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I am trying to find information on the Raab family around Baltimore, MD. I've checked Elizabeth Brody's site, but did not find my relatives. As I understand it, my great, great grandfather was adopted by the Raab family after coming from Germany alone. He had five sons, who each had his own horse & buggy to help run a family bakery. He had at least two daughters: Eva and Sadie Raab. Sadie is my great grandmother. This is on my paternal grandfather's side. One of the five sons, Frank, fought in WWI--and when he returned, though his body was shutting down as a result of exposure to mustard gas, he still went to work until it finally killed him.
Frank Raab married Jesse Seltzer, of my paternal grandmother's side. (Jesse Seltzer is my great, great Aunt) They had two sons: Frank and Harry. Sometime during the twenties or thirties, one of Jesse's sons was going to meet her as she got off of the bus returning from work. When he approached, I am told he caught sight of his mother's umbrella laying in the street. Aunt Jesse was killed by a motorist while getting off of the bus and her two young sons were without parents. Sadie(grandfather's side) battled a bit with May Seltzer(youngest sister to Jesse) on my grandmother's side for custody of the boys.
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