Brief Life History of Maria Barbara Plazida
When Maria Barbara Plazida Kuster was born on 27 March 1712, in Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland, her father, Johann Bernard Baltzer Kuster, was 32 and her mother, Plazida Töngi, was 26. She married Joachim Andreas Infanger on 18 January 1735, in Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 6 September 1787, at the age of 75.
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- Engelberg Switzerland Catholic Monastery Archive, Kuster Family Book I., Page 88.
- Engelberg Switzerland Catholic Monastery Archive, Infanger Family Book I., Page 17.
- Engelberg Switzerland Catholic Monastery Archive, Infanger Family Book I., Page 14.
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Armin, Eldor, Hans, Heinz, Horst, Ulrich.
German (mainly Küster) and Swiss German: status name for a sexton or churchwarden, who originally administered the church treasury, from Middle High German kuster (from Late Latin custor ‘guard, warden’). The umlaut of the modern form is due to association with other agent nouns ending in -er, from Old High German -āri (from Latin -arius). The surname Kuster is also found in Slovenia; see also below.
Croatian and Slovenian (Kušter): nickname for a person with disheveled hair, from the root of Croatian and Slovenian kuštrav ‘disheveled’ or from Slovenian kušter ‘tuft of hair’, also ‘towhead’. The surname Kušter may also be of German origin (see above). Compare Custer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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