When Mary Lillian Rugg was born on 21 August 1860, in Compton, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada, her father, Lorenza Dow Rugg, was 44 and her mother, Martha Emeline Draper, was 40. She married Frank Coulam on 1 October 1884, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States for about 20 years.
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South German (Rügg): from the medieval personal name Rüegg, a shortened form of Rudiger .
English: from Middle English rugge ‘ridge’, a form found widely in the West Midlands, parts of southwestern England, and as far east as Sussex. It is synonymous with Ridge and denotes someone who lived on or by a ridge, or who came from a place so named, such as Rudge (Staffordshire, Somerset), or Rudge in Froxfield (Wiltshire).
English: perhaps occasionally a nickname from Anglo-Norman French r(o)uge (Old French rouge) ‘red’, presumably for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion. Compare Rouse .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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