Rabius, Gustav H.

Male 1868 - 1947  (79 years)


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  • Name Rabius, Gustav H. 
    Born 31 May 1868  Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

    • The following biographical sketch appeared in Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910):

                Gustave H. Rabius

           We are always glad to chronicle the life of a man who, by native ability and acquired education, has made his way against hard business competition, one who has done all that he could to develop his community and aid it to keep pace with modern conditions, as has been the record of the subject of this sketch. His start in life was obtained as the result of an agricultural course, and the graduates of an agricultural college are more in demand and more needed than the graduates of any other institution, for these colleges are the strongest factors in the uplift of the farms and the conservation of the soil.
           Gustave H. Rabius was born in Louisville, Kentucky, May 31, 1868, the son of Henry and Frederica Rabius, who came to the United States from England in 1867, but were natives of Germany. One of his mother's grandfather's was a colonel in the English army, the other a surgeon in the same army, and both served in the French and English wars. His mother's maiden name was Nolte, derived from the Hessian nobility. His father was a shoemaker and saddler as a young man, later a sugar refiner in England, but in Missouri a farmer. His parents came to Lexington, Missouri, in 1869, coming by boat. They both died in Mayview, the father on November 23, 1904, the mother on June 23, 1905. They were members of the German Evangelical church.
           Gustave Rabius was the only child of his parents, and attended the common schools, then took a short course in the University of Minnesota, where he learned the trade of butter-making, and followed it for a short time, but soon became an expert in the establishing and erecting of creamery plants, in which he did much for the advancement of the interests of the farmers of the region. In 1899 he started an agricultural implement and hardware store at Mayview, and has also engaged in the contracting business. He has done well in all his undertakings. He is making a specialty of the installation of bathrooms and water facilities in both town and country houses, thus bringing the conveniences of the most modern civilization in the reach of his neighbors.
           On September 27, 1899, Mr. Rabius married Eta Rabius, daughter of Herman and Lizetta (Streetman) Rabius, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father was a cabinetmaker by trade, a traveling salesman in later life and is now superintendent of an orphans' home in Cincinnati. Gustave Rabius is the father of four children: Oscar, born August 6, 1891, the son of his first wife, who was Carrie Rechterman; Louise, born July 18, 1901; Emily, born June 20, 1903, and John, born January 25, 1907. All of them have inherited their father's spirit.
           Mr. Rabius is a Republican, a member of the German Evangelical church, and fraternally a member of the Fraternal Aid Association. He is a successful, prosperous business man, of great sagacity in business matters, thoroughly reliable in all his dealings, one of the type of modern business man who is doing so much everywhere for the advancement of this country.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • 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 1880  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • According to the 1880 enumeration, Gustave Rabius, son, age 12, born in Kentucky was living with his parents, Henry and 'Rieka' (a nickname for Friedereke), both born in Hannover.
    Died 26 Aug 1947  Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11
    • According to his death certificate, Gustav, a plumber, died at his home of coronary thrombosis shortly after 9:00 in the morning. He is reported to have lived in the community for 48 years, but was to be buried in Mayview, Missouri. His wife, Henrietta, had preceded him in death.
    Buried 28 Aug 1947  Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12
    • Gustav's grave is in the Zion Church Cemetery.
    Person ID I4765  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2011 

    Father Rabius, Heinrich August Wilhelm,   b. 23 Jun 1838, Barver, Diepholz, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1904, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Nolte, Dorothea Friederike Henriette,   b. 22 Nov 1842, Barver, Diepholz, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1905, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married Abt 1866  Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
    Census (family) 1870  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • 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) 1880  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • 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) 1900  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    • 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.
    Family ID F971  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rechtermann, Caroline W.,   b. 16 Apr 1865, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1896, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Married 22 Oct 1890  [14, 19, 20
    Children 
     1. Rabius, Oscar H.,   b. 6 Aug 1891, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1969  (Age 77 years)
     2. Rabius, [--?--],   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rabius, Henrietta A.,   b. 1879, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1944, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 27 Sep 1899  [1, 21, 22, 23
    Children 
     1. Rabius, Louise,   b. 18 Jul 1901,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Rabius, Emily,   b. 13 Jun 1903,   d. 8 Jul 1973  (Age 70 years)
     3. Rabius, John,   b. 25 Jan 1907,   d. 25 Jul 1988  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), Mayview Zion Cemetery, page 154.
      Rabius: Gustav H; 1836 (31 May, Louisville, KY); 1947; (only child of Henry Rabius & Friederieke Nolte). Etta A.; 1879 (Ohio); 1944; (Henrietta). (m. 27 Sep 1899; dau. Herm. Rabius & Lizetta Streetman).
           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.

