Hans Jakob Kocher

Brief Life History of Hans Jakob

When Hans Jakob Kocher was born on 30 May 1762, in Bern, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Rudolf Kocher, was 50 and his mother, Elsbeth Bloesch, was 15. He died on 15 September 1795, at the age of 33, and was buried in Büren an der Aare, Bern, Switzerland.

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Family Time Line

Rudolf Kocher
1711–
Elsbeth Bloesch
1746–
Hans Jakob Kocher
1762–1795

Sources (3)

  • Jacob Kocher, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
  • Jacob Kocher, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
  • Jakob Kocher, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"

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Siblings (1)

  1. Hans Jakob Kocher

Name Meaning

German (Köcher): from Middle High German kochaere ‘vessel, container (for transporting fish), quiver’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of these.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a cook, from an agent derivative of German kochen ‘to cook’. Compare Koch .

Americanized form of Czech Kočer (see Kocer ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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