Brief Life History of Hans Jacob
When Hans Jacob Laufer was christened on 10 August 1673, in Eglisau, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Hans Ulrich Laufer, was 27 and his mother, Anna Frey, was 25. He married Elisabetha Brennwald on 10 March 1705, in Eglisau, Zürich, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. In 1705, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as metzger in Glattfelden, Zürich, Switzerland. He died in 1743, in At Sea, at the age of 70.
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- Hanss Jacob Laufers, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Jacob Lauffer, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Jacob Laufers, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Berish, Mayer, Chaim, Leibish, Ari, Hyman, Moishe, Moshe, Myer, Pinchas. German Hans, Armin, Berthold, Erwin, Frieda, Fritz, Fritzi, Ilse, Mathias, Otto, Siegmund, Wolfgang.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Läufer): occupational name for a messenger or a nickname for a fast runner, from an agent derivative of Middle High German loufen, German laufen ‘to run’.
German (also Läufer): habitational name for someone from a place called Lauf, Laufen, or Lauffen in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (see Lauf ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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