Babi Jau was born on 13 September 1640, in Lauperswil, Bern, Switzerland. She married Christen Mosiman on 24 October 1659, in Lauperswil, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 20 April 1680, in Switzerland, at the age of 39.
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All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
English and French: nickname from Middle English jai, jei, Old French jay(e), gai ‘jay’ (the bird), probably referring to an idle chatterer, a showy person, or a simpleton, although the jay was also noted for its thieving habits.
English: from the unrecorded Middle English personal names Jay or Gee, which may have been pet forms of several names beginning with J-, such as Jack , James , and Jeffery (Geoffrey). See Jason and Jesson .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 謝, see Xie 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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