Brief Life History of Susanna
When Susanna Mast was born on 18 June 1714, in Oberhofen, Münchwilen, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Hans Jakob Mast, was 42 and her mother, Anna Wagner, was 40.
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World Events (2)
1798
Revolution in Switzerland. Farmers in occupied territories become free citizens. Centralistic parliamentary republic according to French model. Occupation by French troops and some battles of Napoleon vs. Austria and Russia in Switzerland.
1800
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: nickname from Middle High German mast ‘fat, stout’. Compare Maust .
Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a swineherd, from Middle Dutch mast ‘mast, swine fodder’.
Dutch (Van der Mast and Van de Mast): topographic name for someone from a place rich in animal fodder, for example acorns (see 2 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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