Werner Rusk
Werner Rusk (born 16 December 1838) was a Schwartzistani shopkeeper of Vellmar, in The Capital District; died 7 December 1931, aged 92.
Werner Rusk presided in the High Court, whose rulings bind the regional courts and the Court of Chronological Offences. The register enters the occupation as shopkeeper; the shop is not identified. For the rest, the record consists of the register entries given below.
Offices held
- Chief Justice of the High Court, The High Court, 26 October 1887 to 5 May 1902
In the record

Family
- child: Erna Rusk (1860 to 1861), labourer
- child: Viktor Rusk (1862 to 1925), clerk
- child: Paula Rusk (1867 to 1914), farm labourer
- child: Ilse Rusk (1873 to 1906), printer
- child: Margit Rusk (1883 to 1955), factory worker
- father: Josef Rusk (1804 to 1865), lawyer
- mother: Dagny Lenz (1794 to 1873), weaver
- spouse: Gudrun Brenner (1837 to 1898), miner
Family entries are taken from the civil register and are given as recorded.
See also
- Civil register entry at the National Archive, with the family tree
- Vellmar
References
- ^ “Werner Rusk becomes Chief Justice of the High Court.” The Schwartzistan Herald. 26 October 1887. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
- “Werner Rusk.” Civil register of births, marriages and deaths. National Archive of Schwartzistan.