Catharina Rüesch

Brief Life History of Catharina

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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Family Time Line

Jacob Rüesch
1660–1729
Magdalena Kästli
1664–1737
Georg Rüesch
1686–
Elsbeth Rüesch
1688–1751
Johannes Rüesch
1689–1744
Elisabetha Rüesch
1692–1744
Catharina Rüesch
1694–1695
Jakob Rüesch
1696–1775
Ursula Rüesch
1698–1700
Georg Rüesch
1701–1782
Verena Rüesch
1703–1745
Paulus Rüesch
1705–1771
Ursula Rüesch
1710–1774

Sources (2)

  • Catrina, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
  • Catharina Rüesch, "Genealogy of the Ruesch family of Sankt Margrethen, Kt. St. Gallen, Switzerland, abt. 1550-1935", Page 12 No. 273

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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