Besel, Frankenburg, Missouri.
SCHUETZ, William. Married Anna Margaretta FERDEGEN 26 July 1860 by Rev. F. Besel.
TAUBER, Conrad. Born 18 July 1824 in Bavaria. Married Barbara (LNU) in Bavaria. Was on the Friedenberg Membership list 1862-1863. Died 2 February 1880 as the age of 55 years, 6 months and 12 days. Buried in Peace Lutheran Cemetery, Friedenberg, Missouri.
WIRTH, Lenora (Elenora). (nee SCHUETZ) Born ca 1857 [Aug 12, 1857] in Missouri. Daughter of Conrad and Barbara Maisel SCHUETZ. Married Peter WIRTH 10 November 1875 by Rev. J.O.F. Voigt as Frankenburg, Missouri. Died ca 1881.
(LNU) = Last Name Unknown
Discussion
The Friedenberg Lutheran Historical Society Book Committee reconstructed the church history from family and public records – a tremendous task. However, there are several errors that crept in the final document. The following are corrected entries for several errors in the Friedenberg Biographies.
KRAUSS, George
KRAUSS, George. Married Renada KRAUS, daughter of Jobst KRAUS. Was in the record book of 1881. Was a founding member and signed the constitution when Zion Lutheran Church, Longtown, Missouri was organized 19 July 1897. Had two daughters, Johanna born 1864 and Catherine born 1867.
KRAUSS, Wilhelmina
WIRTH, Wilhelmina. Daughter of Henry WIRTH.
Also, the following entry should be included in the Friedenberg Biographies.
KRAUS, Renada
KRAUS, Renada Born 6 April 1836 in Hutschdorf, Bayern, Germany. Married George KRAUSS. Arrive in New York on ccc. Had two daughters, Johanna born 1864 and Catherine born 1867. Died 18 April 1910 and was buried at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Longtown, Missouri.
See chapter Confusing/Misleading Clues for the basis of these corrections.
Information Source
Friedenberg Remembrances: A Story of Peace, Faith and Life. By the Friedenberg Lutheran Historical Society Book Committee. Copyright 1998 by Martin P. Oswald.