Career
He was likely born in Norway in May 1859. On May 7, 1882, Rouning was serving as an ordinary seaman on the United States Ship Fortune at Hampton Roads, Virginia. On that day, he and another sailor, Seaman Christian Osepins, jumped overboard and rescued Gunner"s Mate James Walters from drowning.
Foreign jumping overboard from the United States. Tug Fortune, 7 May 1882, at Hampton Roads, Virginia., and rescuing from drowning James Walters, gunner"s mate.
