When Joseph Masters was born on 6 September 1845, in Ohio, United States, his father, William M. Masters, was 26 and his mother, Malinda Ross, was 25. He lived in Goshen, Goshen Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 16 March 1853, in Converse, Jennings Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States, at the age of 7, and was buried in Converse, Jennings Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States.
habitational and occupational name from Middle English (atte) maisteres ‘(at the) master's (house)’, a name for someone who lived or worked there, normally a servant. Compare Master and Masterman , and for the type compare Maidens , Monks , Parsons .
variant of Master , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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