Brief Life History of Georg
When Georg Jost was born on 9 May 1837, in Dilsberg, Amt Heidelberg, Baden, his father, Peter Johann Jost, was 30 and his mother, Maria Katharina Reuther, was 28. He died on 12 April 1862, at the age of 24, and was buried in Mückenloch, Amt Heidelberg, Baden.
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- Georg, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Georg Jeß, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Georg Jost, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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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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