When Elisabeth Christina Gruß was born on 25 March 1734, in Asbach, Ernsthofen, Dieburg, Hesse, Germany, her father, Johann George Gruss, was 27 and her mother, Anna Margaretha Thielmann, was 30. She married Johann Peter Kraft on 17 June 1760, in Nieder-Modau, Ober-Ramstadt, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 6 October 1771, in Nieder-Modau, Ober-Ramstadt, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, at the age of 37.
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Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name, either from gruve ‘mine’ (the copper mines at Røros), or Old Norse grǫf ‘depression, hollow’.
German (North Rhine-Westphalia; Grüe): unexplained. This surname is very rare in Germany.
French (southwestern; Grué): regional variant of Gruyer, an occupational name for a forest ranger, Old French gruier.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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