When William Rath was born on 8 May 1826, in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Rath, was 22 and his mother, Mary M. McCauley, was 20. He married Lovina M. Partee on 8 June 1851, in Defiance, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 26 March 1910, in Brunersburg, Noble Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in McCauley Cemetery, Tiffin Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Hans, Kurt, Erna, Fritz, Lutz, Orlo, Reinhart, Arno, Bernd, Gerhardt, Hermann.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): descriptive epithet for a wise person or counselor, from Middle High German rāt ‘counsel, advice’, German Rat ‘counsel, advice’, also ‘stock, supply’.
German; Swiss German (Räth): from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names formed with rād, rāt ‘counsel, advice’ as the first element. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
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