Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Rush was born on 19 February 1816, in Ohio, United States, her father, John Rush, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Babbitt, was 18. She died in Girard, Liberty Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States.
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Parents and Siblings
1794–1833 Male
1797– Female
Siblings (3)
1816– Female
1823–1913 Male
1827– Female
World Events (3)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 4
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rishe, rush(e), rosh(e) ‘rush’ (Old English risc), either a topographic name for someone who lived in a rushy place, or a nickname probably denoting someone who wove mats, baskets, and other articles out of rushes.
English: nickname from Middle English rush ‘beehive’ (probably referring to skeps woven from rushes), perhaps denoting a bee-keeper.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruis ‘descendant of Ros’, a personal name perhaps derived from ros ‘wood’. In Connacht it has also been used as a translation of Ó Luachra due to confusion with the Irish word luachair ‘rushes’ (see Loughrey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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