Brief Life History of Elsbeth
When Elsbeth Rüesch was born on 1 January 1688, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, her father, Jacob Rüesch, was 27 and her mother, Magdalena Kästli, was 23. She married Anton Künzler on 7 November 1708, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 6 October 1751, in her hometown, at the age of 63, and was buried in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
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- Elsbeth Rüeschin, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Elsbeth Rüesch, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Lisabeth, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Aloys, Hartwig, Jurgen, Kurt, Merwin.
German and Swiss German (Rüsch): variant of Rusch 1 and a habitational name from a place called Rüsch in Schleswig-Holstein.
German (Rüsch): from a short form of any of various personal names formed with the Old High German element hrōd ‘fame, renown’. Compare Rusch 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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