When Elisabetha Rickenbach was christened on 2 June 1695, in Ermatingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Geoerg Rickenbach, was 29 and her mother, Margaretha Gilg, was 24. She married Heinrich Gilg on 4 February 1717, in Ermatingen, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 30 March 1754, at the age of 58.
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German and Swiss German: habitational name from any of several places so named, for example in Thurgau, near Überlingen, and Zurich.
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