Germany : Rottstein from Otelberg

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Thanks Ian.  I briefly looked at the other members of that generation to see whether any of them had used the Ruby name too, but found none.  That did happen with the famous Jack Ruby's family and another group of Rubys who were Rubinovitz originally.

As you can see from our research (http://ruby.one-name.net/getperson.php?personID=I8982&tree=Ruby): even in his early days, Abraham/Albert was referred to twice using each alternative forename and, if my suspicions are correct, his sister, Rebecca from the early census records married as Florence.  So there was some fluidity in the family in naming!
Regards
Paul

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Our interest is in the Ruby surname but I felt it important to go back a generation to see the surname's roots and I agree with you that Ruby may well have come from Reuben.  It may also have come from the meaning of Rottstein: red stone.  From Isaac's record you can see the likely reason why he changed his name.
Paul