Rabius, Sophia Maria Charlotte

Female 1878 - 1953  (74 years)


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  • Name Rabius, Sophia Maria Charlotte 
    Born 30 Dec 1878  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 13 Apr 1879  Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Sophia's baptism is recorded in the archives of Zion Church. Maria Nolte was the witness.
    Census 1880  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • According to the 1880 enumeration, and Sophia Rabius (age 2) was living with her 2 sisters, Emma Rabius (age 5) and "Lela" Rabius (age 3), and her parents, "Hanover" Rabius (age 38) and Frederica Rabius (age 30).
    Died 10 Jan 1953  Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 10, 11
    • Sophia died at the Katy Jane Nursing Home, where she had been a resident for seven months.
    Buried Hermann, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 12
    • She was buried in Hermann City Cemetery.
    Person ID I2953  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2010 

    Father Rabius, Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm,   b. 2 Jan 1842, Barver, Diepholz, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1923  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Apwisch, Fredericke,   b. 21 May 1850, Apwisch, Diepholz, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1934, Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1874  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
    • Herman and Fredericke were married in the Evangelical Salems Congregation in Higginsville, Missouri (since 1956 known as Salem United Church of Christ).
    Census (family) 1880  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • According to the 1880 enumeration, the household consisted of "Hanover" Rabius, head of household (age 38, born in Hanover); his wife, Frederica Rabius, (age 30, born in Hanover); and three daughters, all born in Missouri: Emma Rabius (age 5); "Lela" Rabius (age 3); and, Sophia Rabius (age 2).
    Census (family) 1900  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    • According to the 1900 enumeration, the household consisted of Herman Rabius (age 58, born in January 1842 in Germany), a farmer who immigrated to the USA in 1868 and had been married for 26 years; Frederike Rabius (age 50,born in May 1850 in Germany), who immigrated to the USA in 1870, was a wife to Herman and the mother of eight children, all of whom were still living; and their six children: Lillian Rabius (age 23, born in December 1876 in Missouri), unmarried daughter; Lena Rabius (age 19, born in June 1881 in Missouri), unmarried daughter; "Minn" Rabius (age 15, born in August 1884 in Missouri), daughter; Clara Rabius (age 12, born in December 1887 in Missouri), daughter attending school; William Rabius (age 10, born in November 1889 in Missouri), son attending school; and Ernest Rabius (age 7, born in July 1892 in Missouri), son attending school. Also in the home was Robert Krueger (age 19, born in June 1880 in Missouri), a boarder and farm laborer.
    Census (family) 1910  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    • According to the 1910 enumeration of the farm outside of Mayview, the household consisted of Herman Rabius (age 67), his wife, Fredicke Rabius (age 59), sons, William Rabius (age 20), Ernest Rabius (age 18), and a hired hand, Edwin Boehmer (age 21).
    Census (family) 1920  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    • According to the 1920 enumeration, the household consisted of Herman Rabius (age 78), retired from farming, and Frederica Rabius (age 69), his wife.
    Family ID F950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stönner, Heinrich Wilhelm,   b. 18 Oct 1876, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1939  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 15 Nov 1899  [22, 23, 24
    • After attending high school in Owensville, Gasconade County, Missouri and business college in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, Heinrich worked for two years in a general store at Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri. There he met and married Sophia Rabius. They moved to the Stönner family farm in Gasconade County, Missouri and Heinrich managed an uncle's store in Little Bay, Missouri.
    Children 
     1. Stönner, Wallace Dietrich,   b. 1902, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1976  (Age 74 years)
     2. Stönner, Harvey Herman,   b. 1904, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1983  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Dec 1878 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S55] Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Padget, Genealogical research.
      Sophia Rabius; born 30 December 1887.

    2. [S91] Church records, Baptimal Records for Zion Church, Mayview, Missouri.
      From a digital image provided by Byron H. Nolte. Sophia Maria Charlotte Rabius, child of Herman Rabius and Fried. geb[orene] Apwish [sic]. Born 30 Dezember 1878.

