When Margaretha Rüesch was born on 30 August 1646, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, her father, Bartholome Rüesch, was 24 and her mother, Ursula Bentzinger, was 25.
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All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
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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