RAUENZAHNER TO ROUTSON: A Family on the Move.

By John Philip Dern

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897251393
• ISBN13: 9780897251396
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Picton Pr
• Length: 779 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 2.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Very informative!

I am a Rouanzoin and was thrilled to find this book. We had wondered where the name originated and while researching on the web, I found a link to this book. Wonderful information! I wish I had purchased 2 since my father has taken over the book!

A Very Readable Genealogy

OK, I am a Rauenzahn, so my opinion may be biased. See p.607. 'Howard L.' (sic, actually Howard Stuart) is my great- grandfather. I am very honored by how readable this genealogy is. I've found most genealogies read like the white pages. But this one actually gives family histories, stories about people's lives, and maps to show where people lived. It is quite a work. And to fill in p. 607 a bit ? My great grandfather was Howard Stuart Rauenzahn. He burried 'Elsie D.' (Alice?) in the Linden section of Westminster Cemetary in Bala Cynwyd, PA, ~ 10/17/1918. He was later interred there (6/18/53?) with his wife, Sarah Ann (7/28/1952?), and his only son, Howard Gideon (3/15/1954). Howard S was a successful fish retail store owner (he loved his salted herring for breakfast) who served as a security guard at a military hospital during WW II. Howard G married Grace E Carden, who died 9/12/1984. Howard G worked for Reading Coal Co. in their downtown Philadelphia office. Howard G had the grace of God. Grandpa waited for my mother to get off her train to downtown, then shared a coffee, every morning, with her. Howard and Grace had one child, who fathered another single child (me), who fathered 2 beautiful boys and still counting...