Ruskauff and Freker

Welcome to the genealogy website for
John Conrad Ruskauff and
Anna Elizabeth Freker

Ruskauff and Freker?  Or....?

Ruskauff is a name that is a Niederdeutsch dialect. It means "Horse Buyer."

Please note: Through various documents in the United States, Netherlands and Germany, and from letters and family histories, different spellings have been found for Ruskauff and Freker.  All these spellings can only cause confusion and makes genealogy research difficult. Some of the variations that were found include: 

Friday, Freitag, Frecker, Froeker, Fraker, Freker, Freeker

Ruskuff, Ruskauff, Ruskaff, Ruskauf, Rüsko, Rüskou, Rußkaup, Rußkauf, Rüscou, Rostock, Ruskaup, Ruskamp, Ruskaup, Rußkamp, Russcoup, Russkof, Ruskhof, Ruskoff, Roskeupp, Roskauff, Roskamp, Roscoff, Rosknop, Roßkamp, Rosskaup, Roschkhauf, Roskauff

That said...

John Conrad Ruskauff married Anna Elizabeth Freker on 17 Nov 1846

Towns where John and Anna and/or their children have lived:

• Bissendorf, Landkreis Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany
  
• Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
  (*not* Philadelphia)
  
• Township of Westford, Richland County, Wisconsin
  
• Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  
• Cazenovia, Sauk/Richland Counties, Wisconsin
  
• Riverside, Riverside County, California
  
• Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
  
• Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

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