The Volga Germans in Portland, Oregon

Rau Family

Rau family 1902

Johan and Anna Margaret Rau family - Portland 1902
From left to right:  Anna Margaret (Staehle) Rau, B 10-12-1871, Grimm, D 4-6-1953,  Helen Margaret Rau, B 2-28-1901, OR, D Abt 1988,    Emilie Rau, B 11-22-1898 Grimm, D 10-1-1992 (Mother of Eleanor Johnson),   Anna Margaret Rau B 10-19-1893, Grimm, D 6-24-1982, Johan Jacob Rau, B 11-3-1868, Grimm, D 9-26-1951, Johan Jacob Rau II, B 5-21-1897, Grimm, D 6-28-1972.

This family left Village Grimm in October 1899, sailed on SS Barbarossa from Bremen to NY, arriving November 1899. Traveled to Portland, Oregon   arriving about mid 1901. They lived at 169 Knott St. until approximately 1951.

Photo contributed by Eleanor Johnson