Show ContentsRosenthall History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Rosenthall is a proud symbol of ancient Jewish culture. Before the late Middle Ages, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. Two of the most common types of Jewish family names are patronymic surnames, which are derived from the father's given name, and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the mother's given name. Rosenthall is a Jewish name that was originally derived from the Yiddish female given name Royze, which means rose.


United States Rosenthall migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rosenthall Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • M Rosenthall, who landed in Texas in 1850-1906 1
  • Gustave Rosenthall, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1868 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Rosenthall (post 1700) +

  • Sam Rosenthall, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944 2


  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. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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