Hans Caspar Ruesch

Brief Life History of Hans Caspar

When Hans Caspar Ruesch was born on 21 September 1714, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Bartholome Ruesch, was 38 and his mother, Ursula Brunner, was 34. He married Catharina Kuenzler in 1745. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 18 August 1771, at the age of 56.

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Hans Caspar Ruesch
1714–1771
Catharina Kuenzler
1711–1763
Marriage: 1745
Caspar
1747–1771
A Barbara Ruesch
1750–1806

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  • Caspar Rüesch, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
  • Caspar Rüesch in entry for Wilhelm Prassel, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Aloys, Hartwig, Jurgen, Kurt, Merwin.

German and Swiss German (Rüsch): variant of Rusch 1 and a habitational name from a place called Rüsch in Schleswig-Holstein.

German (Rüsch): from a short form of any of various personal names formed with the Old High German element hrōd ‘fame, renown’. Compare Rusch 2.

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

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