Here is the information I have on the Jacob Rausch Family. It is taken from my file on Luxembourgers in Stearns County, MN. Rausch, Jacob b. 7 Dec. 1814 in Consdorf, Echternach, Luxembourg; m. Theresia Hoffmann on 4 Nov. 1841 at Consdorf, Luxembourg; Jacob Rausch died 10 Oct. 1889 (or he d. 9 Sept. 1889 according to burial record at St. Nicholas Parish) & is buried at St. Nicholas Cemetery, St. Nicholas, MN. Theresia Hoffmann, b. 7 Jan. 1814 at Hemstal, Luxembourg; d. before 1866 at Consdorf? Children of Jacob Rausch & Theresia Hoffmann: 1. Rausch, Johann/Jean b. 3 Oct. 1842 at Consdorf, Luxembourg; 2. Rausch, Johann/Jean b. 19 May 1844 at Consdorf, Luxembourg 3. Rausch, Maria b. 9 Dec. 1845 at Consdorf, Luxembourg 4. Rausch, Catharina b. 3 Feb. 1847 at Consdorf, Luxembourg see: Peter Hoffmann 5. Rausch, Margaretha b. 26 Jan. 1849 at Consdorf, Luxembourg 6. Rausch, Theresia b. 23 March 1852 at Consdorf, Luxembourg 7. Rausch, Peter/Pierre b. 15 June 1854 at Consdorf, Echternach, Luxembourg; m. Maria Kaiser on 19 Jan. 1874 at St. Nicholas, MN; d. May 1928 at Watkins, MN. Mary Kaiser, b. 28 Sept. 1852 at Consdorf, Luxembourg; Maria Kaiser died in 1928 & is buried at St. Anthony Cemetery, Watkins, Meeker County, MN. Children of Peter Rausch & Maria Kaiser: 1. Rausch, Jacob bapt. 13 Feb. 1875 at St. Nicholas, MN 2. Rausch, Anna Maria b. 17 Aug. 1877 at St. Nicholas, MN {GP: Valentine Hoffmann & Anna Maria Luetz] 3. Rausch, Catherina b. 4 Aug. 1879 at St. Nicholas, MN [GP: Peter Keiser & Kath. Rausch] 4. Rausch, Elisabeth Catharina b. 17 May 1881 at St. Nicholas, MN [GP: Frank Rausch & Catharina Bromenschenkel] 5. Rausch, Peter b. 11 Oct. 1884 at St. Nicholas, MN; d. 27 Feb. 1885 at St. Nicholas, MN 6. Rausch, Nicholas b. 20 Dec. 1885 at St. Nicholas, MN [Nic. Henches & Kathr. Henches] 7. Rausch, Barbara b. 28 Aug. 1887 at St. Nicholas, MN 8. Rausch, Maria b. 26 April 1889 at St. Nicholas, MN 9. Rausch, Margaretha b. 30 July 1891 at St. Nicholas, MN 10. Rausch, Peter b. 20 Oct. 1893 at St. Nicholas, MN 8. Rausch, Frank P. b. 18 Oct. 1856 at Consdorf, Echternach, Luxembourg; m. Anna Brixius on 11 Jan. 1881 at St. Nicholas, MN; Frank Rausch died 30 Jan. 1924 & buried at St. Boniface Cemetery, Cold Spring, MN. Anna Brixius See Michael Brixius family. Children of Frank Rausch & Anna Brixius: 1. Rausch, Jacob b. 3 July 1883 at St. Nicholas, MN 2. Rausch, Michael b. 19 June 1885 (per St. Nicholas Parish Census) - or 17 July 1885 (per St. Boniface Parish Census) at St. Nicholas, MN 3. Rausch, Peter b. 17 July 1887 at St. Nicholas, MN 4. Rausch, Christophor b. 20 March 1889 at St. Nicholas, MN 5. Rausch, Valentine b. 10 Jan. 1891 at St. Nicholas, MN 6. Rausch, Frank Jacob b. 21 Jan. 1893 at Cold Spring, MN 9. Rausch, Margaretha b. 11 March 1858 at Consdorf, Luxembourg Sources: 1. Civil marriage record, F. Rausch-A. Brixius, Stearns County, MN, Book H, p. 27 2. 1870 Census, Stearns County, MN, Luxemburg Twsp, p. 3 3. 1880 Census, Stearns County, MN, Luxemburg Twsp, p. 4 (Peter Rausch Family) 4. Rausch, Ervin J. O.S.C., Rausch Family History, Oct. 1993, Stearns County Historical Society 5. Meeker County Minnesota Cemeteries, Vol. 2, p. 114 (1993) 6. Civil record of marriage - P. Rausch-M. Kaiser, Stearns County, Courthouse, Book D, p. 464 7. Index to Gravestones of Stearns, Benton, and Sherburne Counties, MN 8. Civil death record, Jacob Rausch, Stearns County, MN, Book A, p. 185, line 23 (says he died 10 Oct 1889) 9. Burial record, Jacob Rausch, St. Nicholas Parish, St. Nicholas, MN