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  • Abigail Eldridge (1741 - 1828)
    Eldredge formerly RussBorn 27 Dec 1741 in Ashford, Windham, ConnecticutDaughter of John Russ and Rebecca (Wood) RussSister of Mary Russ, John Russ, Anis Russ, Anis (Russ) Stowell, Priscilla Russ, Natha...
  • Amalie Russ (1895 - 1943)
    Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs: Russ, Amalie Amalia geb. Tichauer geboren am 12. März 1895 in Rosdzin/Kattowitz/Schlesien wohnhaft in Breslau DEPORTATION ab Breslau 04. Mär...
  • Anna Katharina Russ (1672 - d.)
    F 2 Patin: Katharina, Tochter des Johann Barthel Fische 5 Zeugen: Johann Seipel, Schöffe (scabini) und Peter Bock
  • Anna Eva Maria Bessenbacher (1755 - 1814)
    F 2 S 313 Patin: Eva Hock aus Alzenau
  • Barbara Walter (1776 - d.)
    F 13 Patin: Barbara Peter aus Hörstein Fische 19 Zeugen: Wilhelm Seipel aus Wasserlos und Johann Georg Waltwr, Bäcker (pistor) in Alzenau

About the Russ surname

Russ Name Meaning

English: variant spelling of Rouse.

German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrod ‘renown’.

German (of Slavic origin): from Old Slavic rusu ‘reddish’, ‘blond’, hence a nickname or an ethnic name meaning ‘Russian’.

Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived by a scree, Middle High German ru(o)zze. In some instances the name referred to personal or business connections with Russia, the country of the Reussen, from Middle High German Riusse.

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My grandmother's maiden name was Therese Russ (born 1885). Her family came from Elbogen (now Loket) in western Bohemia. Her father was Josef Russ, a farmer, butcher, and innkeeper. Her brothers' names were Josef and Franz.