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Joseph Rauner
Born September 17, 1817 in Preheischen 37, Bohemia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Margaretha Kral — married February 13, 1849 in Mantau 31, Bohemia
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
Categories: Czech Roots Project.
Joseph was born in 1817 in Preheischen, Bohemia.[1] His parents were Johann Rauner and Elisabetha Konig. He married Margaretha Kral in 1849 in Mantau.[2]

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Hello. Just search on google for "rauner and puhoi" and you will find quite a lot of information. By the way, Puhoi is in New Zealand.
Good luck.

Hi there, have you looked at the Papers Past website?
There is quite a lot of info about the Rauner family in NZ there.
I know you want info about his life in Bohemia, but this my turn up some info for you?

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

hello Kat,

In 1863, the early settlers of Puhoi came from Bohemia, an area of what is now the Czech Republic. After a long voyage the settlers arrived in Auckland before being taken by sailing cutter to the mouth of the Puhoi River. They were transferred to Maori canoes for the last four miles of their 124 days long journey.

The settlers were dumped in a wilderness vastly different from what they had expected and felt despondent and let down.
Initially firewood was the sole trading commodity. It took a lot of effort for little gain but they had no choice but to take what little was on offer. By 1870 there were several hundred head of cattle which provided them with meat, hides and bullocks for coupling together to move logs and for general haulage.

The first Eghalanda pioneers arrived in 1863 in Puhoi, and shortly afterwards several other families settled in the Ohaupo-Te Rore district in the Waikato. Of the 49 original Bohemian family names, only 26 seem to have survived, the remainder having for one reason or another vanished due to marriage, not having children and a few moved completely away at an early stage without a trace.
Apart from the passengers on the first ship, the ‘War Spirit’ (l863 & a link provided below), there were those on the ‘Liverpool’ (l866), the ‘Queen Bee” (1872), the ‘Friedeberg’ (1875) and the ‘Shakespeare’ and ‘Terpsichore’ (1876). Those 6 ships were not the only vessels that brought passengers for Puhoi (or Ohaupo). Other families, more especially those leaving from Germany came independently of the earlier groups and still others came via Australia.

Read more about the history of Puhoi on PUHOI HISTORICAL SOCIETY which includes some great info and photos

there was a Johann Rauner born in Lossin, Bohemia 20 Nov 1818 to Adalbert Rauner and Anna Karl. Johann married Anna Maschek and had children. He passed away on 1864 in Puhoi, New Zealand

He had a son, also named Johann Rauner (1844-1913), born in Lossin Bohemia, marrying Anna Paul (1853-1919) & also passing away in Puhoi. He and Anna had at least 14 children, many of whom were born in NZ. This Johann is buried Block I, Row 21, Plot 3 at Puhoi cemetery as John Rauner

There are SURNAME spelling variants on various early documents. One such family is PODLESAK (BOTELSAK, POTTLESAK or PALISAACH). Over time, some of the original settlers Anglicised their Christian Names preferring ‘John’ rather than Johann, ‘Lawrence’ instead of Lorenz, ‘Margaret’ instead of Margarethe and there were others

There are 32 Rauner on the Puhoi Cemetery database but this list only starts from 1900

The following original Puhoi BOHEMIAN surnames still appear either locally or elsewhere in New Zealand.
BAYER; BECHER (BECKER); BERGER; FITZTHUM; HENDL; KARL; KRIPPNER; MULTRUS; PAPESCH; PAUL; RAUCH; RAUNER; REISIMA; REMIGER; RUSSEK; SCHEDEWY; SCHISCHKA; SCHOLLUM; SOUKUP (SEACUP); SITTAUER; STRAKA; TOLHOPF; TURNWALD; WECH; WENZLICK and ZANK
Of the remaining surnames these seem to have disappeared:-
DOBNER - married a German immigrant in 1864.
FRITSCH - 2 sons born respectively in 1890, 1893 but no details after that time.
GLATZ – 3 daughters married and name gone.
GLEYE - at Ohaupo, a German immigrant married Catherine TURNWALD and the name appears to have died out with the marriage of their daughter to Charles RAYNER. The daughter died in 1948.
GRUBER – 3 daughters married and name gone
HEIDLER – 1 daughter married and name gone.
JEDLICKA - 2 boys born in 1881 and 1893 who could have carried on the name but no details available. Two girls are known to have left NZ probably for England as it is known that one is buried there. The family was still in Puhol c.1880.
JESENSKY - Returned to Germany in the 1890's
KAES - gone in the 1880s through intermarriage. The name ENGELHARDT came into the KAES family through marriage. 3 sons no known descendants.
KREIM - no details available.
KROHN - Charles KROHN married Theresia SCHUSTER. The name KROHN has since disappeared through marriage. 1 son no known descendants.
PANKRATZ – 5 daughters married and name gone.
PITTNER – 2 daughters married and name gone.
PLATZ – 3 sons but no known descendants.
PODLESAK (BOTELSAK) - 4 girls of that name came to NZ, Three married into local Eghalanda families, one married a Scot and went to the South Island. A fifth sister did not come to NZ but married a SCHISCHKA in Bohemia and went to the USA.
SCHOBER - married and name gone.
SCHEIDLER – 2 sons but no known descendants.
SCHOTT – 3 single girls married and name gone.
STILLER – remained single and died during World War 1.
VLACH - was single and was accidentally killed shortly after arrival in 1863.

these are a few journals I posted from back in 2011:
Bohemian passengers on WAR SPIRIT to PUHOI NZ 1863

the 10 children of John Michael KRIPPNER & Mary STRAKA - PUHOI

There are more journals of Puhoi Bohemians on our site here at Family Tree Circles if you search in the boxes at top right and you will find much more info at the given links to keep you going for awhile :)