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Where did the Irish Rath family come from? What is the Irish Rath family crest and coat of arms? When did the Rath family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Rath family history?

All Irish surnames have underlying meanings that can be traced back to their fullest points when the names first appeared in a Gaelic form. The name Rath originally appeared in Gaelic as Mac Graith or Mag Raith; these are both derived from the personal name Craith.

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Official documents, crafted by early scribes and church officials, primarily contained names that were spelled according to their pronunciation. This lead to the problem of one name being recorded under several different variations, creating an illusion that a single person was many people. Among the many spelling variations of the surname Rath that are preserved in the archival documents of the time are MacGrath, MacGraw, MacGrauth, Magrath, Magraw and many more.

First found in County Clare, where they held a family seat from ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rath research. Another 173 words(12 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1600, and 1650 are included under the topic Early Rath History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Rath Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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In the 18th and 19th centuries hundreds of thousands of Irish people immigrated to North American shores. The early settlers were enticed by the promise of their own land, but they were moderately well off in Ireland when they decided to emigrate. Therefore, they were merely carrying out a long and carefully thought out decision. The 1840s saw the emergence of a very different trend: thousands of extremely desperate people crammed into passenger boats hoping to find any type of opportunity. The Irish of this decade had seen their homeland severely stricken by crop failures which resulted in widespread disease and starvation. At whatever time the Irish immigrants came to North America, they were instrumental in the rapid development of the emerging nations of the United States and what would become known as Canada. An exhaustive search of passenger and immigration lists has revealed many persons bearing the name Rath, or one of its variants:

Rath Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Kaspar Rath, who arrived in America in 1731
  • Johannes Hindrig von Rath, who came to Philadelphia in 1733
  • Hans Georg Rath, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1750
  • Bernhard Rath, who landed in America in 1773
  • Gotfried Rath, who landed in America in 1773


Rath Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Emil Rath, who landed in New York, NY in 1850
  • Adam Rath, who arrived in America in 1855
  • August Rath, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1856
  • Adolph Rath, Barbara Rath and Anna Rath, who arrived in New York from Bremen in 1871
  • Henry J Rath, who arrived in Minnesota in 1874


Rath Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Frank Rath, who arrived in Alabama in 1913

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  10. Bell, Robert. The Book of Ulster Surnames. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1988. Print. (ISBN 10-0856404160).
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