Hi Diana, i have seen spellings of ronke and rauka in other records. they came to hamilton from germany, thueringen or some kids' census say Saxony in 1854. John was born 07/15/1807, died 05/20/1879 in Hamilton, Ohio. Anna Elizabeth was born 09/10/1810, died 07/30/1894 in Hamilton, Ohio. Kids still living when anna died: Elizabeth Therese b 11/12/1831 Aurelia b about 1840 Charles b1837 Thank you In a message dated 6/18/2004 7:58:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, christillavalley@comcast.net writes: > > > Mark, > I searched thru each ward of Hamilton and found no similar name. Also > searched all Ranke, Rankes, Rancke, Rank, Ranky & a few others with no luck. > A couple of > possibles below. Do you know > where they were born? Did they have any children that you know of? Have > you found them in any other census? More information may help me narrow it > down. Thanks. > Diana > > RANCK JOHN 55 M W PA OH SHELBY SIDNEY 1860 > Eliza, 40, PA; Thoma, David, Edward. > RANCK JOHN 50 M W PA OH ROSS COLERAIN TWP 1860 > Elizabeth, 45, PA; Sarah, Jonas, Caroline, Martha, Calista. > > This is US indexing of all Ranke names. Maybe some will seem familiar. > RANKE ADAM 53 M W BAVA NY HERKIMER OHIO 1860 > RANKE AND 28 M W BAVA CA SACRAMENTO 3-DIST SACRAMENTO 1860 > RANKE CHARLES 43 M W GERM NY FULTON PERTH 1860 > RANKE CHAS 40 M W PRUS MO ST LOUIS 8-WD ST LOUIS 1860 > RANKE DANIEL 10 M W NY NY JEFFERSON PHILADELPHIA 1860 > RANKE FREDERICK 12 M W NY NY FULTON PERTH 1860 > RANKE HIRAM 27 M W HOLL MI OTTAWA POLKTON 1860 > RANKE JAME O 35 M W IREL IL CASS VIRGINIA 1860 > RANKE JOEACHE 54 M W PRUS WI BAD AX KICKAPOO 1860 > RANKE JOHN 40 M W SAXO NY HERKIMER OHIO 1860 > RANKE LOUIS 38 M W GERM NY FULTON PERTH 1860 > RANKE PETER 58 M W NY NY HERKIMER GERMAN FLATS 1860 > RANKE SOPHIA 15 F W GERM WI FOND DU LAC ELDORADO 1860 > RANKE WM 25 M W OH OH HAMILTON 4-WD CINCINNATI 1860 > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Gilburns@aol.com> > To: <OH-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:51 PM > Subject: [OH-CENSUS] 1860/Butler/Ranke, Johann Christoph > > > > City of Hamilton > > b 1807 > > wife Anna Elizabeth > > > > thank you > > Mark Gilbert > > > ==== OH-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > If you missed a reply to your request, you can BROWSE the archives at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/oh-census-lookup > To SEARCH the archives for a specific surname, go to: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=OH-CENSUS-LOOKUP > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid= > 1237

Mark, I went over my searches and still didn't find them. This may be Anna in 1880. 1880 3rd Ward, Hamilton, Butler, Ohio Page Number 422C Anna RAUKA Self W Female W 70 SAX Housekeeper RUSSIA PRUSSIA (this may be son Charles) Marriage of Charles Ranke to Catherine Snyder 09 NOV 1858 , Butler, Ohio I couldn't find Charles in 1860 either. RANK CHARLES 30 M W SAXO OH BUTLER 4-WD HAMILTON 1870 page 171, jour. cooper; Catherine, 28, Hesse Charles, 10, OH; William, 4, OH. 1880 Hamilton, Butler, Ohio Page Number 434C Chas. RANKE Self M Male W 42 GER Cooper GER GER Cath. RANKE Wife M Female W 40 GER Keeps House GER GER Wm. RANKE Son S Male W 14 OH At Home GER GER Theresa RANKE Dau S Female W 9 OH At School GER GER Lulu RANKE Dau S Female W 1 OH GER GER Sorry, I wasn't much help. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gilburns@aol.com> To: <OH-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [OH-CENSUS] 1860/Butler/Ranke, Johann Christoph > Hi Diana, > > i have seen spellings of ronke and rauka in other records. > > they came to hamilton from germany, thueringen or some kids' census say Saxony in 1854. > > John was born 07/15/1807, died 05/20/1879 in Hamilton, Ohio. > Anna Elizabeth was born 09/10/1810, died 07/30/1894 in Hamilton, Ohio. > > Kids still living when anna died: > > Elizabeth Therese b 11/12/1831 > > Aurelia b about 1840 > > Charles b1837 > > > Thank you