Brief Life History of Verena
When Verena Rüesch was born on 22 June 1703, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, her father, Jacob Rüesch, was 42 and her mother, Magdalena Kästli, was 39. She married Christoph Kaestli on 22 October 1724. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 22 March 1745, in her hometown, at the age of 41, and was buried in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
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- Verena, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Verena Rüesch, "Genealogy of the Ruesch family of Sankt Margrethen, Kt. St. Gallen, Switzerland, abt. 1550-1935", Page 12 No. 277
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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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