RACHEL BROUSE

Born - Between 1789 and 1793 in Pennsylvania

Sources: 1) 1850 census shows her as 57 years old. 2) her son William's biography says she died in 1871 at the age of 82, putting her birth year approximately 1789.

Parents - Unknown at this time - see notes below

Married - 1.) William McFall on November 9, 1815 in Stark County, OH and 2.) Mr. McCabe (first name not known) between 1829 and 1850.

Died - 1871 in Ohio (based on her son William's biography which states she died at the age of 82 in 1871 in Ohio)

For information on her children, please visit William McFall .

CENSUS:

NOTES:

The name Brouse is interchangeable in the census with PROUSE, PRAUS and PROUCE. It is thought, but not proven to us, that the name originally was BRAUSZ. And some say that the name is Dutch from Holland. We have not been to prove just who her parents are, or the country of origin for her father.

Here are the Brouse names from Stark County OH starting with 1820:

1820 US CENSUS

Canton Twp, Stark County OH
page 2 on Bethlehem Twp (start of Canton Twp on page 2)

BROUSE, William

0 0 0 0 0 1 (over 45 - born before 1775)
0 1 -- 0 0 1

page 2 of 4 on Canton Twp
BROUSE, Mary

1 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 -- 0 1 0 (age 26-45 born between 1775 and 1794)

page 4 of 4 on Canton Twp
BROUSE, Jno

1 2 0 2 0 1 (over 45 - born before 1775)
2 1 -- 0 1 0

1830 US CENSUS

Lawrence Twp, Stark County OH
page 318

PROUSE, John

0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 (age 40-50 1780-1790)
3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sandy Twp, Stark County OH
page 214

PROUSE, William

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 (age 40-50 1780-1790)
2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1840 US CENSUS

Sandy Twp, Stark County OH
page 15

PRAUS, William

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

1850 US CENSUS

We have found no Brouse, Prouse or variations in Stark County OH in 1850

In son's biography, it states that his maternal grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War. So far, the only Rev. War veteran with the Brouse last name in Ohio is a Michael Brouse, who lived to the ripe old age of around 100 and died in 1854 in Chippewa Twp, Wayne County OH.

Michael Brouse served as a private in the Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolutionary War (1775-1778}. He wintered in Valley Forge with General George Washington. He was placed on the pension rolls 28 October 1833, indicating an amount of $20 annually, with the pension to commence 4 March 1831. He was 79 years of age at the time, and was living in Wayne County, Ohio.

1850 US CENSUS, Chippewa Twp, Wayne County OH
Pg 103b Enum 20 Aug 1850
Household 41/41
BROUSE, Michael MW 74 farmer $5000 PA

Jno MW 48 farmer PA
Susanna FW 70 PA
Michael MW 96 farmer PA
Harriet FW 44 OH
Thos MW 28 farmer OH
Wm MW 23 farmer OH s
Agnes FW 20 OH
Eliz FW 16 OH
Reason MW 14 OH
Curtis MW 10 OH
Mary A FW 8 OH
John M MW 5 OH"
Saml J MW 1 OH

In attempting to trace Michael Brouse Sr, we have found a Michael Brouse in 1790:

1790 US CENSUS, Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County PA
page 131
BROUSE, Michael

1 2 6 // 0 0

However, we cannot locate a Michael Brouse (using Soundex) in the index for 1800 and 1810. The census for 1800 and 1810 for Ohio does not exist, indicating perhaps he was in Ohio by 1800. However, Michael Brouse does not appear in the 1820 Ohio Census index, using soundex for variations. His son, Michael, appears in Wayne County by 1830 but not the elder Michael Brouse.

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