Chris, My Great Uncle was Ralph Russi of Zanesville. He married my Maternal Great Aunt Etta. I remember Uncle Ralph baking German Bread and we wrote his recipe down from his memory. My wife and children still have this bread at Christmas. According to the 1900 census Uncle Ralph's father was Charles Louis Russi who was born 1860 in the US but who's father and mother came form Germany. (as you pointed out) (Charles) Louis Russi married Friedrick Seyerly (spelling according to Ohio Vital Record Batch) on 12/24/1884 in Muskingum Co OH. That same census shows a Charles Russi 56 years old (could this be your Charles) born in Germany, Louis (Charles) Russi 40 year old born in US, Charles F Russi 34 born in US, Albert F Russi 28 born in US. All of these men live in Zanesville where my Uncle Ralph grew Up. I should note that Uncle Ralph said that they were from the German speaking part of Switzerland. The 1880 Census shows a Russi Family in Columiania Co with Switzerland being their home. My mother relate the story of her remembering his parents living over there store near Luck Ave. and that they spoke only German towards the end of their lives did not come down stairs because of all the bad feelings during and after WWI. It appears that we are related thru marriage - I can lead you on to more Russi's! Bob Hill bobhill@traberhill.com Granville, OH > > JOHANN JAKOB(Jake) RUSSI, born 2 April 1833, his brother CARL > RUSSI(possibly changing his name to CHARLES), born 28 December 1844 and > their uncles, CHRISTIAN LOUIS RUSSI (went by LOUIS in the USA), born > August 1804 and JOHANN CHRISTIAN RUSSI (CHRISTIAN in the USA), born 1808 > all emigrated to Zanesville, OH from Limbach, Germany. At the time that > they emigrated this town was a part of Bavaria. I have conflicting > information when they actually came to the USA. I know they arrived before > the Civil War. LOUIS RUSSI's son LOUIS CARL RUSSI and his wife ANNA > FREDERICA SILER also came to the USA. LOUIS and ANNA had 7 children: Louis > Carl, Anna, Charles, Frederick, Philipena, Christian, and Amelia. LOUIS > JR. married FRIEDERIKE SEYERLE and had 7 children: Frank, Louis, Ralph, > William, Clarence, Herman, and Edna. JAKE married MARGARET DESELM (MAGGIE) > and had 3 children: Karl, Nellie and Harold. KARL RUSSI married ELSIE M?? > and had 3 children. NELLIE RUSSI married SYLVESTER TAYLOR. Unkn! > own whether they had children. HAROLD RUSSI married ELIZABETH BROOKS and > had 1 child. > > I spent five years in Germany and spent a lot of time researching the > RUSSI ancestors back to the mid 1600's. I have met Russi relatives in > Germany. Please contact me if you are interested in this information. I am > very interested in filling in the different RUSSI family lines to the > present. If you can trace your RUSSI ancestors back to Muskingum CO in > Ohio then I believe you are related to my husband's line. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board.

