When Hans Ulrich Mast was born on 6 September 1674, in Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, his father, Friedrich Mast, was 36 and his mother, Ursula Spengler, was 45. He married Ursula Mast on 24 January 1706, in Oberhofen bei Kreuzlingen, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 8 November 1729, in Dettighofen, Thurgau, Switzerland, at the age of 55.
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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).
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