When Raymond Henry Oesch was born on 25 September 1895, in Berlin Center, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, his father, Daniel Oesch, was 24 and his mother, Mary Margaret "Maggie" Richenbach, was 18. He married Ida Ethel Haynam in 1920, in Carroll, Ohio, United States. He lived in Lexington, Stark, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Lexington Township, Stark, Ohio, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 7 January 1970, in Alliance, Stark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Alliance, Stark, Ohio, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Hans, Kurt.
Swiss German: cognate of German Esch .
History: This is the name of a Swiss Mennonite family, among the Mennonites in the US also spelled e.g. Esch and Eash . Mennonites bearing the name Oesch immigrated to North America mainly in the 19th century (from Germany). There were also several other immigrants from Switzerland and Germany.
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