This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lEC.2ACE/995.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Bill wrote, "I am looking for a robert rath about 1825 in milwalkeee. he had something to do with the rath meat packing co. ..." Bill, Rath was founded in 1891 in Waterloo, Iowa. For information about the company's founding and early years, visit the following website: http://www.wplwloo.lib.ia.us/History/WlooBios/JWRath.html