Brief Life History of Margaretha
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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Sources (3)
- Margreth Rüesch, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Bartholome Rüesch & Ursula Bentzinger Billeter Family Record, Genealogy of the Ruesch family of Sankt Margrethen, Kt. St. Gallen, Switzerland and th Rüsch family of Speicher, Kt. Appenzell, abt. 1550-1935
- Margaretha Rüesch, "Genealogy of the Ruesch Family of Sankt Margrethen, Switzerland", Page 5 No. 114
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Siblings (14)
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World Events (1)
1648
All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
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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