When Emma Ella Rudder was born in November 1853, in Washington, Indiana, United States, her father, James L Rudder, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Barnett, was 28. She married Asa Elliott Esq. on 5 September 1880, in Washington, Indiana, United States. She lived in Washington Township, Washington, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Salem, Washington Township, Washington, Indiana, United States in 1930. She died in 1929, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salem, Washington Township, Washington, Indiana, United States.
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German: variant of Ruder 2.
Altered form of German Ruder 1 and 2.
English: topographic name from Middle English rude ‘clearing’ (Old English rȳd) + the agent suffix -er, for someone who lived in or near a clearing.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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