2 In 1859, Joseph Rainey traveled to Philadelphia, where he met and married his wife, Susan, also a halfâFrench mulatto, originally from the West Indies. Rainey continued to work as a barber, and the couple had three children: Joseph II, Herbert, and Olivia.
For other uses, see Rommel (disambiguation). Erwin Rommel (15 November 1891 â 14 October 1944), popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a field marshal (senior military commander) in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Rommel was a highly decorated officer in World War I and was awarded the Pour le MÃ©rite for his actions on the Italian Front.
Manfred Rommel, Son of German Field Marshal, Dies at 84. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was a hero of Hitlerâs Germany, the legendary âDesert Foxâ who seized the worldâs attention with his daring tactics in North Africa from 1941 to 1943. Manfred Rommel was his only child. He was 15 when he said goodbye to his father, then watched as two German generals ushered him into a car.