Brief Life History of Dorothea
When Dorothea Rüesch was born on 6 November 1797, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, her father, Johannes Ruesch, was 37 and her mother, Anna Catharina Ruesch, was 30. She married Paulus Oeler on 26 July 1825, in Balgach, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 9 April 1865, in Balgach, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, at the age of 67, and was buried in Balgach, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
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Sources (21)
- Dorothea Rüesch, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Bertha Nuesch, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Dorothea Nüesch in entry for Paulus Oeler, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
Spouse and Children
1805–1884 Male
1797–1865 Female
Children (5)
1831–1831 Male
1831–1902 Male
1832– Female
1836–1840 Female
1842– Female
Parents and Siblings
1760–1832 Male
1767–1851 Female
Siblings (12)
1790–1846 Male
1792–1871 Male
1792– Female
1794–1794 Female
1797–1865 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (4)
1798
Age 1
1800
Age 3
1848
Age 51
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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