When Catharina Rüesch was born on 11 June 1694, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, her father, Jacob Rüesch, was 33 and her mother, Magdalena Kästli, was 30. She died on 16 April 1695, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
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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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