John Fred Ruth was born on 27 August 1877, in Germany. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Martha Elizabeth Braun. He lived in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 February 1951, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States.
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1877–1951 Male
1885–1944 Female
1909– Female
1911–1994 Male
German: from a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names formed with hrōd ‘renown’ (see Rode ).
(Rüth): habitational name from a place so named near Euskirchen in Rhineland.
English: from Middle English reuth(e) ‘pity’, a nickname perhaps for a charitable person or for a pitiable one. The personal name Ruth was little used in England in the Middle Ages among non-Jews, and is unlikely to have had any influence on the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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