    3. [S172] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County History, Owensville, Missouri (Owensville, Missouri: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1979-2004) [Volume II has the title, Gasconade County, Missouri Family History Book, and has the imprint, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company], Vol. 2, pages 357-358.
      "Stoenner," submitted by JoAnn Stoenner Lenger. Sophia Rabius (1878-1953).

    4. [S173] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County Cemetery Survey ([Hermann, Missouri]: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1985), p. 429.
      Hermann City Cemetery, Section A. Sophia M. Stoenner, nee Rabius; born 30 December 1878; died 10 January 1953.

    5. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). June 2007.
      Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #4633. For Sophia Mary Stoenner. Born 30 December 1878 at Higginsville, Missouri. Father's name: Herman Rabius. Mother's maiden name: Sophia Abwisch [sic].
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    6. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 697, page 24.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 47, census page 24, enumerated on 16 & 17 June 1880; Hanover Rabius household, dwelling not recorded; family not recorded; lines 28-32. Access through Ancestry.com in August 2005 & April 2010.
           In the household was: 32) Sophia Rabius; female; age 2; daughter; born in Missouri.
           By calculation from the information provided, Sophia would have been born about 1877-1878. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the YEAR U.S. census for this person.

    7. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Lillie (Rabius) Nolte. Memorial #30667932.
      ( http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30667932 ). Accessed in August 2017. Record created by "Mark Frazier" on 18 October 2008. Digital image of grave marker added by "Mark Frazier" on 18 October 2008. This is a shared marker with Otto Nolte (1873-1935). This Find A Grave memorial included an image of the grave marker and information from at least one additional unidentified source of information. FindAGrave.com reported on the basis of its own calculations that Lillie (Rabius) Nolte, daughter of Herman Rabius (1842-1923) and Friederike Apwisch Rabius (1850-1934), was a sibling of Sophia Mary (Rabius) Stoenner (1878-1953). This information was not explicitedly submitted to this memorial.

    8. [S91] Church records, Baptimal Records for Zion Church, Mayview, Missouri.
      From a digital image provided by Byron H. Nolte. Sophia Maria Charlotte Rabius, child of Herman Rabius and Fried. geb[orene] Apwish [sic]. Born 30 Dezember 1878. Baptized 13 April 1879 by Pastor Hoefer. Maria Nolte was the witness.

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 697, page 24.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 47, census page 24, enumerated on 16 & 17 June 1880; Hanover Rabius household, dwelling not recorded; family not recorded; lines 28-32. Access through Ancestry.com in August 2005 & April 2010.
           The household consisted of: 28) Hanover Rabius; white; male; age 38; married; farmer; born in Hanover; father born in Hanover; mother born in Hanover. 29) Frederica Rabius; age 30; wife; married; housekeeper; born in Hanover; father born in Hanover; mother born in Hanover. 30) Emma Rabius; white; female; age 5; daughter; born in Missouri; father born in Hanover; mother born in Hanover. 31) Lela Rabius; white; female; age 3; daughter; born in Missouri; father born in Hanover; mother born in Hanover. 32) Sophia Rabius; white; female; age 2; daughter; born in Missouri; father born in Hanover; mother born in Hanover.

    10. [S55] Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Padget, Genealogical research.
      Sophia died 10 January 1952. No place given.

