Brief Life History of Georg
When Georg Rüesch was born on 21 June 1701, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Jacob Rüesch, was 40 and his mother, Magdalena Kästli, was 37. He married Catharina Künzler on 7 November 1730, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 10 daughters. He died on 11 January 1782, in his hometown, at the age of 80, and was buried in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
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- Jörg, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Geörg Rüesch in entry for Hs Caspar, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Jörg Rüesch in entry for Caspar Rüesch, "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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