When Lena M. Boston was born on August 24, 1894, in Illinois, her father, John Boston, was 27, and her mother, Elizabeth (Rapp) Boston, was 22.

An interesting fact is that her father (John Boston) was a brother to Anna (Boston) Rapp, and her mother (Elizabeth Rapp Boston) was a sister to Anna's husband, John Rapp.

Lena had one sister, Esther, about 16 years younger than her.

Lena's father died in 1917.

Lena married Theodore Brandt on November 12, 1919. He died in 1935.

According to a newspaper clipping, about July 29, 1938, she moved her household goods to Jacksonville, Illinois. Her mother had moved to Meredosia in Morgan County, Illinois. Esther had married and moved there also.

Sometime before 1940, Lena married widower, Edward Rausch.

Lena died on October 4, 1973, in Morgan, Illinois, at the age of 79, and was buried in Morgan County, Illinois.
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1900 United States Federal Census
Birth: Aug 1894 in Illinois
Home in 1900: Minonk, Woodford, Illinois
Father: John Boston b. Illinois; Mother: Lizzie Boston b. Illinois
Household Members:
John Boston 33 (farmer) and Lizzie Boston 25
Lena Boston 5
Louis Rapp 18 (farm laborer; Elizabeth's nephew - son of John and Anna)

1910 United States Federal Census
Home in 1910: Minonk, Woodford, Illinois
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: Yes; Able to Read and Write: Yes
Neighbors: Conrad, Lena (Elizabeth's sister), Wm, and Mary Bonk
Household Members:
John Boston 44 (farmer) and Lizzie Boston 38
Lena Boston 16
Ester Boston 0

1920 United States Federal Census
Home in 1920: Minonk, Woodford, Illinois
Street: No 18
Marital Status: Married to Theodore Brandt
Parent's Name: Elizabeth K Boston
Household Members:
Elizabeth K Boston 45 (mother)
Theodore Brandt 32 and Lena M Brandt 25
Esther A Boston 10 (sister)

1930 United States Federal Census
Home in 1930: Minonk, Woodford, Illinois
Neighbors: Living nearby and on the same census were her mother, Elizabeth Boston age 57, and her sister, Esther Boston age 20.
Household Members:
Theodore Brandt 43 (laborer in coal mine) and Lena Brandt 36

1940 United States Federal Census
Home in 1940: Meredosia, Morgan, Illinois
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Household Members:
Edward Pausch 44 (typo - should be Rausch) farmer
Lena M Pausch 45
Romandale Pausch 20 (Edward and Ada's son) farm laborer

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Lena Rausch
Last Residence: 62665 Meredosia, Morgan, Illinois, USA
Born: 24 Aug 1894
Died: Oct 1973
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (1973)