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Rusk History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Rusk History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Rusk family

The surname Rusk was first found in Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Rusk family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rusk research. Another 115 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1296 and 1306 are included under the topic Early Rusk History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rusk Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rusk, Ruskie, Ruskyn, Rusken, Ruskin, Rusky and others.

Early Notables of the Rusk family

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Rusk Ranking

In the United States, the name Rusk is the 6,107^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Rusk migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rusk Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Rusk, who landed in Virginia in 1652 2

Rusk Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Rusk, who settled in New York in 1804
James Rusk, aged 23, who arrived in New York, NY in 1804 2
Thomas J Rusk, who arrived in Texas in 1835 2
Samuel Rusk, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
John Rusk, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1851

Rusk Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Mr. David Rusk, (b. 1875), aged 30, Cornish farm labourer, from Bodmin, Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "St Louis" arriving at Ellis Island, New York in 1905 en route to Danbury, Connecticut, USA 3
Mrs. Elizabeth Rusk, (b. 1879), aged 26, Cornish settler, from Bodmin, Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "St Louis" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 7th October 1905 en route to Danbury, Connecticut, USA 3

Rusk migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rusk Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Andrew Rusk U.E. (b. 1743) who settled in Ernest Town [Ernestown], Lennox & Addington, Ontario c. 1786 he served in the King's Royal Regiment of New York, married in 1790 to Elizabeth Cook having 4 children 4

Rusk migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Rusk Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

William Rusk, aged 32, a gardener, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Resolute" in 1865
Mary Rusk, aged 33, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Resolute" in 1865
Richard Rusk, aged 2, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Resolute" in 1865

Contemporary Notables of the name Rusk (post 1700) +

Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857), Texas military man and politician, U.S. Senator 1846-1857
Roger Rusk (1906-1994), American Bible scholar and brother of Dean Rusk
Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-1893), Wisconsin politician and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1889-1893)
Harry Welles Rusk (1852-1926), American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland (1886-1897)
David Dean Rusk (1909-1994), American Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-1893), American Republican politician, Member of Wisconsin State Assembly, 1862; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1871-77; Governor of Wisconsin, 1882-89; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1889-93 5
Harry Welles Rusk (1852-1926), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Maryland State Senate, 1884-86; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1886-97; Maryland Democratic State Chair, 1898-1908 5
Edward T. Rusk, American politician, Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1996 5
Donald M. Rusk, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 40th District, 1992, 1994 5
David Dean Rusk (1909-1994), American politician, Secretary of State, 1961-69 5
... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Rusk family +

HMS Prince of Wales

Mr. William Chruikshanks Taylor Rusk (b. 1913), Scottish Able Seaman from Scotland, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 6

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_ellis_island_1892_on.pdf
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 18) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html