BIRTH YEAR ENGRAVING ERROR ON TOMBSTONE. Mary's name is listed as Anna Maria in her father's civil war military and her birth date is listed as 21 Nov 1845. The information is from Swiss Church records, but the name of the church is not listed. Document which was translated is dated 31 May 1866.
Maiden name has been spelled as Rusch, Rush, and Ruesch in various documents.
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The following is from Jacob Rush/Rusch military and pension file. His record have the surname spelled both ways. His marriage record which is part of the file has surname spelled as Ruesch.
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Goodspeed's History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties of Missouri, 1888, page. 1129
March 11, 1865, Mr. Wehmeyer was married to Mary Rusch, a native of Switzerland, daughter of Jacob Rusch. This union has been blessed with five children, two of who survive: Bertha and Martha. Anna, Henry, and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wehmeyer are members of the Methodist Church.
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Gasconade County, Missouri, Vol 1, 1979, pg. 272
Mary Wehmeyer was the daughter of Jacob and Anna Rusch, who immigrated to America from Switzerland about 1854. They came to Hermann. Early Hermann city records show wages paid to Jacob Rusch for work done on city streets and bridges. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Gasconade County Regiment of the Missouri Home Guards. He died of pneumonia in 1863 at a military hospital near St. Louis and was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
Maiden name has been spelled as Rusch, Rush, and Ruesch in various documents.
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The following is from Jacob Rush/Rusch military and pension file. His record have the surname spelled both ways. His marriage record which is part of the file has surname spelled as Ruesch.
***************************************************
Goodspeed's History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties of Missouri, 1888, page. 1129
March 11, 1865, Mr. Wehmeyer was married to Mary Rusch, a native of Switzerland, daughter of Jacob Rusch. This union has been blessed with five children, two of who survive: Bertha and Martha. Anna, Henry, and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wehmeyer are members of the Methodist Church.
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Gasconade County, Missouri, Vol 1, 1979, pg. 272
Mary Wehmeyer was the daughter of Jacob and Anna Rusch, who immigrated to America from Switzerland about 1854. They came to Hermann. Early Hermann city records show wages paid to Jacob Rusch for work done on city streets and bridges. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Gasconade County Regiment of the Missouri Home Guards. He died of pneumonia in 1863 at a military hospital near St. Louis and was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
BIRTH YEAR ENGRAVING ERROR ON TOMBSTONE. Mary's name is listed as Anna Maria in her father's civil war military and her birth date is listed as 21 Nov 1845. The information is from Swiss Church records, but the name of the church is not listed. Document which was translated is dated 31 May 1866.
Maiden name has been spelled as Rusch, Rush, and Ruesch in various documents.
***************************************
The following is from Jacob Rush/Rusch military and pension file. His record have the surname spelled both ways. His marriage record which is part of the file has surname spelled as Ruesch.
***************************************************
Goodspeed's History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties of Missouri, 1888, page. 1129
March 11, 1865, Mr. Wehmeyer was married to Mary Rusch, a native of Switzerland, daughter of Jacob Rusch. This union has been blessed with five children, two of who survive: Bertha and Martha. Anna, Henry, and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wehmeyer are members of the Methodist Church.
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Gasconade County, Missouri, Vol 1, 1979, pg. 272
Mary Wehmeyer was the daughter of Jacob and Anna Rusch, who immigrated to America from Switzerland about 1854. They came to Hermann. Early Hermann city records show wages paid to Jacob Rusch for work done on city streets and bridges. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Gasconade County Regiment of the Missouri Home Guards. He died of pneumonia in 1863 at a military hospital near St. Louis and was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
Maiden name has been spelled as Rusch, Rush, and Ruesch in various documents.
***************************************
The following is from Jacob Rush/Rusch military and pension file. His record have the surname spelled both ways. His marriage record which is part of the file has surname spelled as Ruesch.
***************************************************
Goodspeed's History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties of Missouri, 1888, page. 1129
March 11, 1865, Mr. Wehmeyer was married to Mary Rusch, a native of Switzerland, daughter of Jacob Rusch. This union has been blessed with five children, two of who survive: Bertha and Martha. Anna, Henry, and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wehmeyer are members of the Methodist Church.
********************************************
Gasconade County, Missouri, Vol 1, 1979, pg. 272
Mary Wehmeyer was the daughter of Jacob and Anna Rusch, who immigrated to America from Switzerland about 1854. They came to Hermann. Early Hermann city records show wages paid to Jacob Rusch for work done on city streets and bridges. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Gasconade County Regiment of the Missouri Home Guards. He died of pneumonia in 1863 at a military hospital near St. Louis and was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
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