Person:George Rausch (2)

It seems likely that GEORGE was born in BAUMHOLDER (in the Palatinate), as there were many with the Rausch surname in Tuscarawas County, who were from there.

The Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society Library in Dennison, Ohio has this Family History:

929.2 R194de Descendants of George Jacob RAUSCH

--White Creek 23:37, 7 December 2012 (EST)

Jane (Rausch) Delcoma's Notes

On March 12, 1842, George Jacob Rausch and Henrietta Miller Rausch and their 4 children loaded their meager possessions and set out from Teshemussel, Germany, on a 14-day trip in the wagon before reaching Havre, France, from where they would sail for America. It took them 35 days on the Atlantic Ocean before reaching America. From a diary it was noted after "sailing up the Hudson River, through the Erie Canal, and down the Ohio Canal before reaching Dover in July 1842." Jane and her husband, Paul, despite diligent research, could not find the ship's name on which they sailed, or their port of entry.

A follow up on the immigration of the family of George Jacob Rausch. The Regula Family (and Grimms, plus others) has a similar story of their migration from Waldgrehweiler to Stone Creek, Ohio. "Teshemussel" is probably TESCHENMOSCHEL (German consulate map), which is one of the dozen or so tiny villages, surrounding the village of Waldgrehweiler, where most of these Palatine migrants originated. The area is a few miles to the northwest of Rockenhausen. It seems that all of the churches in this area became "German Reformed" after the Reformation. "White Creek" is following about 50 Palatine families from this area, who beginning in 1834, began migrating to some southwest Tuscarawas County, Ohio townships. After 1848, many of these same (and related) Palatine families, went directly on to Wabash County, Indiana, where they founded more German Reformed Churches.

The George Jacob Rausch family followed the usual migration pattern at this time for Palatines (and Swiss and others). Overland by wagon to the port of Le Havre, in France, and a ship to New York City. After the Erie Canal was constructed in circa 1825, migrants went that route across northern New York state, because travel overland to Ohio was so difficult then. Unfortunately, passenger lists are very incomplete between Le Havre and New York city. The TCGS should have more details about this family (and others) in the Dennison Library.

"White Creek" believes that there is a great story to be told about the lives of these pioneers, but it seems not much has ever been recorded. The national headquarters of the "Palatines to America" association (they have a website), used to have a nice library in Columbus, Ohio; but they had very little information about the small area (about 10 miles) between Rockenhausen and Meisenheim, which was the former home of most of these "German Reformed" pioneers.

--White Creek 23:56, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

A follow up on the follow up! It seems that "White Creek" now has a better understanding of the five or so RAUSCH families in the Tuscarawas Co. area (thanks to "GayelKnott" and others). Based upon the data on WeRelate, and "White Creeks" Legacy Program, it seems this George Jacob Rausch is the "end of the line" here. However, his daughter, Catherine Rausch, married a Frederick Charles RAUSCH (1830-1895), who contributor "SchugRSnapp" has added 200 more years of history to the Frederick Charles Rausch line, all the way back to an ancestor who died in 1570! This linked Rausch family has roots in the town of Baumholder, about 20 miles away from Toschenmoschel, where George Jacob Rausch was born.

--White Creek 22:58, 8 March 2020 (UTC)--White Creek 22:58, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

1. ↑ Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society (Ohio). Tuscarawas County, Ohio connections: ancestor charts from across the United States, each touching Tuscarawas County, Ohio. (New Philadelphia, Ohio: Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, 1982-).

   Helen Maxine Winkler Cox's PEDIGREE CHART.
   
   She also shows that George died at age 82, which would make the 1788 date an error. "SchugRSnapp" and "Rebekah Carlisle" both have the 1798 date of birth, and show his wife as Henrietta Miller. Therefore, the two George's are probably the same person, and 1788 is an error.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Rausch, George J., in Ohio, United States. Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
   v 1 p 86, 3 Jun 1880.

   George J. Rausch, white, 82, widowed, a farmer; b. 1798 in Germany; d. 3 Jun 1880 in Auburn, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Tuscarawas Counnty Connections. (Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society)
   Volume I.

   1880, Age: 82

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Delcoma, Jane Rausch
   26 Mar 2019.