Moser

Brief Life History of Moser

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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Family Time Line

Christen Moser
1752–1814
Barbara Beck
1753–1815
Ulrich Moser
1773–1842
Jakob Moser
1774–
Christen Moser III
1776–1824
Maria Moser
1778–1790
Elsbeth Moser
1784–1789
Andreas Moser
1786–
Anna Barbara Moser
1791–
Moser
1793–1794
Hans Moser
1795–1796
Maria Moser
1797–

Sources (1)

  • Unknown, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"

Name Meaning

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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