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 S. Brown 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
Sources (1)
- Ruth Gause in household of Eliza H Davis, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1792–1824 Male
1794– Female
Children (1)
1815– Female
Parents and Siblings
1756–1814 Male
1756–1854 Female
Siblings (7)
1778–1855 Male
1780–1856 Female
1783–1865 Male
1786–1868 Male
1788–1856 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 0
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Age 18
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 31
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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