    11. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). June 2007.
      Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #4633. For Sophia Mary Stoenner. Born 30 December 1878 at Higginsville, Missouri. Father's name: Herman Rabius. Mother's maiden name: Sophia Abwisch [sic]. Died at 6:00 a.m. on 10 January 1953 in Katy Jane Nursing Home, at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri at the age of 74 years, 10 days. She had been a resident of the nursing home for seven months. Her usual residence was Hermann, Gasconade County, Missouri. She was a widow at the time of her death; Henry Stoenner had been her husband. She was a housewife; had never served in the U.S. armed forces; had no social security number. Cause of death was a "coronary occlusion acute" of 1 [hour's?] duration. This condition was due to "cerebral vascular [accident?] 9 months before death and due to [arteriosclerosis?] [generalized?] [illegible]. Removal was to be 12 January 1953 to "City Cemetery" at Hermann, Missouri. E. R. Ruediger, of Hermann, Missouri, was the undertaker. Personal information provided by Wallace Stoenner, of Hermann, Missouri. Harold H?lscher, MD, of Warrenton, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 1 May 1952 to 10 January 1953 and signed the death certificate on 11 January 1953. Received by the local registrar on 10 January 1953.

    12. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). June 2007.
      Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #4633. For Sophia Mary Stoenner. Died at 6:00 a.m. on 10 January 1953 in Katy Jane Nursing Home, at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri at the age of 74 years, 10 days. She had been a resident of the nursing home for seven months. Removal was to be 12 January 1953 to "City Cemetery" at Hermann, Missouri. E. R. Ruediger, of Hermann, Missouri, was the undertaker.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    13. [S55] Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Padget, Genealogical research.
      Herman Rabius and Fredericke Apwisch; married 25 March 1874 at Higginsville, Missouri. [Names. Full date. City, state; church.]

    14. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 697, page 24.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 47, census page 24, enumerated on 16 & 17 June 1880; Hanover Rabius household, dwelling not recorded; family not recorded; lines 28-32. Access through Ancestry.com in August 2005 & April 2010.
           In the household was: 28) Hanover Rabius; white; male; age 38; married; and 29) Frederica Rabius; age 30; wife; married; housekeeper.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for these individuals.

    15. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 869, page 13 A.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 5, Enumeration District 165, census sheet 13 A, enumerated on 11 June 1900; Herman Rabius household, dwelling 200; family 203; lines 31-39. Access through Ancestry.come in April 2010.
           In the household was: 31) Herman Rabius; head; male; born in January 1842; age 58; married, for 26 years; and, 32) Frederike Rabius; wife; white; female; born in May 1850; age 50; married, for 26 years; mother of 8 children, 8 still living.
           By calculation from the information provided, Herman and Frederike would have been married about 1873-1874.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for these individuals.

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 794, page 7A.
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, North Washington Township, Mayview, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 107, census sheet 7A, enumerated on 25 April 1910; Herman Rabius household, dwelling 54; family 54; lines 36-40. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2010.
           In the household was: 36) Herman Rabius; age 67; married, for 38 years; and, 37) Fredicke Rabius; wife; age 59; married, for 38 years; mother of 8 children, 8 still living.
           By calculation from the information provided, the marriage would have taken place about 1871-1872.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for these individuals.

    17. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Fredirika Rabius; Lafayette County; 1934; Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #17289. Accessed in December 2007.
      Fredirika Rabius. Born 21 May 1850 in Germany. Died at 2:00 a.m. on 12 May 1934 in Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri. She was widowed at the time of death; her husband had been Herman Rabius. Personal information was provided by Mrs. Wm. Mische, of Mayview, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    18. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), Mayview Zion Cemetery, page 150.
      Nolte: Otto; 1873 (18 Sep); 1935 (28 Mar; m.11 Dec 1900; son Wm. & Maria). Lillie; wife; 1876; 1956; (dau. Herman Rabius & Friederike).
           According to the instructions on page 2 of this compilation, the information in parentheses comes from sources other than the tombstone inscription. These additional sources are not identified.

