Brief Life History of Gottfried Theodore
When Gottfried Theodore Rueegg was born on 21 May 1893, in Bauma, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, John Ruegg, was 34 and his mother, Paulina Bachofen, was 27. He married Dora Muir Coltrin on 11 April 1918, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He immigrated to San Francisco, California, United States in 1917 and lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1910 and Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 29 December 1976, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Rolling Hills Memorial Park, Richmond, Contra Costa, California, United States.
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- Theodore Godfrey Ruegg, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Theodore Gottfrid Ruegg, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Theodore Ruegg, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1914
Switzerland organizes Red Cross units during World War I.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Andre.
Swiss German (Rüegg): from the medieval personal name Rüegg, a shortened form of Rudiger . This surname is also found in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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