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Christian Ruchti

24 March 1813–17 August 1889 (Age 76)
Homberg, Bern, Switzerland

The Life of Christian

When Christian Ruchti was born on 24 March 1813, in Homberg, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Christian Ruchti, was 34 and his mother, Anna Muller, was 17. He married Anna Schick on 24 February 1837. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 17 August 1889, in Utah, United States, at the age of 76.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Christian Ruchti

1813–1889

Anna Schick

1815–

Marriage: 24 February 1837

Christian Ruchti

1842–1911

Johannes Ruchti

1844–

Anna Ruchti

1846–

Samuel Ruchti

1848–1920

Gottlieb Ruchti

1850–1919

Elisabeth Ruchti

1852–

Friedrich Ruchti

1854–1933

Jakob Ruchti

1856–1931

Spouse and Children

Christian Ruchti

Male1813–1889Male

Anna Schick

Female1815–Female

MARRIAGE
24 February 1837

children

(8)

Christian Ruchti

Male1842–1911Male

Johannes Ruchti

Male1844–Male

Anna Ruchti

Female1846–Female

Samuel Ruchti

Male1848–1920Male

Gottlieb Ruchti

Male1850–1919Male

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Parents and Siblings

Christian Ruchti

Male1778–Male

Anna Muller

Female1795–Female

siblings

(4)

Christian Ruchti

Male1813–1889Male

Johannes Ruchti

Male1814–1865Male

Jakob Ruchti

Male1818–1855Male

Samuel Ruchti

Male1830–Male

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 6

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 7

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 23

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Ruchti

Christian

Swiss German: probably a derivative of Ruch .

Possible Related Names

Ruch

Rought

Sources (3)

Christian Ruchti in entry for Gottlieb Ruchti, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
Christian Ruchti in entry for Johannes Ruchti, "Switzerland Baptisms, 1491-1940"
Christian Ruchti in entry for Johannes Ruchti, "Switzerland Baptisms, 1491-1940"

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