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Early Origins of the Raue family

The surname Raue was first found in Saxony, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Raue family

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Raue Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rau, Raue, Rauer, Row and others.

Early Notables of the Raue family

Prominent bearers of the family name Raue at this time were

  • Christian Ravis (1613-1677), born Christian Raue, an itinerant German orientalist and theologian


United States Raue migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Raue Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Valentine Raue, who landed in Texas in 1845 1
  • Edward Raue, aged 33, who landed in Mobile County, Ala in 1855 1
  • Max Raue, aged 24, who arrived in New York, NY in 1893 1
  • Mr. Max Raue, aged 24, German settler who arrived in New York in 1893 aboard the ship "Weimar" 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Raue (post 1700) +

  • Charles Gottlieb Raue (1820-1896), German-born, American homeopathic physician and professor of pathology and practice at the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania
  • Brigitte Raue, German bronze and silver medalist rower in the quad sculls at the European championships of 1957 and 1958


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Germans to America retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from Glazier, Ira. A., and Filby, P. William. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. Vol. 62, Scholarly Resources Inc, 2233


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