When Joseph Anton Rensch I was born on 14 July 1822, in Zignau, Trun, Graubünden, Switzerland, his father, Christian Anton Rensch, was 22 and his mother, Annie M Lang, was 23. He married Franciska Marie Berther in 1853, in Trun, Graubünden, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lake, Dakota Territory, United States in 1880 and Concord Township, Lake, South Dakota, United States in 1900. He died on 27 January 1905, in Ramona, Lake, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ramona, Lake, South Dakota, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
German: from an East Central German shortened form of any of the ancient Germanic compound personal names with the first element ragin ‘counsel’, for example Reinhold or Reinhard (see Reinhardt ).
German: from an East Central German shortened and altered form of the personal name Laurens or Lorenz (see Lawrence ).
Germanized form of Sorbian Rjeńš and also of Rjenč, R'entš, and Rentš (see Rentsch ), all cognates of 1 or 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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