Ruth Gause

Brief Life History of Ruth

When Ruth Gause was born about 1794, in Kenneth, Jefferson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Solomon Gause, was 39 and her mother, Ruth Dixon, was 39. She married Samuel Brown Sr. on 2 September 1818, in Waynesville, Wayne Township, Warren, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Kennett Square, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Brown Sr.
1792–1824
Ruth Gause
1794–
Marriage: 2 September 1818
Hannah Brown
1815–

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  • Ruth Gause in household of Eliza H Davis, "United States Census, 1860"

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World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1825 · The Crimes Act

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.

Name Meaning

German:

of Old Prussian origin, but unexplained etymology.

alternatively, of Slavic origin, a cognate of Gaus ‘goose’ derived from a Slavic word such as Polabian gos or Lower Sorbian gus.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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