    2. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). May 2007.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #31707. For Gustaf H. Rabius. Born 31 May 1868 at Louisville, Kentucky. Father's name: Henry Rabius, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Fredricka Nolte, born in Germany. Personal information was provided by John Rabius, of K. C., Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    3. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 2, page 636.
      Selection: "Gustave H. Rabius Family," submitted by Virginia L. Bertz.
           "Gustave H. Rabius was born in Louisville, Kentucky, May 31, 1868, the son of Henry and Frederica Rabius...."

    4. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Volume 2, pages 729-730.
      Biographical sketch of "Gustave H. Rabius."

    5. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Volume 2, pages 729-730.
      Biographical sketch of "Gustave H. Rabius."
           "Gustave H. Rabius was born in Louisville, Kentucky, May 31, 1868, the son of Henry and Frederica Rabius, who came to the United States from England in 1867, but were natives of Germany. One of his mother's grandfather's was colonel in the English army, the other a surgeon in the same army, and both served in the French and English wars. His mother's maiden name was Nolte, derived from the Hessian nobility. His father was a shoemaker and saddler as a young man, later a sugar refiner in England, but in Missouri a farmer. His parents came to Lexington, Missouri, in 1869, coming by boat."

    6. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 786, page 403, image 811.
      1870 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, census page 40, enumerated on 20 August 1870; Hermann Rabusch household, dwelling 279, family 276, lines 33-36. Access through Ancestry.com in August 2005.
           In the household was: 35) Rabusch, Gustav; age 2; born in Kentucky; father was foreign born; mother was foreign born.
           By calculation from the information provided, Gustav would have been born about 1867-1868. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1870 U.S. census for this person.

    7. [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 14 B.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 5, Enumeration District 165, census sheet 14 B, enumerated on 13 June 1900; Henry Rabius household, dwelling 234, family 239, lines 86-90. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2005.
           In the household was: 89) Rabius, Oscar; g[randson]. son; white; male; born Aug. 1891; age 8; single; born in Missouri; father born in Kentucky; mother born in Ohio; at school.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for this person.

    8. [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 16 D.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 47, census page 16 D, enumerated on 11 June 1880; Henry Rabius household, lines 4-6. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2010.
           In the household was: 5) Gustave Rabius; white; male; age 12; son; born in Ky [i.e., Kentucky]; father born in Hanover; mother born in Hanover.
           By calculation from the information provided, Gustave would have been born about 1867-1868. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 786, page 403, image 811.
      1870 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, census page 40, enumerated on 20 August 1870; Hermann Rabusch household, dwelling 279, family 276, lines 33-36. Access through Ancestry.com in August 2005.
           The household consisted of: 33) Rabusch, Henry; age 31; male; white; farmer; value of personal estate=$1,120; born in Hannover; father was foreign born; mother was foreign born; is a male over age 21 & a citizen of USA. 34) Rabusch, Friedericke; age 28; female; white; keeping house; born in Hannover; father was foreign born; mother was foreign born. 35) Rabusch, Gustav; age 2; male; white; born in Kentucky; father was foreign born; mother was foreign born. 36) Rabusch, Hermann; age 28; male; white; farmer; born in Hannover; father was foreign born; mother was foreign born; is a male over age 21 & a citizen of USA.

    10. [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 16 D.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 47, census page 16 D, enumerated on 11 June 1880; Henry Rabius household, lines 4-6. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2010.
           The household consisted of: 4) Henry Rabius; white; male; age 43; married; farmer; born in Hanover; father born in Hanover; mother born in Hanover. 5) Rieka Rabius; white; female; age 38; wife; married; born in Hanover; father born in Hanover; mother born in Hanover. 5) Gustave Rabius; white; male; age 12; son; born in Ky [i.e., Kentucky]; father born in Hanover; mother born in Hanover.

    11. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). May 2007.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #31707. For Gustaf H. Rabius. Born 31 May 1868 at Louisville, Kentucky. Father's name: Henry Rabius, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Fredricka Nolte, born in Germany. Died 9:10 a.m. on 26 August 1947 at 15th South, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 79 years, 2 months, 25 days. His usual residence was 15th South, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri; he had lived in the community for 48 years. He was a plumber. He was widowed at the time of death; his spouse had been Henrietta Rabius. Cause of death was "Coronary Thrombosis." Other conditions were: "Arteriol Sclerosis." Burial was to be 28 August 1947 at Mayview, Missouri. The undertaker was Fa[u?]ist F. Tempel, of Lexington, Missouri. Personal information was provided by John Rabius, of K. C., Missouri. Ben H. Bra??es, M.D., of Lexington, Missouri, had attended the deceased from July 1946 to 26 August 1947 and signed the death certificate on 26 August 1947. The certificate was received with the local registrar on 13 September 1947.

