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1.1.1    Paul Joseph Florian Rasch (pictures)
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Birth Date:     August 27, 1850
Birth Place:	Frankenstein, Germany
Christen Date:	August 30, 1850
Christen Place: In The Parish Church Of Protzon
Religion:       R. Catholic
aka:            Fr. Luke
Occupation:     Capuchin Priest
Death Date:     September 7, 1910
Death Place:    St. Joseph, Wisconsin
Burial Date:	September 7, 1910
Burial Place:	Monastery Cemetery At Mt, Calvary, WI
Father:         Florian Rasch II (1819-1891)
Mother:         Caroline Nickel (1827-1880)

Notes:
Frankenstein, Germany, is present day Zabkowice, Poland, 56 km SSW of Wroclaw.

He entered the US with his parents in the ship Stepane, from Bremen to New York, on August 5,1851
at the age of 9 months.

Entered the Capuchin Order at Holy Cross Monastery, Mt. Calvery, Wisconsin on Christmas Day, 1870.
Fr. Luke Rasch was ordained to the priesthood on Sept. 21, 1877.

He was a very active priest, and was appointed local superior several times for some of the monasteries
in Wisconsin and New York. He was a cheerful and conscientious priest.

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