Brief Life History of Rudolf
When Rudolf Kruse was born on 24 March 1894, in Apia, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa, his father, Jurgen Friedrich Kruse, was 34 and his mother, Lucy Purcell, was 20. He married Elizabeth Mary Tuatagaloa in 1917, in Apia, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa. He lived in Samoa in 1894. He died in 1950, at the age of 56.
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- Rudolf Friedrich Kruse, "Samoa Baptisms, 1863-1940"
Spouse and Children
1894–1950 Male
1898–1941 Female
Parents and Siblings
1859–1929 Male
1874–1924 Female
Siblings (8)
1888–1966 Male
1890–1890 Male
1891–1955 Male
1892–1911 Female
1894–1950 Male
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World Events (3)
1899
Age 5
1914
Age 20
1939
Age 45
Name Meaning
German and Danish: nickname for someone with curly hair, a Low German variant of Kraus .
German: from Middle High German kruse ‘pitcher, ceramic drinking vessel’; a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of jugs.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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