Brief Life History of Niklaus
When Niklaus Jost was born on 7 December 1595, in Langnau im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Niclaus Jost, was 38 and his mother, Lucia Mosimann, was 28. He had at least 1 son and 7 daughters with Christina Althaus.
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- Niclaus Jost im Eintrag für Elsbeth Jost, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Niclaus Jost im Eintrag für Madlen Jost, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Glaus Jost im Eintrag für Anna Jost, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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1648
All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
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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