Bertha Kuester was born on 22 Nov 1883. She was the daughter
of August and Wilhelmina (Keske) Kuester. Bertha immigrated to New Ulm,
Minnesota with her family in 1894 according to census records. Immigration records
indicate she arrived in 1893 at Baltimore, Maryland aboard the SS Schifflebein
which departed from Dresden, Germany. From there Bertha and her family
continued on to New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota.
On 17 May 1905 Bertha
married Fred Rauschke in New Ulm. Their union was blessed with 4 children, two
boys, Armin and Martin; and two girls, Edna and Gertrude. They made their home
in New Ulm, Minnesota and Bertha was very active in St. Paul's Church, New Ulm,
Minnesota. She died on 12 Jan 1970 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota and was buried
at Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota.
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