Nolte, Dorothea Friederike Henriette

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1868, USA

Notes:

Immigration:

     According to Nolte family tradition, Friedericke emigrated to the USA as part of an extended family group, which included her husband, Heinrich Rabius and his brother, Herman Rabius. Accompanying the Rabius family was Friederieke's father, Frederick Nolte; her brother, Carl Nolte; and the family of her other brother, Wilhelm Nolte (Wilhelm; wife, Maria; and their two oldest children, Heinrich Frederick and Friedericke).
     According to descendants, Heinrich and Friederieke (Nolte) Rabius emigrated from England about 1867 or 1868. Their only child, Gustav, was born at Louisville, Kentucky in May 1868 and by 1869 the family had arrived in Missouri, settling in Washington Township, Lafayette County, with addresses in Higginsville and Mayview, Missouri.


Buried:
Friederieke's grave may be found in the Zion Church Cemetery.

Dorothea married Rabius, Heinrich August Wilhelm Abt 1866, Kingdom of Hannover. Heinrich (son of Rabius, [--?--] and [---?---], [--?--]) was born 23 Jun 1838, Barver, Diepholz, Kingdom of Hannover; died 24 Nov 1904, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 1880, Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:

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.


Census:
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:
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.

Buried:
Gustav's grave is in the Zion Church Cemetery.

Died:
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.

Gustav married Rechtermann, Caroline W. 22 Oct 1890. Caroline (daughter of Rechtermann, Johann Friederich Heinrich and Welker, Rosena) was born 16 Apr 1865, Ohio, USA; died 17 May 1896, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Gustav married Rabius, Henrietta A. 27 Sep 1899. Henrietta (daughter of Rabius, Hermann and Streetman, Lizetta) was born 1879, Ohio, USA; died 1944, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Census:
According to the 1900 enumeration, Oscar, born in August 1891 in Missouri (age 8) and attending school, was living with his grandparents, Henry Rabius (age 62) and Fredericke Rabius (age 58). Also in the household were Fritz Knopp (age 30), a boarder who immigrated from Germany in 1890, and Gerhardt Kurtz (age 20), a hired hand born in Pennsylvania.

Buried:
Oscar's grave is in the Zion Church Cemetery.

Oscar married Horsley, Goldie M.. Goldie was born 7 Dec 1890, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA; died 23 Aug 1980; was buried , Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
The Zion Church Cemetery contains a marker for the infant son of G. H. and C. W. Rabius. There are no dates engraved on the stone. It is next to a marker shared by three person, one of whom is Carrie W. Rabius, the wife of G. H. Rabius..

Notes:

Birth:
The date of birth has also been given as 20 June 1903.

Buried:
Emily's grave is in the Zion Church Cemetery.