Brief Life History of Michael
When Michael Rath was born on 22 September 1867, in Wittenberg, Bessarabia, Russian Empire, his father, Johannes Rath, was 30 and his mother, Katharina Goehner, was 30. He married Wilhelmina Hille in 1892, in Cahul, Moldova, Soviet Union. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Cardston Alberta Temple, Cardston, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada in 1906 and Alberta, Canada in 1916. He died on 17 August 1920, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada, at the age of 52, and was buried in Gros Ventre, County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
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- Mitchel Ratti, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Michael Rath, "Find A Grave Index"
- Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZ1W-BG4?cc=1469151&wc=M6V5-FZQ%3A295802701%2C295802702%2C299591501%2C295807901
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1869
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1878
Ottomans recognize independence of Romanian state including western Moldova.
1894
Nicholas II crowned emperor.
Name Meaning
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).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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