THOMAS AND ELIZA RAISH By: Colleen Switzer Thomas Raish was the son of Michael and Maria (Frolich) Rosch.  Michael was the oldest known Rosch ancestor, was born at Engelsweis, Baden, German, in the year 1808 and married Maria Frolich in the year of 1829.  She was also born at Engelsweis in the year 1800.  In 1852 they, and their eight children left their homeland of Germany aboard a ship bound for America and a new home.  The first three years after coming to this country the family lived at Buffalo, New York.  In 1855, they moved to Cattaraugua County, New York and settled near the town of Allegany.  From here the children married and went their separate ways.  Through the years the family scattered to different areas of the United States and future generations lost contact of their relatives.  The spelling of the name Rosch was changed by the sons, who chose the spelling "Raisch".  Later members of the family dropped the "c" and used the spelling of "Raish". Thomas Raish, Born December 9, 1840 was married in Catturaugua County, New York, April 25, 1866, to Eliza Ann Hall, born March 17, 1844, at Allegany, one of five daughters of David and Amanda (Garrison) Hall of Olean, New York.  In the early 1870's or possibly before, Thomas and his family, his brother, Johan and his family, and their parents, Michael and Maria Rosch, moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  The family was engaged in the logging and lumber business.  There the parents died.  Maria at Winneconne, May 22, 1877, and Michael, August 3, 1881. Thomas and Eliza returned to New York state for a time and in 1885, they accompanied a group of colonist to Nebraska where they settled in the Madison Square Community of Loup County.  Thomas Raish became a citizen of the United States at the courts in Taylor, Nebraska on September 13, 1893.   He died at his home in Sargent, January 4, 1926 at the age of 85 years.  Eliza, who became one of the pioneer religious works of the Free Methodist Church in the North Loup Valley, died July 18, 1934, at 90 years of age, at Sargent.  They were the parents of five children:  William, who married Emma Strohl; David, married Anna Sears; Grace, married James Bowley; Fred, who married Zora Carter. transcribed by: Melody Beery Source: Loup County Centennial Book 1883-1983 Back to Biographies Main Page Back to Loup County Main Page Copyright © Genealogy Trails All Rights Reserved with Full Rights Reserved for Original Contributor