SURNAMES: Russi, Mahaney Bob, Thank you for responding. I would so appreciate it if you would write to me personally at crussi5255@msn.com with specific dates of your ancestors. I would love for you to lead me to other Russi's. If it would be possible I would be so interested in the German bread recipe from your Great Uncle Ralph. German bread is so unbelievably good. I have Ralph's father's name as Louis Carl born in 1860. I believe many changed the German name of Carl over to Charles so that makes sense. My mother-in-law (maiden name - Mahaney) remembers Louis and Friedricka Russi who lived only a few houses down from them. She remembered that they had a small dairy business in their home. You mentioned the Russi's coming from Switzerland. I have visited that town. They are from a small town called Saanen, not far from Bern. I have many pictures of the town and the surrounding area. As far as we know after the Thirty Years War there were many parts of Germany where the inhabitants decreased considerably since the Protestants were killing the Catholics and the Catholics were doing the same to the Protestants. Several of these areas offered free land to folks in Switzerland (from the German-speaking areas). Switzerland, of course, remained neutral throughout the Thirty Years War was not impacted much by the war except that many folks were economically very poor during the 1600's. Many left their homes and traveled to Bavaria (now Germany) to start new lives. Several Russi families moved to the Saarland area of Germany. There are many others who stopped in the Alsace area (parts now in Germany and other parts are part of France). Most of our ancestors moved to the Kirkel/Limbach areas which is very close to Saarbrücken, not far from the France border. Chris Russi >From: bobhill@traberhill.com >To: OHMUSKIN@rootsweb.com >Subject: [OHMUSKIN] RUSSI Ancestors emigrated from Limbach, Germany >Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:36:00 -0700 (PDT) > > >Chris, > >My Great Uncle was Ralph Russi of Zanesville. He married my Maternal >Great Aunt Etta. I remember Uncle Ralph baking German Bread and we wrote >his recipe down from his memory. My wife and children still have this >bread at Christmas. According to the 1900 census Uncle Ralph's father was >Charles Louis Russi who was born 1860 in the US but who's father and mother >came form Germany. (as you pointed out) (Charles) Louis Russi married >Friedrick Seyerly (spelling according to Ohio Vital Record Batch) on >12/24/1884 in Muskingum Co OH. > >That same census shows a Charles Russi 56 years old (could this be your >Charles) born in Germany, Louis (Charles) Russi 40 year old born in US, >Charles F Russi 34 born in US, Albert F Russi 28 born in US. All of these >men live in Zanesville where my Uncle Ralph grew Up. > >I should note that Uncle Ralph said that they were from the German >speaking part of Switzerland. The 1880 Census shows a Russi Family in >Columiania Co with Switzerland being their home. My mother relate the >story of her remembering his parents living over there store near Luck >Ave. and that they spoke only German towards the end of their lives did >not come down stairs because of all the bad feelings during and after WWI. > It appears that we are related thru marriage - I can lead you on to more >Russi's! > >Bob Hill >bobhill@traberhill.com >Granville, OH > > > > > > JOHANN JAKOB(Jake) RUSSI, born 2 April 1833, his brother CARL > > RUSSI(possibly changing his name to CHARLES), born 28 December 1844 and > > their uncles, CHRISTIAN LOUIS RUSSI (went by LOUIS in the USA), born > > August 1804 and JOHANN CHRISTIAN RUSSI (CHRISTIAN in the USA), born 1808 > > all emigrated to Zanesville, OH from Limbach, Germany. At the time that > > they emigrated this town was a part of Bavaria. I have conflicting > > information when they actually came to the USA. I know they arrived >before > > the Civil War. LOUIS RUSSI's son LOUIS CARL RUSSI and his wife ANNA > > FREDERICA SILER also came to the USA. LOUIS and ANNA had 7 children: >Louis > > Carl, Anna, Charles, Frederick, Philipena, Christian, and Amelia. LOUIS > > JR. married FRIEDERIKE SEYERLE and had 7 children: Frank, Louis, Ralph, > > William, Clarence, Herman, and Edna. JAKE married MARGARET DESELM >(MAGGIE) > > and had 3 children: Karl, Nellie and Harold. KARL RUSSI married ELSIE >M?? > > and had 3 children. NELLIE RUSSI married SYLVESTER TAYLOR. Unkn! > > own whether they had children. HAROLD RUSSI married ELIZABETH BROOKS >and > > had 1 child. > > > > I spent five years in Germany and spent a lot of time researching the > > RUSSI ancestors back to the mid 1600's. I have met Russi relatives in > > Germany. Please contact me if you are interested in this information. I >am > > very interested in filling in the different RUSSI family lines to the > > present. If you can trace your RUSSI ancestors back to Muskingum CO in > > Ohio then I believe you are related to my husband's line. > > > > Important Note: > > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > > above and respond on the board. > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >OHMUSKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message