Ruth Family History
- Ruth Name Meaning
- English: from Middle English reuthe ‘pity’ (a derivative of rewen to pity, Old English hreowan) nickname 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. adm Swiss German: from a short form of any of the Germanic personal names formed with hrod ‘renown’ (see Rode). EGnot Jewish - ab
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 609,059 Historical Documents with Ruth on Ancestry
- 236,879 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 113,933 Census and Voter Lists
- 20,816 Military Records
- 14,357 Immigration Records
- 223,074 Member Trees
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Number of Ruth families
 125 - 248  42 - 124 |
 1 - 41  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ruth families
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16 - 29 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ruth census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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