    19. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 869, page 13 A.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 5, Enumeration District 165, census sheet 13 A, enumerated on 11 June 1900; Herman Rabius household, dwelling 200; family 203; lines 31-39. Access through Ancestry.come in April 2010.
           The household consisted of: 31) Herman Rabius; head; white; male; born in January 1842; age 58; married, for 26 years; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; immigrated to USA in 1868; in USA for 32 years; naturalized citizen; farmer; can read; can write; speaks English; owns his home, a farm, free of mortgage; number 198 on Farm Schedule. 32) Frederike Rabius; wife; white; female; born in May 1850; age 50; married, for 26 years; mother of eight children, 8 still living; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; immigrated to USA in 1870; in USA for 30 years; naturalized citizen; can read; can write; speaks English. 33) Lillian Rabius; daughter; white; female; born in December 1876; age 23; single; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can read; can write; speaks English. 34) Lena Rabius; daughter; white female; born in June 1881; age 19; single; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can read; can write; speaks English. 35) Minn Rabius; daughter; white; female; born in August 1884; age 15; single; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can read; can write; speaks English. 36) Clara Rabius; daughter; white; female; born in December 1887; age 12; single; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; attended school in census year, for 7 months; can read; can write; speaks English. 37) William Rabius; son; white; male; born in November 1889; age 10; single; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; attended school in census year, for 7 months; can read; can write; speaks English. 38) Ernest Rabius; son; white; male; born in July 1892; age 7; single; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; attended school in census year, for 7 months. 39) Robt. Krueger; board[er]; white; male; born in June 1880; age 19; single; born in Missouri; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; Farm Labor.

    20. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 794, page 7A.
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, North Washington Township, Mayview, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 107, census sheet 7A, enumerated on 25 April 1910; Herman Rabius household, dwelling 54; family 54; lines 36-40. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2010.
           The household consisted of: 36) Herman Rabius; head; male; white; age 67; married, for 38 years; born in German; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; farmer; can read; can write; owns his farm free of mortgage; number 54 on Farm Schedule. 37) Fredicke Rabius; wife; female; white; age 59; married, for 38 years; mother of 8 children, 8 still living; born in German; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write. 38) William Rabius; son; male; white; age 20; single; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; labors on farm; can read; can write. 39) Ernest Rabius; son; male; white; age 18; single; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; labors on farm; can read; can write. 40) Edwin Boehmer; Hand; male; white; age 21; single; born in Missouri; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; speaks English; labors on farm; can read; can write.

    21. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920. NARA microfilm T625, roll 931, page 13B.
      1920 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 123, census sheet 13B, enumerated on 24 & 27 January 1920; Herman Rabius household, dwelling 35; family 39; lines 57-58. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2010.
           The household consisted of: 57) Herman Rabius; head; owns home, free of mortgage; male; white; age 78; married; year of immigration to USA unknown; citzenship status unknown; can read; can write; born in Hannover/Germany; father born in Hannover/Germany; mother born in Hannover/Germany; speaks English; retired, from farming. 58) Frederica Rabius; wife; female; white; age 69; married; year of immigration to USA unknown; citzenship status unknown; can read; can write; born in Hannover/Germany; father born in Hannover/Germany; mother born in Hannover/Germany; speaks English; occupation=none.

    22. [S55] Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Padget, Genealogical research.
      Henry Stönner and Sophia Rabius marrie 15 November 1899.

    23. [S172] Gasconade County Historical Society, Gasconade County History, Owensville, Missouri (Owensville, Missouri: Gasconade County Historical Society, 1979-2004) [Volume II has the title, Gasconade County, Missouri Family History Book, and has the imprint, Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company], Vol. 2, pages 357-358.
      "Stoenner," submitted by JoAnn Stoenner Lenger.
           "Heinrich 'Henry' [Stoenner] attended high school in Owensville and Business College in Sedalia. For two years he clerked at the general store in Mayview, MO (Lafayette County), run by his father's cousin, Frank W. Stoenner. There he met and married his wife, Sophia Rabius (1878-1953). The couple returned to the Stoenner farm while Henry managed his Uncle Heinrich's store in Little Bay."

    24. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). June 2007.
      Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #4633. For Sophia Mary Stoenner. Born 30 December 1878 at Higginsville, Missouri. Father's name: Herman Rabius. Mother's maiden name: Sophia Abwisch [sic]. She was a widow at the time of her death; Henry Stoenner had been her husband.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.