When Moser was born in 1793, in Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Christen Moser, was 41 and his mother, Barbara Beck, was 40. He died on 20 April 1794, in his hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland.
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South German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived near a peat bog, Middle High German mōs, or a habitational name for someone from a place named with this word. Compare Mosser and Musser .
North German (Möser): metonymic occupational name for a vegetable grower or seller, from an agent noun based on Middle Low German mōs ‘vegetable’.
German (Möser): habitational name from any of several places called Möser, or for someone from any of several places called Möse, Moese, and Mösen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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