Brief Life History of Jakob
When Jakob Jost was born on 19 November 1880, in Wynigen, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Jost, was 34 and his mother, Sophie Wüthrich, was 36.
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Parents and Siblings
1846–1885 Male
1843– Female
Siblings (3)
1875– Male
1877–1900 Male
1880– Male
World Events (3)
1914
Age 34
1919
Age 39
1920
Age 40
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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