Brief Life History of Patricia Pamela
When Patricia Pamela Rugg was born on 14 September 1935, in Auckland, New Zealand, her father, Carlton Rugg, was 26 and her mother, Mary Eva Caroline Hutchins, was 25. She died on 14 February 1978, in Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand, at the age of 42.
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1939
WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.
1943 · Eleanor Roosevelt Visits During War
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt visited New Zealand during the calmer years of World War II in the Pacific. It was the first time that a first lady of the United States had visited the country alone without their husband.
1947
New Zealand gains full independence from Britain.
Name Meaning
South German (Rügg): from the medieval personal name Rüegg, a shortened form of Rudiger .
English: from Middle English rugge ‘ridge’, a form found widely in the West Midlands, parts of southwestern England, and as far east as Sussex. It is synonymous with Ridge and denotes someone who lived on or by a ridge, or who came from a place so named, such as Rudge (Staffordshire, Somerset), or Rudge in Froxfield (Wiltshire).
English: perhaps occasionally a nickname from Anglo-Norman French r(o)uge (Old French rouge) ‘red’, presumably for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion. Compare Rouse .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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