Richard Rachuig Family, late 1970s

Charlie Rachuig brought these photos of the Richard Rachuig & Anna Kunkel family to the recent family reunion.  I'm not certain who took the pictures, but I presume they were taken in the Rio Grande Valley where most of the family lived.

This first photo shows Richard Rachuig and Anna Kunkel Rachuig in April 1978.  (See page 9 of the family trees listed in the upper-right column of this blog.)

The next photo shows Pat Chandler Walker with her aunt (Rich and Anna's daughter), Clara Rachuig.

This last photo shows Rich and Anna's daugher, Esther Rachuig Chandler with her husband, E. B., and her sister Frieda.

Richard Rachuig & Anna Kunkel Family Tree Diagram

I've also drawn a tree diagram for the Richard Henry Rachuig & Anna Marie Kunkel family.

Link to family tree diagram.

Richard Henry Rachuig Family In Olney, Texas In Early 1920s

I am guessing a bit on this picture. (The original has no annotations.) I think this is Richard Rachuig's family at their home on Bitter Creek in Olney, Texas. Judging by the apparent ages of the children, the date must be somewhere around 1923. Maybe someone from Uncle Rich's branch of the family can clear this up.

The bottom picture is blurred, but the man holding the horse looks like Uncle Rich to me. I've seen him stand like that in other pictures.

The other people in the picture may be Kunkels.

Richard Henry Rachuig's Oral Family History, 1968

(UPDATE) I got notes from Mike Chandler and Elizabeth Egbert who pointed out that the young man in picture below is not their grandfather, Richard Henry Rachuig. (I'm going to leave it here until I get another picture of Uncle Rich as a young man.)

This is actually Frederick Julius Rachuig, Richard's older brother. He was born on September 13, 1876 and died on March 24, 1899. He died very young and never married. He has no direct descendants. I'm glad we have pictures of him. Mike and Elizabeth have sent me another which is posted above. I think it's great.

Click the following link to view Rich Rachuig's family history. I've formatted it in simple text to avoid retrieval problems. It may not look pretty, but virtually everyone can read it without any problems.

He begins with a brief discussion of his parent's lives in Posen and their emigration to Washington County. He talks about their life in Clifton, but he also recounts how he and his brother Gus (August William, Jr.) traveled through West Texas and New Mexico to find a place to farm.

It is fairly long, but well worth reading.

Rich Rachuig's Family History.

Here is a picture of Uncle Rich as a young man, taken when he was 17 years old.