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Rueffer
is the birth name of my wife
Jutta's grandmother Johanna "Hanne" maternal side. Origin of the name The forms Ruffert, Ruffer,
Rüffert, Ruffert, Ruffer, Rufer, Rüffer, etc., means
the town crier (mhd. Ruoffere). The name itself is inter alia in
old forms, for example, 1406 in Augsburg = Rüffenwein
documented or in the form Rufwin. So called until well into the
18th century in the city of Zurich for the employees of the
guild, who proclaimed wines to be sold. In Zurich (CH) an Ebrli
Winrüffer is documented in the year 1357. Ancestors The oldest Rueffer ancestor N.N. Rueffer (First name is unknown) was born about 1620 in Reichhennersdorf south of Landeshut, Silesia and was an owner of a homestead. See also the following letter, written about 1850: Letter of
Johann
Albert Rüffer,
Pastor in Proschlitz, Silesia I am sending you, dearest father, the family tree of our family so that you can see for yourself that I appreciate what you wrote down in Jauer and formerly on November 24, 1838 as a reminder to your descendants and it is certainly very pretty , if you know your ancestors. My two brothers Constantin and Gustav probably know very little about these things, and I think it would be nice and welcome if you occasionally sent them my account in a letter. That's why I drew them on such fine letter paper so that it wouldn't cost a lot of postage. One of the two could make a copy and copy for his future descendants, where he would make himself known as the new progenitor, the other could keep this paper, as I have only kept a completely identical representation for myself. There may be few non-noble families who know their ancestors as far back as we do, because according to the most likely calculation, we get to 1640. The circumstance also suggests that the religious persecution may have taken place before 1648, the year of the Peace of Westphalia took place because the priests could not commit so many outrageous things after peace; Of course, this peace didn't bring you the Silesians much luck in the --. It is very touching to me that our first parents, father, preferred to leave the estate for the sake of this freedom of belief rather than become a Catholic, because then his entire family would have been banned in the shackles of Catholicism. Which of the now living Rüffers would be able today to make such a sacrifice to their creed? God forbid that such times do not happen again. But you can't know it either. Even 10 years ago, the same Lutheran confession of faith in Silesia cost the Lutheran pastors their office and their freedom and only the current king has again allowed freedom to a certain extent. - I don't know anything about the children of Uncle Karl's sons, Fritz, Wilhelm, etc., whether they have boys. I don't even know the second son of the late Ehrenfried. Otherwise one could have counted how many male descendants of the Rüffer family currently exist. If the grandfather's eight sons had all formed a family, how many Rüffer could there have been? The unmarried people all died earlier and their deaths caused only a few people to mourn. I think the family tree provided here gives a very clear view of the lineage by family. I could have made it prettier, but I think it will serve the purpose and under glass it should be of no small importance. If you, dearest father, know more or are missing some things, please let me know and I will then make the necessary improvements. J. Rüffer It is said in the letter, that
the brother of the above-mentioned Rueffer ancestor emigrated to
Thuringia, he probably is the progenitor Johannes
Rueffer who
lived in Wallersdorf/Grebenau, Oberhessen and has many
descendants, especially in the United States (see also
www.ancestry.de batch#
C92635-1) Allocation of the name 'Rueffer' in Germany In Germany the name Rueffer occurs 10 times in 8 counties. There are an estimated 26 persons with this surname. This is below the average for all German surnames. Most people with the family
name Rueffer were found in the Hanover region; the name occured 3
times in the phone book. More counties/cities: Heinsberg,
Kaiserslautern, Offenbach, Paderborn, Diepholz, Main Künzig
Kreis.
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