    12. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). May 2007.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #31707. For Gustaf H. Rabius. Died 9:10 a.m. on 26 August 1947 at 15th South, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 79 years, 2 months, 25 days. Burial was to be 28 August 1947 at Mayview, Missouri. The undertaker was Fa[u?]ist F. Tempel, of Lexington, Missouri. Personal information was provided by John Rabius, of K. C., Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    13. [S76] Byron H. Nolte, Genealogical research.
      Heinrich Rabius and Friederieke Nolte; married in Germany. Date not known at this time.

    14. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), Mayview Zion Cemetery, page 148.
      Rabius: Carrie W; wife G H (Gustav); 16 Apr 1865 (Ohio); 17 May 1896; (m. 22 Oct 1890; dau. Henry W. Rechterman [sic]). Henry; 23 June 1838 (Han.); 24 Nov 1904; Bater [i.e., Vater?]. Friederike Nolte; wife; 22 Nov 1842 (Han.); 22 June 1905; Mutter.
           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.

    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 14 B.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 5, Enumeration District 165, census sheet 14 B, enumerated on 13 June 1900; Henry Rabius household, dwelling 234, family 239, lines 86-90. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2005.
           In the household was: 86) Rabius, Henry; married, for 33 years. 87) Rabius, Fredericke; wife; married, for 33 years, mother of 1 child, 1 child still living.
           By calculation from the information provided, the marriage would have taken place about 1866-1867. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for this person.

    16. [S104] Personal communication, Emails on 10 & 14 April 2010 from Wolfgang Rabius to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
      Heinrich August Wilhelm Rabius and Dorothea Friederike Henriette Nolte (b.1842) were married. The exact date and place of the marriage are not known at this time.

    17. [S104] Personal communication, from Ernst-Wilhelm Bösking to J. Mark Fiegenbaum; December 2012, via email.
      "Eltern und Kinder von Anne Margarette Diekmann," a genealogical table.
           Heinrich August Wilhelm Rabius and Dorothee Friederike Henriette Nolte were married about 1866. Ernst-Wilhelm Bösking was not able to find the marriage recorded in the registers of the church in Barver, Lower Saxony, Germany.

    18. [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 14 B.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 5, Enumeration District 165, census sheet 14 B, enumerated on 13 June 1900; Henry Rabius household, dwelling 234, family 239, lines 86-90. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2005.
           The household consisted of: 86) Rabius, Henry; head; white; male; born June 1837; age 62; married, for 33 years; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; immigrated to USA in 1868; in the USA 32 years; naturalized citizen; farmer; can read; can write; speaks English; owns farm, free of mortgage. 87) Rabius, Fredericke; wife; white; female; born Nov. 1851 [sic]; age 58; married, for 33 years, mother of 1 child, 1 child still living; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; immigrated to USA in 1868; in the USA 32 years; can read; can write; speaks English. 88) Knopp, Fritz; Board[er?]; white; male; born Jan. 1870; age 30; single; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; immigrated to USA in 1890; in the USA 9 years; alien; farm labor; not employed for 2 months in year; can read; can write; speaks English. 89) Rabius, Oscar; g. son; white; male; born Aug. 1891; age 8; single; born in Missouri; father born in Kentucky; mother born in Ohio; at school. 90) Kurtz, Gerhardt; hired hand; white; male; born Nov. 1879; age 20; single; born in Pennsylvania; father born in Pennsylvania; mother born in Pennsylvania; farm labor; not employed for 3 months in year; can read; can write; speaks English.
           The year of birth reported for Fredericke Rabius - 1851 - does not calculate to an age of 58 in 1900, the year of the enumeration.

    19. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 2, page 637.
      Selection: "Gustave H. Rabius Family," submitted by Virginia L. Bertz.
           Gustave's first wife was Carrie Rechtermann. No date or place of marriage given.

    20. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Volume 2, pages 729-730.
      Biographical sketch of "Gustave H. Rabius."
           "Gustave Rabius is the father of four children: Oscar, born August 6, 1891, the son of his first wife, who was Carrie Rechterman; ...."

    21. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). May 2007.
      State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #31707. For Gustaf H. Rabius. Born 31 May 1868 at Louisville, Kentucky. He was widowed at the time of death; his spouse had been Henrietta Rabius. Personal information was provided by John Rabius, of K. C., Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    22. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 2, pages 636-637.
      Selection: "Gustave H. Rabius Family," submitted by Virginia L. Bertz.
           "On September 27, 1899, Mr. Rabius married Eta Rabius, daughter of Herman and Lizetta (Streetman) Rabius of Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father was a cabinetmaker by trade, a traveling salesman in later life and a superintendent of an orphans' home in Cincinnati."

    23. [S225] William Young, Young's History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1910), Volume 2, pages 729-730.
      Biographical sketch of "Gustave H. Rabius."
           "On September 27, 1899, Mr. Rabius married Eta Rabius, daughter of Herman and Lizetta (Streetman) Rabius, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father was a cabinetmaker by trade, a traveling salesman in later life and is now superintendent of an orphans' home in Cincinnati."