Brief Life History of Catharina
When Catharina Jost was born on 20 September 1750, in Rüegsau, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Hans Jost, was 36 and her mother, Barbara Marti, was 26. She married Peter Bichsel on 21 January 1771, in Rüegsau, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 3 June 1776, at the age of 25, and was buried in Rüegsau, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Catharina Jost, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Katharina Jost im Eintrag für Hans, „Schweiz, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Catharina Bichsel Jost, „Schweiz, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhard, Hans, Aloys, Erna, Erwin, Hans Peter, Heinz, Inge, Jurgen, Mathias, Reinhart.
German (also Jöst) and Dutch: from a personal name, a derivative of Old French Josse, from Breton Iodoc, Latinized as Jodocus (see Joyce ). It can also be from the personal name Just , Latin Justus. The surname Jost is also found in Poland and Slovenia (compare with the form Jošt below).
Slovenian and Czech (Jošt): from a personal name derived from German Jost and this one from Jodocus, the Latinized name of a Christian saint (see Joyce , compare 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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