When Sophia Altman was born on 1 June 1823, in Unity, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, her father, David Altman, was 33 and her mother, Margaretha T. Rumel, was 24. She married Benjamin Roush on 23 May 1839, in Meigs, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Syracuse, Meigs, Ohio, United States in 1870 and Mason, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 4 July 1898, in Nease Settlement, Meigs, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in New Haven, Mason, West Virginia, United States.
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Americanized form of German Altmann , and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. This form of the surname is also found in Britain, Czechia, and some other European countries.
History: Philip Altman, a Jew from Bavaria, arrived in New York c. 1835. He had numerous prominent descendants.
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