When Elsbeth Hofstetter was christened on 7 June 1685, in Grosshöchstetten, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Heinrich Hofftetter, was 32 and her mother, Lucia Abegglen, was 29. She married Hans Seiler on 18 June 1713, in Gsteig bei Interlaken, Gsteigwiler, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 17 February 1723, at the age of 37, and was buried in Gsteig bei Interlaken, Gsteigwiler, Bern, Switzerland.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt, Fritz, Gunter, Horst, Otmar.
German and Swiss German: status name for someone who worked or lived at the principal farm on an estate, from Middle High German hovestat, hofstat ‘farmstead, manor farm’.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of various places called Hofstätt(en) or Hofstetten. Compare Hoffstetter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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