Rochus (Rufus) B FAUTSCH

1851 - 1922  (70 years)

• Name	Rochus (Rufus) B FAUTSCH
  Birth	Aug 1851	Brinitz, Germany/Poland (Prussia)
  	His North Dakota death certificate (Rufus Fautch) gave his birth date as 15 August 1850.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Railroad worker, farmer
  Death	4 Jul 1922	Cass County, North Dakota
  Notes	His first name also spelled Rochus (e.g., 1875 state census). Shown as 29 year old Rohus Fautch, railroad worker, in the town of Oscar, Township 133, Otter Tail County, in the 1880 census. He, with his wife Paulina and children Emil and Anny, appear to be living in a household headed by Clarence Ricker. Several other railroad laborers also live in the household including a Matt Fautch, age 27. In the formation of the township of Carlisle (township 133, range 44) in Otter Tail County, “R. Fautch” and “Mathew Fautsch” were listed as “qualified electors” in the petition of organization dated 14 March 1881. In the 1885 state census, he and his family lived in Howard Lake in Wright County. The household consisted of R. Fautch, 85, L. Fautch, 29, A. Fautch, 8, Annie, 6, Agnes, 5, Peter, 3, and Katie, 1. In the 1895 state census, as Rufus Fautsch, he and his family live in the village of Waverly in Wright County. Rufus is a railroad section foreman. The household consists of Rufus, 44, Paulina, 39, Anna, 16, Ignatius, 14, Peter, 12, Katie, 11, Matilda, 9, Leo, 7, Mary, 4, and Agnes, 2. In the 1900 census, the family farmed in Woodland Township, Wright County. Rufus came to the U.S. in 1868 and was born in Germany. In the 1905 state census, Rufus and family were in Woodland Twp where the family had been for 8 years. Rufus is shown as having been in the state for 37 years, his wife for 24 and a half. He was Rufus Fautsch in the 1910 census. Emigrated in 1868. In that 1910 census, only Agnes, Alphonse, and John were still living at home. Rufus and Paulina were shown as born in Germany with Polish as their native language. In the 1920 census, he is living with son Emanuel in Enderlin, North Dakota. In that census, he came to the U.S. in 1868 and was born in German Poland. His native language was Polish.
  Person ID	I1137	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	Balthasar (Bartholomew) FAUTSCH,   b. Aug 1817, Prussia d. 9 Mar 1906, Delano, Wright County, Minnesota (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Eva FRIEMARK,   b. 24 Dec 1825, Germany d. 14 Nov 1909, Delano, Wright County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1848
  Family ID	F6158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Paulina F MEYER,   b. 21 May 1856, Germany/Poland (Prussia) d. 15 Feb 1917, Wright County, Minnesota (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1875	Delano, Wright County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Emanuel J FAUTCH,   b. 23 Dec 1876, Delano, Wright County, Minnesota d. 31 Oct 1948, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)   2. Anna (Annie) M FAUTCH,   b. 26 Jul 1878, Delano, Wright County, Minnesota d. 24 Aug 1949, Waverly, Wright County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)   3. Ignatius Peter FAUTSCH,   b. 27 Jul 1879, Minnesota d. 29 Apr 1910, Wilkin County, Minnesota (Age 30 years)   4. Peter FAUTCH,   b. Jun 1882, Minnesota   5. Kathryn J FAUTCH,   b. 10 Feb 1884, Minnesota d. 31 Oct 1970, Burleigh County, North Dakota (Age 86 years)   6. Matilda G FAUTCH,   b. 10 Mar 1886, Minnesota d. 29 Sep 1959, Cass County, North Dakota (Age 73 years)   7. Leo Vincent FAUTCH,   b. 5 Apr 1888, Waverly, Wright County, Minnesota d. 17 Oct 1966, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington (Age 78 years)   8. Mary Vivian FAUTCH,   b. 17 Dec 1891, Minnesota d. 13 Feb 1964, Enderlin, Ransom County, North Dakota (Age 72 years)   9. Agnes P FAUTCH,   b. Jun 1893, Minnesota   10. Alfonse Lawrence FAUTCH,   b. 27 Jul 1895, Waverly, Wright County, Minnesota d. 14 Dec 1972, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington (Age 77 years)   11. John George (Jack) FAUTCH,   b. 16 Oct 1900, Minnesota d. 26 Dec 1968, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 68 years)   12. Unknown FAUTCH,   b. Aft 1900, Minnesota d. Bef 1910 (Age < 8 years)
  Family ID	F316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2010