When Rudolf Ringger was born in 1430, in Nürensdorf, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Heinrich Ringger, was 25 and his mother, Maria Catarina Heibsch, was 21. He married Alli Sommer in 1455, in Nürensdorf, Zürich, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died in 1492, in his hometown, at the age of 62.
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Swiss German: occupational name for someone who "ringed" the hogs to prevent them from rooting in the fields or woods, or for a wrestler or fighter (Middle High German ringer).
German: variant of Rinker .
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