Dorothea Rüesch

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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Family Time Line

Hans Jacob Sonderegger
1805–1884
Dorothea Rüesch
1797–1865
Marriage: 23 March 1830
ein totgeboren Söhnlein Sonderegger
1831–1831
Johannes Sonderegger
1831–1902
Anna Barbara Sonderegger
1832–
A. Katharina Sonderegger
1836–1840
Anna Katharina Sonderegger
1842–

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"

World Events (4)

1798

Revolution in Switzerland. Farmers in occupied territories become free citizens. Centralistic parliamentary republic according to French model. Occupation by French troops and some battles of Napoleon vs. Austria and Russia in Switzerland.

1800

Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.

1848

New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.

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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