When Anna Katharina Rutishauser was born on 22 March 1752, in Amriswil, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Johannes Rutishauser, was 39 and her mother, Anna Barbara Gimmi, was 27. She died on 13 January 1754, at the age of 1, and was buried in Räuchlisberg, Thurgau, Switzerland.
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variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
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