When Catherine Rugh was born in 1757, in Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Johann Michael Ruch Sr, was 34 and her mother, Anna Franciana Merkel, was 40. She had at least 2 sons and 8 daughters with Private Philip Schmidt. She died in May 1828, in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Brush Creek Cemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1773: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
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English (Sussex): variant of Ruff . This surname is now rare in Britain.
Possibly an altered form of German Ruch .
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