Frances
Ruskauff was not Russian and is not Prussian. I have traced the
Ruskauff ancestors to Osnabrueck, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Ruskauff is a name that is a Niederdeutsch dialect. It means "horse buyer."
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.
More can be found at my website:
http://earlydues.usanethosting.com/ruskauff/index.htm~Debbie